Bartlett, John. Familiar Quotations: Thirteenth and
Centennial Edition. 1882. Boston: Little, Brown and
Co., 1955. Hardback, 1614 pages. (Werts family copy.)
Berliner, Barbara, Melinda Corey and George Ochoa. The
Book of Answers: The New York Public Library Telephone Reference
Service's Most Unusual and Entertaining Questions. New
York: Prentice Hall, 1990. Paperback, 311 pages with index.
Some underlining in text.
Esar, Evan ed. Dictionary of
Humorous Quotations: 2000 Years of Choice Epigrams from Socrates to
Fred Allen. New York: Bramhall, 1944. Hardback, 270
pages with index. Dust jacket dirty, chipped. Edges of
pages dirty.
Feldman, David. Do Penguins Have Knees? New
York: HarperCollins, 1991. Trade paperback, 265 pages.
Shelfware only.
---. Imponderables: The Solution to the Mysteries of
Everyday Life. New York: William & Morrow, 1987.
Trade paperback, 262 pages. Bent covers.
---. What Are Hyenas Laughing at, Anyway?
New York: Berkley, 1995. Trade paperback, 283 pages.
---. When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth.
1992. New York: Harper, 1993. Trade paperback, 297
pages.
---. When Do Fish Sleep? New York: Harper,
1989. Hardback, first edition, 260 pages with index.
Almost new. Price clipped, bookseller price in pencil on first
page.
---. Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? 1987. New York: Harper,
1988. Paperback, 251 pages with index.
Fetherling, George. The Book of Assassins: A
Biographical Dictionary from Ancient Times to the Present.
New York: Wiley, 2001. Hardback, first edition, 391 pages with
index, new.
Holman. Holy Bible: New International Version,
Read-to-Me Edition. Nashville, TN: Holman, 1986.
Hardback, 1939 pages. "This Bible was presented to Lucy Day
Werts on the 4 day of October 1987 by First Presbyterian Church of
Atlanta."
*I took this Bible with me to Sunday school in a felt cover for
years, and am sentimental about it. I also used it as a
textbook for a Bible class in high school, but I wish I hadn't: it
got beat up being carried around school...
New York Public Library. Desk Reference: Third Edition.
1989. New York: Macmillan, 1998. Paperback, 1040
pages.
Oxford. The Essential Desk Reference. New
York: Oxford, 2002. Hardback, 815 pages. New with mylar
over dust jacket. A present from Mom.
Panati, Charles. The Browser's Book of Beginnings:
Origins of Everything Under, and Including, the Sun. New
York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1984. Trade paperback, 427 pages with
index.
---. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things.
New York: Harper, 1987. Trade paperback, 463 pages with index.
---. Panati's Parade of Facs, Follies, and Manias.
New York: Harper, 1991. Trade paperback, 491 pages with index.
Perl, Nancy. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every
Mood, Moment, and Reason. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 2003.
Robert, General Henry M. Robert's Rules of Order
Revised: Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition. 1915.
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1951. Hardback, 326 with
index. No dust jacket.
Simon and Schuster. The Way Things Work: An Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Technology. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1967. Hardback, 590 pages with index. Dust jacket
chipped.
Sutton, Caroline. How Did They Do That? 1984.
New York: Quill, 1985. Trade paperback, 332 pages.
---. How Do They Do That? 1981. New
York: Quill, 1982. Trade paperback, 292 pages with index.
Westminster/John Knox Press. The Presbyterian Hymnal:
Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs.
Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990. Hardback,
716 pages. No dust jacket.
Zondervan. The New Stdent Bible: New Revised Standard
Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.
Paperback, 1204 pages plus maps. "Presented to Lucy Day Werts
(Confirmation Class), by First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta on
March 31, 1996."
Znamierowski, Alfred. The World Encyclopedia of Flags:
The Definitive guide to international flags, banners, standards and
ensigns. London: Hermes, 2002. Hardback, 256 pages
with index. Glossy pages with color illustrations. New.
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