Greetings, ARLIS:
While a bookseller recently advised me that printed catalogs "are being abandoned faster than Virginia houses with no electricity in a heat wave", I am putting this offer out with the hope that someone, *anyone at all*, will be interested in handsomely bound, clean copies of the following:
Library of Congress Catalog of Printed Cards for books issued to July 31, 1942. Volumes 1-167. Pageant Books, 1958.
Library of Congress Catalog of Printed Cards for books issued August 1, 1942 - December 31, 1947. Volumes 1-42. Pageant Books, 1960.
Library of Congress Author Catalog 1948-1952. Volumes 1-24.
Library of Congress National Union Catalog 1953-1957. Volumes 1-28.
Library of Congress National Union Catalog 1958-1962. Volumes 1-54.
British Books in Print / Whitaker's Books in Print. 1965-1995.
Freely available for cost of shipping, these may be useful for large scale art projects, "books for looks"/books by the yard needed for interior design projects (see "Selling a Book by Its Cover", NYT, 01/05/2011), and of course, any interested libraries, whether private or public.
If your library has disposed of such sets, and you would like to share advice on how this was accomplished, that is welcome also.
With thanks,
Emily Guthrie
NEH Librarian, Printed Book & Periodical Collection
Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library
PH: 302.888.4630
FAX: 302.888.3367
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http://www.winterthur.org/
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