The collection contains 78s (10" and 12"), LPs, and 45's that encompass a broad selection of classical, ethnic, and popular music. Below are descriptions of some items within the collection: Classical repertoire, vernacular traditions, limited editions in boxed sets, jazz on early LP labels, and rare issues of vocal selections or operas on European labels. Classical recordings; jazz, dance, and popular music discs; movie soundtracks and original cast sound recordings. Recordings...
The collection contains 78s (10" and 12") , LPs, and 45's that encompass a broad selection of classical, ethnic, and popular music. Below are descriptions of some items within the collection: Classical repertoire, vernacular traditions, limited editions in boxed sets, jazz on early LP labels, and rare issues of vocal selections or operas on European labels. Classical recordings; jazz, dance, and popular music discs; movie soundtracks and original cast sound recordings. Recordings...
The "triple-decker" novel was a standard form of publishing for British fiction from the early 1800s until the 1890s. The market for this form of fiction was closely tied to commercial "circulating libraries," such as Mudie's and W. H. Smith. Unlike free public libraries, these circulating libraries charged patrons to borrow books, much like video rental stores do today. Publishing longer works of fiction was quite expensive, and by releasing them in multiple parts...
The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections (IHLC) , a unit of the Special Collections Division at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, collects, preserves, and provides access to both print and manuscript materials documenting the history of Illinois and the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
12,050
12K
1847
1847
by
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848; Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. Agnes Grey
texts
eye 12,050
favorite 26
comment 0
First edition. Wise Brontë II, 1
Issued in parts
Topics: Mushrooms, Fungi, Discomycetes
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
64,951
65K
Jan 19, 2023
01/23
by
Oakton School (Evanston, Ill.). Parent-Teacher Association; Reed, Vincent M., Mrs; Campbell, Alice Eckert
texts
eye 64,951
favorite 88
comment 0
119 p. ; 20 cm
Topics: Cookery, American, Cookery -- Illinois Evanston, cbk
The Music & Performing Arts Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign supports a wide range of programs in the School of Music, Department of Dance, and Department of Theatre, and collects widely in all three subject areas. A general overview of the Music & Performing Arts Library’s collections can be found here: https://www.library.illinois.edu/mpal/about/collections/ .
volumes : 27 cm
Topics: Publishers' catalogs -- United States, Publishers' catalogs, Catalogs, Publishers' -- United...
69,217
69K
1892
1892
by
Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
texts
eye 69,217
favorite 72
comment 1
Replace;
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Pennsylvania -- Emigration and immigration, Pennsylvania -- Genealogy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1,188
1.2K
1979
1979
by
SIGNUM Meeting on Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations (1979 : Champaign, Ill.); Skeel, R D; Association for Computing Machinery. Special Interest Group on Numerical Mathematics; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Computer Science; National Science Foundation (U.S.)
texts
eye 1,188
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: SIGNUM Meeting on Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations (1979 : Champaign, Ill.), Differential...
Includes index
Topic: Cookery, Italian
Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-170)
Topics: Tanaina Indians, Kijik
1,101
1.1K
1876
1876
by
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
texts
eye 1,101
favorite 1
comment 0
1,311
1.3K
1907
1907
by
Baranek, Johann
texts
eye 1,311
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Tacitus, Cornelius, Horace, Aristotle
1,176
1.2K
1876
1876
by
Weber, Karl Hermann Maximilian, 1854-
texts
eye 1,176
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Propertius, Sextus
504
504
1876
1876
by
Wiskemann, August Karl
texts
eye 504
favorite 1
comment 0
1,203
1.2K
Jan 11, 1844
01/44
by
Kahlert, Anton
texts
eye 1,203
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Tacitus, Cornelius, Gods, Roman
Vol. 2-3 published by the Virginia State Library, lack ed. statement and dates in subtitle; v. 4-7 published by the Virginia Genealogical Society
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Land grants, Frontier and pioneer life
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
15,396
15K
1851
1851
by
Biundi, Giuseppe, 1824-; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R; Cavagna Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) IU-R
texts
eye 15,396
favorite 3
comment 0
University of Illinois Library bookplate "From the library of Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana Lazelada di Bereguardo, purchased 1921" on the inside front cover
Topic: Italian language
Issued (with slight variations) for the several geographical divisions with name of city for respective sections (i. e. Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle)
Topics: Mail-order business, Commercial catalogs
Some v. distributed to depository libraries in microfiche
Topics: FBI National Academy, FBI National Academy. Associates, Criminal justice personnel
Vol.31, no.18-v.35, no.17 omitted in numbering
Topics: Building, Engineering
Previous editions published under title: Passenger lists of ships coming to North America, 1607-1825
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: Ships
Text on verso of plates.
Topics: Emblems, Emblem books --Great Britain --18th century.
Description based on: 69me fasc. (1908); title from cover
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Entomology
1,261
1.3K
1871
1871
by
Schuppe, Wilhelm, 1836-1913
texts
eye 1,261
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Aristotle, Categories (Philosophy)
690
690
1827
1827
by
Walther, Georg Heinrich
texts
eye 690
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Tacitus, Cornelius
1,700
1.7K
1866
1866
by
Yorck von Wartenburg, Paul, graf, 1835-1897
texts
eye 1,700
favorite 4
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Aristotle, Sophocles, Catharsis
12 pages : 28 cm
Topics: Telephone -- History, Public utilities
1,289
1.3K
1827
1827
by
Merz, J. Aug
texts
eye 1,289
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Greek language -- Grammar, Greek language -- Particles
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4,213
4.2K
1910
1910
by
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Long, George, 1800-1879; Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928
texts
eye 4,213
favorite 9
comment 0
Translation of: De rebus suis
Topics: Ethics, Stoics, Life
18,470
18K
1903
1903
by
Tarde, Gabriel de, 1843-1904; Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
texts
eye 18,470
favorite 28
comment 0
xxix, 404 p. ; 23 cm
Topics: Imitation, Sociology
2,075
2.1K
1893
1893
by
Wäntig, Richard, 1853-
texts
eye 2,075
favorite 1
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Gardens -- Greece, Greece -- Antiquities
1,706
1.7K
1932
1932
by
Leland, Henry Martyn, 1843-1932; Chicago Book & Art Auctions, Inc
texts
eye 1,706
favorite 3
comment 0
Microfilm
Topic: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
1,230
1.2K
texts
eye 1,230
favorite 1
comment 0
Microfilm
Topics: Herodotus, Greek language -- Grammar
The collections of the Department of Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, contain five small accessions of Chilcotin Indian ethnographic materials from west central British Columbia totaling 79 pieces. The artifacts in these accessions, treated as a unit, are described and illustrated. For comparative purposes, information is included from the few previous studies of Chilcotin material culture
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Field Museum of Natural History, Chilcotin Indians -- Material culture, Indians of North America --...
Author's autograph presentation copy to Carl Sandburg
Topics: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Prepared in conjunction with the celebration of Chicago's Charter jubilee. cf. Foreword, signed: Leon Zglenicki, chairman, Book committee
Topic: Poles
"Second edition reprinted."
Topics: English language, Persian language
533
533
1889
1889
by
Wolff, Julius, 1834-1910
texts
eye 533
favorite 0
comment 0
399
399
1892
1892
by
Yorke, Curtis
texts
eye 399
favorite 0
comment 0
Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction
Includes list of retiring faculty and student awards
Topic: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8,165
8.2K
1910
1910
by
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, ed; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
texts
eye 8,165
favorite 12
comment 0
"The most progressive voice of black America."
Topic: African Americans
443
443
1844
1844
by
Phillips, Samuel, 1814-1854
texts
eye 443
favorite 1
comment 0
The copy described by Sadleir
The presence of supplementary intervertebral articulations termed "xenarthrales" in the posterior dorsal vertebrae has been considered perhaps the most important diagnostic feature of the mammalian order Xenarthra. Xenarthrales are poorly understood, however, and substantial confusion exists in the literature over which facets are supplementary and which are not. Furthermore, much of the variation that exists in these joints, both within taxa and among the various xenarthran lineages,...
Topics: Xenarthra -- Morphology, Vertebrae
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index
Topics: Aeronautics -- History, Flying-machines
360
360
texts
eye 360
favorite 0
comment 0
754
754
1869
1869
by
Wehr, Julius
texts
eye 754
favorite 1
comment 0
Diss
Topics: Aristophanes, Greek language
Imprint varies in volumes preceding 1893/94
Biodiversity Heritage Library
1,377
1.4K
Jul 2, 2021
07/21
by
Kiener, L. C. (Louis Charles), 1799-1881; Fischer, Paul, 1835-1893, joint author
texts
eye 1,377
favorite 0
comment 0
[v. 1-2] Famille des enroulées.--[v. 3] Famille des columellaires.--[v. 4] Famille des aelées.--[v. 5-7] Famille des canalifères.--[v. 8-9] Famille des purpurifères.--[v. 10-12] Famille des turbinacées, des plicacées et des myaires
Topics: Shells, Mollusks
Clippings included in attached envelope
Topics: Cookery, American, Cookery -- Illinois Chicago, Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs, cbk
Vol. 2 has title in Italian
Topics: English language, Italian language
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
240
240
1985
1985
by
Bera, Anil; McKenzie, Colin R; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Commerce and Business Administration
texts
eye 240
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-20)
3,865
3.9K
1980
1980
by
Merritt, Richard L; United States. Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. Reactions Analysis Staff
texts
eye 3,865
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes index and appendices
Topic: Public opinion
16,964
17K
1917
1917
by
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
texts
eye 16,964
favorite 7
comment 0
239 p. ; 18 cm
Topic: Conduct of life
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
7,879
7.9K
1940
1940
by
Pitrè, Giuseppe, 1841-1916; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R
texts
eye 7,879
favorite 3
comment 1
University of Illinois Library bookplate "From the library of Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana Lazelada di Bereguardo, purchased 1921" on the inside front cover
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
1,389
1.4K
1917
1917
by
Watzlik, Hans, 1879-1948
texts
eye 1,389
favorite 0
comment 0
7,591
7.6K
texts
eye 7,591
favorite 5
comment 0
176, 47 p. : 31 cm
Topics: Williamson County (Ill.) -- Biography, Williamson County (Ill.) -- History
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1,029
1.0K
1859
1859
by
Tito, Vincenzo; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R
texts
eye 1,029
favorite 0
comment 0
From the library of Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana
Topic: San Severo. S. Giovanni Battista (Church)
Biodiversity Heritage Library
1,028
1.0K
1951
1951
by
Denison, Robert H. (Robert Howland), 1911-1985; Roy, Sharat Kumar, 1897-1962, joint editor Chief Curator, Dept. of Geology; Ross, Lillian A. joint editor Associate Editor of Scientific Publications
texts
eye 1,028
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-261)
Topics: Fishes, Fossil, Paleontology -- Devonian, Paleontology -- West (U.S.)
"Abbreviations and publication references" : p. 77-78
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Materia medica -- Iran, Botany, Medical, Botany -- Iran, Botany -- Iraq, Medicine -- Formulae,...
"Bibliographical notes": p. xvi
Topic: Archives
820
820
1886
1886
by
Kunst, Carolus
texts
eye 820
favorite 0
comment 0
Includes indexes
Topics: Nature, Environmental psychology
90 v. in
Topics: Natural history -- Societies, etc, Natural history -- Germany
3,573
3.6K
texts
eye 3,573
favorite 1
comment 0
Suspended Jan.-June 1838
Topic: Railroad engineering
1,187
1.2K
1838
1838
by
Orelli, Johann Kaspar von, 1787-1849
texts
eye 1,187
favorite 0
comment 0
Microfilm
Topics: Horace, Inscriptions, Latin
Plates 1-38 have mottoes in Latin and Dutch; plates 39-40, "horloge de l'amour", in French; plate 41, containing 7 emblems, in French and Latin
5,209
5.2K
texts
eye 5,209
favorite 1
comment 0
Suspended Jan.-June 1838
Topic: Railroad engineering
373
373
1827
1827
by
West, Mrs. (Jane), 1758-1852
texts
eye 373
favorite 2
comment 0
968
968
1910
1910
by
Langewiesche, Friedrich
texts
eye 968
favorite 0
comment 0
Microfilm
Topics: Ptolemy, 2nd cent, Germany -- History To 843
Preservation photocopy
Topic: Castles
41 p. : 35 cm
Topics: Lechi, Teodoro, 1778-1866, Generals, Jacobins
1,729
1.7K
1920
1920
by
Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952
texts
eye 1,729
favorite 4
comment 0
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11
