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TOPIC
bub_upload 56,909
Registers of births, etc 16,866
Bible 11,838
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 11,671
Church Periodicals 11,409
Science 9,971
Ships 8,971
World War, 1914-1918 8,818
Education 8,578
Antislavery movements 8,168
Natural history 8,045
Medicine 7,360
Agriculture 6,882
Steamboat lines 6,574
Operas 5,947
Universities and colleges 5,923
Hymns, English 5,715
Abolitionists 5,504
Catholic Church 5,302
Indians of North America 5,003
Geology 4,718
Law 4,709
Zoology 4,614
Flowers Seeds Catalogs 4,252
Art 4,220
History 4,193
English language 4,182
Vegetables Seeds Catalogs 4,017
Botany 3,997
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 3,745
Law reports, digests, etc 3,608
Baptists 3,599
Missions 3,537
Music 3,439
Women 3,391
Church of England 3,316
Theology 3,312
Railroads 3,272
Presidents 3,268
Plants 3,231
Theses 3,228
CSAIP 3,140
Birds 3,087
Political science 3,046
Economics 2,988
Jesus Christ 2,923
Princeton (N.J.) -- Newspapers 2,905
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 2,886
Women abolitionists 2,881
Military pensions 2,860
Plants, Ornamental Catalogs 2,844
Medicare 2,842
Architecture 2,756
City planning 2,716
English literature 2,713
English poetry 2,685
Physics 2,650
Old age pensions 2,639
Slavery 2,619
Minnesota -- Newspapers 2,613
Management 2,596
Finance, Public 2,592
Survivors' benefits 2,567
College student newspapers and periodicals 2,491
Literature 2,452
Yearbooks 2,412
Church periodicals 2,358
Insects 2,336
Flowers Catalogs 2,319
Presbyterian Church 2,298
African Americans 2,283
United States 2,237
Conduct of life 2,222
Chemistry 2,217
Philosophy 2,213
Entomology 2,210
Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs 2,207
Mathematics 2,183
Sermons, American 2,155
Produce trade Statistics Periodicals 2,153
Gardening 2,144
Sermons, English 2,109
Roads 2,104
Fruit Catalogs 2,097
Horses 2,043
Land use 2,013
Voyages and travels 2,009
cbk 2,001
Geography 1,988
Home economics 1,974
Church history 1,972
Painting 1,954
Ethnology 1,950
Jews 1,936
Biology 1,930
Mary Washington College 1,899
University of Mary Washington 1,898
Mines and mineral resources 1,857
German literature 1,844
Seeds Catalogs 1,836
United States. Army 1,831
Public records 1,830
Christian life 1,827
Physiology 1,826
Jesuits 1,818
Biography 1,793
Fishes 1,783
Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs 1,771
Slavery -- United States 1,771
Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971) -- Periodicals 1,763
Water-supply 1,763
French language 1,761
May, Samuel, 1810-1899 1,744
Taxation 1,744
Aeronautics 1,741
Paleontology 1,740
Mollusks 1,733
Wellesley College 1,731
periodicals 1,723
Theater 1,688
Latin language 1,683
Ethics 1,681
New York 1,660
Religion 1,659
Public health 1,647
Duluth (Minn.) -- Newspapers 1,643
Saint Louis County (Minn.) -- Newspapers 1,643
Fisheries 1,618
Children 1,609
College yearbooks 1,577
Episcopal Church 1,566
Christianity 1,564
Labor supply 1,561
Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs 1,542
American literature 1,536
Psychology 1,530
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 1,526
Public schools 1,522
Socialism 1,521
Housing 1,517
Methodist Church 1,503
Sunday schools 1,492
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 1,478
Bibliography 1,469
Homeopathy 1,466
United States. Congress 1,457
Motion Pictures 1,455
German language 1,453
Kansas State University 1,442
Universities and colleges--Kansas--Newspapers 1,437
Books 1,435
Medicaid 1,425
Documents on microfilm 1,418
Surgery 1,418
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg 1,412
American Legion 1,403
Mechanical engineering 1,401
Astronomy 1,398
Pennsylvania 1,398
Washington, George, 1732-1799 1,397
Yearbook 1,393
Social sciences 1,387
Industries 1,383
Urban renewal 1,380
Forests and forestry 1,379
The Bullet 1,372
Mary Washington College -- Newspapers 1,371
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Periodicals 1,371
University of Mary Washington -- Newspapers 1,371
Shrubs Catalogs 1,334
Finance 1,329
Teaching 1,323
Libraries 1,313
Municipal government 1,313
Alabama 1,304
Massachusetts 1,302
Administrative agencies 1,301
Spiritualism 1,298
Encyclopedias and dictionaries 1,295
Religion and science 1,290
Folklore 1,277
Transportation 1,258
Administrative law 1,257
Hygiene 1,251
Dentistry 1,250
Engineering 1,248
Chippu 1,246
Physicians 1,239
Statistics 1,233
Virginia 1,232
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1,231
Schools 1,231
Meteorology 1,229
Insect pests 1,228
Technology 1,219
Public lands 1,209
Banks and banking 1,196
Insect pests Control United States Periodicals 1,188
American poetry 1,180
Industrial arts 1,172
LANGUAGE
english 1,577,433
german 187,422
french 147,661
handwritten english 47,720
spanish 42,244
italian 37,576
latin 25,570
russian 13,378
dutch 11,366
danish 7,407
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Publisher's chromolithographed pictorial wrappers
( 23 reviews )
Topics: Brothers and sisters, Orphans, Conduct of life, Education
California Digital Library
by Crane, Thomas, b. 1843?; Houghton, Ellen Elizabeth, 1853-1922
473,293
85
5
Osborne Coll.
( 5 reviews )
Topics: Poetry of places, France -- Description and travel Juvenile literature
California Digital Library
by Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727; Chittenden, N. W. Life of Sir Isaac Newton; Adee, Daniel, ca. 1819-1892. (1846) bkp CU-BANC; Motte, Andrew, d. 1730; Hill, Theodore Preston. Early American mathematics books. CU-BANC
211,119
53
4
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Mechanics -- Early works to 1800, Celestial mechanics -- Early works...
California Digital Library
by Weber, Max, 1864-1920; Gerth, Hans Heinrich, 1908-; Mills, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962
145,764
22
1
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 445-467)
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Social sciences
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by American Society for Microbiology; Bergey, D. H. (David Hendricks), 1860-1937; Breed, Robert S. (Robert Stanley), 1877-1956
65,646
2
1
Includes bibliographies
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Bacteriology, Bacteria -- classification, Bacteriology
California Digital Library
by Weber, Max, 1864-1920
62,264
18
1
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 185-284)
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Religion and sociology, Christian ethics, Capitalism, Economics -- Religious aspects Christianity,...
Prelinger Library
61,781
13
0
"Notes and sources": p. [575]-603
Topics: Capitalism, Consumption (Economics), Unemployed -- United States, Communism -- United States 1917-,...
Internet Archive Books
61,221
5
1
v. of press braille. - Contracted braille. Available only to those meeting the eligibility criteria of the holding agency. Fiction, interviews, and articles with a male perspective. Monthly. Beginning with May 2001 also available from Web-Braille as digital contracted braille files. Users must register with their cooperating library. Reproduction of: Chicago, Ill. : HMH Pub. co., c1953- 0032-1478 68025183
( 1 reviews )
Source: j.scott
Princeton Theological Seminary Library
60,800
5
1
Collation: Prayer book: [paragraph symbol] 3, A-E8 ; Bible: A-3H8, 3I2, *ii, *3, 3K-Y8, 3Z10 ; Concordance: A-K8, L2
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Bible
Great Books
by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
56,786
8
1
An unforgettable World War I story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for an English nurse
( 1 reviews )
Topic: World War, 1914-1918
California Digital Library
by Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Gregg, Georgie
55,812
5
3
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Shorthand -- Gregg
California Digital Library
by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919; Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915
52,028
53
2
Publisher's green and red illustrated cloth over boards; illustrated endpapers. Plate detached
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Adventure and adventurers, Wizards
California Digital Library
by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
51,665
2
0
( 7 reviews )
Topic: Birds -- North America
McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois
( 10 reviews )
California Digital Library
by Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859; Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863
38,748
16
2
Olive green and brick red cloth over boards; illustrated end papers
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Fairy tales -- Germany, Folklore -- Germany
California Digital Library
by Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947
36,202
26
6
( 6 reviews )
Topics: Calculus, Functions
California Digital Library
by Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905; Dalziel, George, 1815-1902
35,922
38
11
Publisher's peach wrappers, printed in red, blue, and black
( 11 reviews )
Topic: Conduct of life
American Libraries
by Charles Darwin
35,769
3
1
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
( 1 reviews )
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=mOMab91llIMC&oe=UTF-8
California Digital Library
by Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de, 1799-1874; Sterrett, Virginia Frances
35,710
88
2
A wonderful book with 5 timeless French fairy tales magnificently illustrated with 8 beautiful and dramatic full page color and many black and white drawings by Virginia Frances Sterrett. "Done when she was only 19 years of age, this was Sterrett's (Chicago born) first book, and she is often referred to as the 'female Kay Nielsen'."
( 2 reviews )
Topic: Fairy tales
New York Public Library
by Lutz, Edwin George, b. 1868
34,810
53
3
NY3
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Drawing -- Study and teaching
California Digital Library
by Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
34,061
2
0
New York Public Library
by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
32,704
5
1
Lattimore & Haskell. Arthur Rackham
( 1 reviews )
New York Public Library
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
31,419
7
0
Topic: Voyages around the world
Microopaque
California Digital Library
by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930
29,567
3
0
New York Public Library
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
29,293
3
0
Topic: Slavery -- United States
California Digital Library
by Dale, J. B., Mrs
28,645
5
0
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Dieter, George Ellwood
26,212
6
2
Includes bibliography
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Strength of materials, Physical metallurgy, Metal-work
California Digital Library
by Tobias Zacharias
25,707
2
4
( 4 reviews )
Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Malayalam
Photocopy
Topics: Tagalog language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Tagalog
New York Public Library
by Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947
25,330
4
0
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Armatures, Electric machinery -- Maintenance and repair
California Digital Library
by Harris, Frank, 1855-1931; Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951; Hindlemann, Sig. B
25,129
5
0
Topic: Harris, Frank, 1855-1931
California Digital Library
by Saussure, Ferdinand de, 1857-1913
24,975
10
0
Topics: Language and languages, Comparative linguistics
Topics: Hindustani language, English language
California Digital Library
by Strindberg, August, 1849-1912
24,043
2
0
Miss Julie.--The creditor.--The stronger woman.--Motherly love.--Paria.--Simoon
California Digital Library
by Calcutta School Book Society
23,981
0
0
Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Urdu
Topics: Northup, Solomon, b. 1808, Plantation life
New York Public Library
by Ozaki, Yei Theodora
23,854
4
0
NY3
Topics: Fairy tales -- Japan, Folklore -- Japan
California Digital Library
by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
23,650
21
2
Special Collections copy 1 = Blue cloth over boards blocked in gold and black; upper board partially detached. Gift of Wilbur Jordan Smith. Printed and illustrated label, Paul Jordan Smith, on upper paste-down. 2 other printed labels on upper paste-down, indicating copy 1 is "second issue...with the frontispiece on verso of the half-title, and the first page of Contents printed on the verso of the leaf of Preface." Special Collections copy 2 = Blue cloth over boards blocked in gold...
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Adventure and adventurers, Mississippi River -- Juvenile literature, Missouri -- Juvenile literature
Cornell University Library
by Escoffier, A. (Auguste), 1846-1935; Escoffier, A. (Auguste), 1846-1935. Guide culinaire. English; Herndon, James B., Jr. fmo; Herndon/Vehling Collection. fmo
23,452
8
1
The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cookery, French, cbk
Topic: Kannada language -- Dictionaries English
California Digital Library
by Pliny, the Elder; Wernerian Club; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637
23,109
7
0
Topic: Natural history
( 1 reviews )
Topic: English language -- Synonyms and antonyms
California Digital Library
by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
22,749
5
0
Spec. Coll. copy 1: Green cloth over boards, blocked in gold and black, in case. Ex libris Olive Percival. Gift of Jo Swerling
Topics: Adventure and adventurers, Mississippi River -- Juvenile literature, Missouri -- Juvenile literature
( 5 reviews )
Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Tamil
Brandeis University Libraries
by Lütgendorff, Willibald Leo, Freiherr von, 1856-1937
22,401
0
0
"Literarischer Quellennachweis": p. [403]-420
Topics: Violin makers -- Biography Dictionaries, Violin -- Construction, Lute -- Construction, Stringed...
University of Connecticut Libraries
by Larsen, Nella
22,301
3
0
California Digital Library
by Durkheim, Emile, 1858-1917
21,842
7
1
Bibliographical footnotes
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Suicide -- Sociological aspects, Suicide
Biodiversity Heritage Library
by Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
21,820
10
1
Includes bibliographical references and index
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Growth, Biology
Prelinger Library
21,766
1
3
( 3 reviews )
California Digital Library
by Philippines. Census Office; Villamor, Ignacio, 1863-1933; Buencamino, Felipe
21,630
0
0
Topics: Philippines -- Census, 1918, Philippines -- Economic conditions 1918-
Boston Public Library
by Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1871-1928
21,463
3
1
Photocopy
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Heraldry -- Great Britain
( 1 reviews )
Topics: English language -- Polyglot, Polyglot glossaries, phrase books, etc, Oriental languages --...
California Digital Library
by Pearson, Arthur Cyril, Mrs
21,306
2
0
Topic: Acrostics
American Libraries
by Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908
21,246
2
1
Includes index
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Hymns, English, Revival hymns
Replace;
Topics: Pennsylvania -- Emigration and immigration, Pennsylvania -- Genealogy
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Names, Personal -- French-Canadian, French-Canadians, Names, Personal -- Québec (Province), Names,...
American Libraries
by Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
20,898
1
0
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character), Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character), Private...
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=SIiXDf2BvnwC&oe=UTF-8
University of Pittsburgh Library System
by McAllister, J. T. (Joseph Thompson), 1866-1927
20,779
9
0
Topics: Virginia. Militia, United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Regimental histories, Virginia --...
California Digital Library
by Shellabear, W. G. (William Girdlestone), 1862-1947
20,632
0
0
Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Malay
Prelinger Library
by Encyclopedia Britannica Company
20,546
1
0
Submarine Mines to Tom-Tom
Topic: Arts, Sciences, Literature, and General Information
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=POQQAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8
California Digital Library
by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
20,356
1
0
New York Public Library
by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859; Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, ill
20,307
6
0
A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world
Topics: Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) -- Fiction, New York (State) -- Fiction
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cherokee Indians -- History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Indians -- Genealogy
California Digital Library
by Liddell, Henry George, 1811-1898; Making of America Project; Drisler, Henry, 1818-1897; Scott, Robert, 1811-1887
20,043
12
5
( 5 reviews )
Topic: Greek language -- English
Topics: English language -- Polyglot, Bengali language -- Dictionaries Polyglot, Hindustani language --...
Cornell University Library
by United States. Hydrographic Office
19,858
1
0
The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions.
Topics: Signals and signaling, Merchant marine
Boston Public Library
19,822
1
1
OCLC number: ocm07397140
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Yoruba (African people)
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Shorthand -- Pitman
California Digital Library
by Smith, John, clock-maker
19,692
1
0
Topic: Clock and watch makers -- Scotland
California Digital Library
by Madan, A. C. (Arthur Cornwallis), b. 1846
19,636
0
0
Topic: Swahili language -- Dictionaries English
American Libraries
by Arthur Cornwallis Madan
19,629
0
1
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
( 1 reviews )
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=IWs4AAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8