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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
                                               DISCOVERY is one of the great joys of spending time
                                               with Library of Congress collections. Throughout the
                                               hardships and challenges of the past year, the Library has
                                                                                                                        “An outstanding new series”—Booklist                                      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
                                                                                                                                                                                                  CRIME CLASSICS

                                               strengthened its commitment to sharing those discoveries.

                                               Mystery fans are especially eager for new content, and
                                               the debut of the Library of Congress Crime Classics
                                               series made available five gems from the golden
                                                                                                                         NOW AVAILABLE
                                               age of American crime writing. We’ve been delighted
                                               with the reception of what Booklist describes as                         THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR
                                               an “outstanding new series,” and we look forward
                                                                                                                        By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, 1897
                                               to the release of three more new titles in 2021.

                                               Author Mary Jane Appel became so enthralled with                         Late at night, Miss Amelia Butterworth observes two people entering

                                               the work of Russell Lee while working to organize and                    her neighbor’s home, but only one leaves. The next morning a young

                                               digitize photographs in the Library’s massive Farm                       woman is found dead, stabbed by a seemingly innocuous hat pin.
                                                                                                                        Miss Butterworth is determined to solve the mystery before veteran
                                               Security Administration-Office of War Information
                                                                                                                        Detective Ebenezer Gryce. But what begins as a battle of the sexes
                                               (FSA-OWI) collection that she went on to spend two
                                                                                                                        soon turns into a fight for the ever-elusive truth, rife with social
                                               decades meticulously researching the enigmatic
                                                                                                                        tension and mistaken identity.
                                               photographer. Her new biography, Russell Lee: A
                                               Photographer’s Life and Legacy, brings long overdue
    Photo: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress                                                                            “This inaugural volume in the Library of Congress Crime Classics
                                               appreciation to the work of one of the greatest
                                                                                                                         series, featuring the first woman sleuth in a series, is a must for
                                               photographers of Depression-era America.
                                                                                                                         genre buffs.”—Publishers Weekly
    Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry, edited by Joy Harjo,
    the 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate, reflects the genesis of a new Library collection, housed in the                        $18.99, Paperback,   5½" x 8½", 300 pp.     ISBN: 9781464212956
    American Folklife Center, that celebrates the contributions of contemporary native poets
    to American poetry.

    Having mined the treasures of the Library’s Children’s Literature Center, Sybille Jagusch
    takes readers on a fascinating and informative journey through nearly two hundred years
    of American children’s books and periodicals in Japan and American Children’s Literature:                           THE RAT BEGAN TO GNAW THE ROPE
    A Journey.
                                                                                                                        By C. W. GRAFTON, 1943
    Celebrated photography curator Anne Wilkes Tucker joined Library curators in reviewing
    nearly one million photographs in preparation for the Not an Ostrich exhibition. The                                Gil Henry is the youngest partner in a small law firm, not a

    Not an Ostrich Photo Zine features one hundred photographs from the exhibition                                      hard-boiled sleuth. But when attractive Ruth McClure asks him to
                                                                                                                        investigate the value of the stock she inherited, Gil becomes embroiled
    creatively arranged to provide context and encourage close and critical observation.
                                                                                                                        in scandal, subterfuge, and murder. In this portrait of America on the
    Beautiful, affordable, and accessible, Library of Congress Books bring the treasures of the                         eve of America’s entry into World War II, C. W. Grafton­—the father of
    world’s largest library to readers everywhere. Turn these pages to discover them for yourself.                      prolific mystery writer Sue Grafton—pens an award-winning mystery
                                                                                                                        that will keep readers guessing until its thrilling conclusion.

    Carla D. Hayden
                                                                                                                        “The superior prose and logical but surprising plot twists amply
                                                                                                                         justify this volume’s reissue as a Library of Congress Crime
                                                                                                                         Classic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    Librarian of Congress                                                                                               $14.99, Paperback, 5½"   x 8½", 304 pp.     ISBN: 9781464212987

                                                         Cover image: Adapted from a 1936 Federal Art Project poster.
                                                         WPA Poster Collection

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       CASE PENDING                                                                  APRIL 2021: THE SILENT BULLET
       By DELL SHANNON, 1960                                                         By ARTHUR B. REEVE, 1912

       Beaten, robbed, and left in an abandoned lot, Elena Ramirez died like         This short story collection features Craig Kennedy, a university professor

       many others in 1960s Los Angeles. In fact, a nearly identical murder          who uses science to help catch criminals. The crimes themselves

       happened six months earlier—a case that Detective Luis Mendoza                are highly imaginative, featuring deaths by apparent-but-inexplicable

       was never able to solve. Along with the begrudging help of Detective-         means, including asphyxiation, spontaneous combustion, and vengeful

       Sergeant Hackett, Mendoza must separate the many twisted threads              spirits, along with less fatal crimes involving kidnapping, safecracking,

       of this crime–from murder to black-market adoption and extortion.             stolen wills, and a missing fortune in diamonds. Kennedy’s use
                                                                                     of cutting-edge technology of the day—such as seismographs, lie
       “The whole package is excellent. . . . I do recommend Case                    detectors, artificial respirators, and hidden microphones—makes his
        Pending highly.”—Classic Mysteries                                           investigations both unorthodox and entertaining.

       $14.99, Paperback, 5½" x   8½", 240 pp.   ISBN: 9781464213014                 $14.99, Paperback, 5½"   x 8 ½", 336 pp.   ISBN: 9781464215001

       FINAL PROOF                                                                   JUNE 2021: THE DEAD LETTER
       By RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI, 1898                                                 By SEELEY REGESTER, 1867

       Detective Jack Barnes and Robert Leroy Mitchel are sometimes part-            When Henry Moreland is found dead, Richard Redfield, an old family
       ners, often competitors. These dueling detectives tackle a slew of            friend, vows to bring Henry’s killer to justice. Together with a legendary
       unsolvable cases: a body washed up in the river after its cremation,          detective named Mr. Burton, he embarks on a mission to find the
       the disappearance of a priceless emerald that leaves a trail of death         murderer. When suspicion turns to Richard himself, he leaves to work in
       in its wake, and an IOU demanding a man’s life. Through crisp prose,          the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC. Then a mysterious letter from
       captivating plot twists, and charming characters, Rodrigues Ottolengui’s      the past turns up, and a new hunt begins. This 1860s twisting tale is the
       collection of stories delves into the bizarre, dangerous, and ridiculous      first full-length American detective novel.
       side of human nature.                                                         $14.99, Paperback, 5½"   x 8½", 272 pp.   ISBN: 9781464214974
       “Mystery fans devoted to logical deduction will welcome this
        reissue.”—Publishers Weekly
       $14.99, Paperback, 5½" x   8½", 320 pp.   ISBN: 9781464214875

       LAST SEEN WEARING                                                             AUGUST 2021: JIM HANVEY, DETECTIVE
       By HILLARY WAUGH, 1952                                                        By OCTAVUS ROY COHEN, 1923

       It’s an ordinary morning for Lowell Mitchell at her ordinary university       Badly dressed, uncouth, with a common drawl and a habit of blinking
       in Massachusetts. She goes to her Friday morning history class, heads         so slowly and deliberately that the act appears more of an “ocular
       back to her dormitory, and talks with her roommate. Everything is fine        yawn,” Jim Hanvey is yet admired and feared in equal measure by
       until suddenly it’s not—in the blink of an eye, Lowell is gone. Considered    the crooks and con men he calls friends. He plies his trade principally
       one of the first-ever police procedurals, Last Seen Wearing is riveting       on behalf of insurance companies looking to recover stolen jewels or
       in its accurate portrayal of a police investigation. Based on a true crime,   cash. In this entertaining collection set all around the country, he often
       this is an engrossing, nail-biting mystery.                                   manages to thwart the thieves before they are even able to commit
                                                                                     their crimes, much to their displeasure—and begrudging respect.
       “This entry in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series from
                                                                                     $14.99, Paperback, 5½"   x 8½", 256 pp.   ISBN: 9781464215032
        MWA Grand Master Waugh (1920–2008) stands as one of the
        first and best police procedurals.”—Publishers Weekly
                                                                                             Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, in association
       $15.99, Paperback,   5½" x 8½", 240 pp.   ISBN: 9781464213052
                                                                                             with the Library of Congress. Series Editor Leslie S. Klinger.

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY                                                                                               A contemporary of Walker Evans
                                                                                                                 and Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee,
                                                                                                                 long overlooked, now emerges
                                                                                                                 as one of the greatest photographers
                                                                                                                 of Depression-era America.

          RUSSELL LEE
          A Photographer’s Life and Legacy
          By MARY JANE APPEL
          Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
          Librarian of Congress

          The most prolific photographer of the Farm Security
          Administration (FSA), Russell Lee has never been
          canonized for his iconic images of mid-century America.
          With this insightful biography, historian and archivist
          Mary Jane Appel uncovers Lee’s fascinating life, tracing
          his journey from blue-blood beginnings to self-taught
          photographer. Under the guidance of FSA director Roy
          Stryker, Lee captured arresting images of dust storms
          and punishing floods, and chronicled the WWII home
          front and the heyday of small-town America—all the
          while focusing prophetically on themes like segregation
          and climate change. With more than 100 images, Russell
          Lee speaks not only to the complexity of a pioneering
          documentary photographer’s work, but to a seminal
          American moment captured viscerally like never before.

          Mary Jane Appel is a photographic historian who has
          worked with image collections in archival and curatorial
          capacities at various institutions including the Library of
          Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and Texas State
          University. She lives in Washington, DC.

                                   Liveright Books, an imprint
                                   of W. W. Norton & Company,
                                   in association with the
                                   Library of Congress, 2021
                                   $40.00, Hardcover, 7⅗"   / ,
                                                       / x 9⅖"
                                   384 pp., 100 illustrations
                                   ISBN: 9781631496165

                                                                        Opposite page: Street scene,
                                                                        Spencer, Iowa, December 1936.
                                                                        Above: FSA clients,
                                                                        New Madrid County, Missouri, May 1938.

                                                                                                                 “Mary Jane Appel brings Lee the attention he has
                                                                                                                  long deserved, and also brings to life a period of
                                                                                                                  optimism about government that we would do well
                                                                                                                  to remember.”—Nicholas Lemann, Pulitzer-Moore
                                                                                                                  Professor of Journalism, Columbia University

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MAY 2021

                                                LIVING NATIONS,
                                                LIVING WORDS
                                                An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
                                                Collected and with an introduction by JOY HARJO,
                                                23rd U.S. Poet Laureate
                                                Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
                                                Librarian of Congress

                                                Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet
                                                Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples
                                                past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers
                                                the work of contemporary native poets into a national,
                                                fully digital map of story, sound, and space, celebrat-
                                                ing their vital and unequivocal contributions to American
                                                poetry. This companion anthology features each poem and
                                                poet from the project to offer readers a chance to hold
                                                the wealth of poems in their hands. With work from Natalie
                                                Diaz, Ray Young Bear, Craig Santos Perez, Sherwin Bitsui,
                                                Layli Long Soldier, and others, Living Nations, Living Words
                                                showcases “poetry [that] emerges from the soul of a com-
                                                munity, the heart and lands of the people. In this country,
                                                poetry is rooted in the more than 500 living indigenous
                                                nations. Living Nations, Living Words is a representative
                                                offering” (Joy Harjo).

                                                Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She
                                                is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently An
                                                American Sunrise, and a memoir, Crazy Brave. Named Poet
                                                Laureate of the United States in 2019, she lives in Tulsa, OK,
                                                where she is a Tulsa Artist Fellow.

                                                W. W. Norton & Company in association with the Library of Congress,
                                                2021
                                                                    / x 8⅗",
                                                $15.00, Paperback, 6⅖"   / 192 pp.
                                                ISBN: 9780393867916
                                                $15.00, Ebook
                                                ISBN: 9780393867923
     Photo: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
 JUNE 2021

                                                                  JAPAN AND
                                                                  AMERICAN
                                                                  CHILDREN’S BOOKS
                                                                  A Journey
                                                                   By SYBILLE A. JAGUSCH
                                                                   Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
                                                                   Librarian of Congress
                                                                   Introduction by J. THOMAS RIMER

                                                                  This volume takes readers on a journey
                                                                   through nearly two centuries of American
                                                                  children’s books depicting Japanese culture,
                                                                   starting with Commodore Matthew Perry in
                                                                   the 1850s and going to the present. Along
                                                                   the way, it traces the important role that
                                                                   representations of Japan played in the
                                                                  evolution of children’s literature. It also
                                                                  considers how American children’s books
                                                                  about Japan have gradually become more
                                                                   realistic with more Japanese-American
                                                                  authors entering the field, and with texts
                                                                   grappling with such serious subjects as
                                                                   internment camps and the bombing of
                                                                   Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

                                                                   Drawing from the Library of Congress’s
“The span of this remarkable illustrated ‘Journey,’
                                                      massive collection, Sybille A. Jagusch presents
 assembled with such scrupulous taste and
                                                      long passages from many different types
 understanding by Sybille A. Jagusch, provides        of Japanese-themed children’s books and
 a fascinating account of how two disparate           periodicals to give readers a fascinating look at
 societies and cultures . . . have gradually come     these striking texts.

 closer to each other as their mutual contacts
                                                      Sybille A. Jagusch, chief of the Children’s Literature
 have continued to increase.”—J. Thomas Rimer         Center in the Library of Congress since 1983, is
 Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian         widely recognized for her expertise in the field of
 Languages & Literatures, University                  national and international children's literature.

 of Pittsburgh
                                                      Rutgers University Press in association with the Library
                                                      of Congress, 2021
                                                      $49.95, Paperback, 9 1/10" x 11½", 350 pp.,
                                                      194 color illustrations
                                                      ISBN: 9781978822627
                                                      $120.00, Hardcover
                                                      ISBN: 9781978822870                                        Top image: Cover from All Nations ABC. New York: Charles F. Graham, ca. 1890.
                                                      $49.95, Ebook
                                                                                                                 Bottom image: Cover from The Adventures of a Japanese Doll, by Henry Mayer. New York:
                                                      ISBN: 9781978822634                                        E. P. Dutton, 1901.

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EXHIBITION COMPANIONS
                               SHALL NOT BE DENIED                                    ROSA PARKS
                               Women Fight for the Vote                               In Her Own Words
                               Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,                           By SUSAN REYBURN
                               Librarian of Congress                                  Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
                                                                                      Librarian of Congress
                               Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
                               tells the story of the radical and transformative      Until recently, Rosa Parks’s personal papers were

                               campaign for woman suffrage that spanned more          unavailable to the public. With a compelling new

                               than seven decades. For years, determined women        book and exhibition, the Library of Congress, now

                               organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured,     home to the Parks Collection, reveals the civil rights

                               picketed, and faced imprisonment for daring to         icon for the first time in print through her private

                               claim their right to vote. The movement questioned     manuscripts and handwritten notes.

                               the nation’s commitment to democracy, highlighted      Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words illumines her inner
                               persistent racial and class tensions, challenged       thoughts, her ongoing struggles, and how she
                               domestic relationships, and laid the groundwork        came to be the person who stood up by sitting
                               for political activism through the twentieth century   down. At the height of the Montgomery Bus
                               to today.                                              Boycott, as she was both pilloried and celebrated,
                                                                                      she found a catharsis in her writing. Her precise descriptions     “This concise yet moving
        The book commemorates the centennial of the Nineteenth
                                                                                      of her arrest, the segregated South, and her recollections          tribute spotlights an inspiring
        Amendment that granted women the right to vote. Shall Not Be
                                                                                      of childhood resistance to white supremacy document a               progressive leader and
        Denied draws from the Library’s extensive collections relating to
        woman suffrage, including the organizational records of the National
                                                                                      lifetime of battling inequality. Parks expressed her thoughts on    demonstrates how the
                                                                                      paper using whatever was available—meeting agendas, event
        American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman’s                                                                                      historical record should be
                                                                                      programs, even drug store bags. More than eighty color and
        Party and the personal papers of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady                                                                                 studied.”—Library Journal
                                                                                      black-and-white images from her collection—many appearing in
        Stanton, Mary Church Terrell, Carrie Chapman Catt, and others.
                                                                                      print for the first time—are also featured, along with ephemera
                                                                                      from a long life as a private person in the public eye.
       “This artfully presented collection of photographs, broadsheets,
        cartoons, pamphlets and varied other illustrations of women’s                 Susan Reyburn, a senior writer-editor in the Library of

        struggle for equality in America, along with illuminating prose,              Congress Publishing Office, is the author of Football
                                                                                      Nation: Four Hundred Years of America’s Game
        makes it clear that the battle for rights has been bitter, some-
                                                                                      (Abrams, 2013) and Women Who Dare: Amelia
        times brutal. And it’s not over yet. Though it might make you
                                                                                      Earhart (Pomegranate, 2006).
        mad—read it and learn!”—Cokie Roberts, journalist and author
        of Founding Mothers, Ladies of Liberty, and Capital Dames                     University of Georgia Press in association with
                                                                                      the Library of Congress, 2019
        Rutgers University Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2019    $16.95, Paperback, 7" x 7", 96 pp., 84 illustrations  
                                                                                      ISBN: 9780820356921
        $24.95, Paperback, 8" x 8¼", 128 pp., 150 illustrations  
        ISBN: 9781978808911

                                                                                                              Undated notebook page, ca. 1956.

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                                                                                                                                                                                   WINTER 2021

                                                                                                                          NOT AN OSTRICH
                                                                                                                          Images from America’s Library
                                                                                                                          The Not an Ostrich exhibition features more than
                                                                                                                          400 images selected from Library of Congress
                                                                                                                          collections by celebrated photography curator
                                                                                                                          Anne Wilkes Tucker. The exhibit debuted at the
                                                                                                                          Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles
                                                                                                                          in 2018 and is scheduled to open at the Library of
                                                                                                                          Congress in 2021.

                                                                                                                          Dating from the 1830s to the present day,
                                                                                                                          the images reflect a wide range of locations,
                                                                                                                          demographics, occupations, landscapes, and
                                                                                                                          activities. While many are whimsical, others
                                                                                                                          provoke serious reflection on different cultures
                                                                                                                          and social and environmental conditions,
                                                                                                                          challenging viewers to consider “What are we

BASEBALL AMERICANA                                         GAME FACES                                                     really looking at?”

                                                                                                                          Not an Ostrich reflects the eclectic and
By HARRY KATZ, FRANK CERESI, PHIL MICHEL,                  Early Baseball Cards from
                                                                                                                          sometimes offbeat nature of the images and
WILSON McBEE, and SUSAN REYBURN                            the Library of Congress                                                                                                 “Not an Ostrich,” this photo pictures British actress Isla Bevan
                                                                                                                          inspires further investigation into the Library’s         holding an exotic goose at the 41st annual Poultry Show at Madison
Baseball Americana examines the game’s hard-               By PETER DEVEREAUX                                             photography collections. Following a brief                Square Garden, NY, circa 1930, Underwood and Underwood.

scrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely     Preface by CARLA D. HAYDEN,                                    introductory reflection from Tucker, the photo
American character through the wide-ranging and            Librarian of Congress                                          zine features more than 100 photographs from
deep collections of the Library of Congress. The           Foreword by JOHN THORN,                                        the exhibition keenly arranged and accompanied
more than 350 illustrations—many never published           Official Historian of Major League Baseball                    by curious tidbits and compelling backstories.
before—include first generation, vintage baseball
                                                           Game Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball                Library of Congress
cards; the earliest known printed image of baseball
in America; rare and popular items from advertis-          cards from the Library of Congress’s Benjamin K.               $9.95, Paperback, 10" x 12", 80 pp., 100 illustrations

ing, film, and music; and an array of ballpark, team,      Edwards Collection, bringing to life an era of                 ISBN: 9780844495804
player, and fan images from the late-eighteenth            American history that saw the game explode in

century to the mid-twentieth.                              popularity. Marrying gems from the collection’s 2,100
                                                           baseball cards to images of American life, the book

“The most resonant images in Baseball                      offers readers an intimate view of both baseball’s

 Americana capture anonymous figures simply                development and American culture at the turn of
                                                           the twentieth century.
 playing the game. . . . These photographs, like
 baseball’s history, have a cumulative power.”             “A beautifully designed piece of popular
—New York Times                                             culture.”—Booklist
Harper Perennial in association with the Library
                                                           Peter Devereaux is a writer-editor in the Library of
of Congress, 2018
                                                           Congress Publishing Office and author of The Card
$24.99, Paperback, 9¼" x 11", 256 pp., 350 illustrations
                                                           Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures.
ISBN: 9780062841506
                                                           Smithsonian Books in association with the Library
                                                           of Congress, 2018
                                                           $24.95, Hardcover, 8" x 8", 160 pp., 318 color illustrations
                                                           ISBN: 9781588346346

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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
                                                                                                              NORTH MISSISSIPPI
                                                                                                              HOMEPLACE
                                                                                                              Photographs & Folklife
                                                                                                              By MICHAEL FORD
                                                                                                              Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
                                                                                                              Librarian of Congress
                                                                                                              Introduction by TODD HARVEY

                                                                                                              In the early 1970s, photographer and documentary
                                                                                                              filmmaker Michael Ford moved from Boston to rural
                                                                                                              Mississippi, where he spent the next four years recording
                                                                                                              everyday life through interviews, still photographs, and
                                                                                                              film. His efforts resulted in the award-winning documen-
                                                                                                              tary film Homeplace (1975). In this illustrated volume,
                                                                                                              Ford’s photographs offer a valuable window into the rural,
                                                                                                              local culture of northern Mississippi.                                            “A good read for anyone
                                                                                                                                                                                                 longing to see photography,
                                                                                                              Michael Ford is the proprietor of Yellow Cat Productions, an award-
                                                                                                              winning media production company based in Washington, DC.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mississippi folklife, and a
                                                                                                                                                                                                 look back to an era that is
                                                                                                              University of Georgia Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                 rapidly disappearing.”
                                                                                                              $39.95, Hardcover, 9" x 9", 200 pp. 195 color photographs
                                                                                                                                                                                                —Clarion-Ledger
                                                                                                              ISBN: 9780820354408

                                                                                                              SONDHEIM ON MUSIC
                                                                                                              Minor Details and Major Decisions,
“The cherry trees in bloom      CHERRY BLOSSOMS                                                               The Less Is More Edition
 are a haven of serenity in                                                                                   By MARK EDEN HOROWITZ
                                Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress
 the nation’s capital. Cherry
                                                                                                              In this collection of interviews with Mark Eden Horowitz,
 Blossoms is a keepsake         By MARI NAKAHARA and KATHERINE BLOOD
                                                                                                              Stephen Sondheim expounds in great depth and detail
 volume that preserves their    Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Librarian of Congress                            on his craft. Preserving the essential elements of
 beauty and elegance no                                                                                       the previous volumes, this edition includes all of the
                                This keepsake volume showcases a stunning variety of prints, posters,
 matter the season.”                                                                                          interviews—verbatim—and features a revised intro-
                                photographs, and artifacts from cherry blossom (sakura) collections at
—The Beacon                     the Library of Congress. Vivid color woodblock prints by ukiyo-e master
                                                                                                              duction and postlude with an additional conversation.

                                artists illustrate the Japanese tradition of hanami, or flower viewing,       Mark Eden Horowitz is a senior music specialist in the
                                while photographs and posters reflect the tradition’s endurance into the      Music Division of the Library of Congress.
                                modern age, juxtaposing sakura with Fukushima’s high-speed trains and
                                Tokyo’s skyscrapers.                                                          Rowman & Littlefield in association with the Library of Congress,
                                                                                                              2019
                                Mari Nakahara is curator of architecture, design, and engineering             $24.00, Paperback, 6" x 9", 296 pp.
                                in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.                   ISBN: 9781538125502
                                Katherine Blood is curator of fine prints in the Library of Congress Prints   $22.50, Ebook  
                                and Photographs Division.                                                     ISBN: 9781538125519

                                Smithsonian Books in association with the Library of Congress, 2020                                                                                 “One of the finest books focusing on
                                $18.95, Hardcover, 8"   x 8", 86 pp., 90 illustrations                                                                                               [Sondheim’s] work.”—Playbill
                                ISBN: 9781588346841

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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
                                                        COLLECTING FOR                                                      DRAWN TO PURPOSE
                                                        A NEW WORLD                                                         American Women Illustrators
                                                        Treasures of the Early Americas                                     and Cartoonists

                                                        By JOHN W. HESSLER                                                  By MARTHA H. KENNEDY

                                                        Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,                                        Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN, Librarian of Congress
                                                        Librarian of Congress
                                                                                                                            Drawn to Purpose honors the immense artistic achieve-

                                                        The history of the early Americas is defined by a                   ments of women in American illustration from the late

                                                        moment of contact between the indigenous peoples                    nineteenth century into the twenty-first. Special attention

                                                        who inhabited the land and the European explorers                   is paid to cover designs, editorial illustrations, and political

                                                        who would persecute them. Collecting for a New                      cartoons, revealing the contributions of acclaimed cartoon-

                                                        World relates these encounters through more than                    ists and illustrators, along with many whose work has been

                                                        60 priceless manuscripts, maps, archaeological                      overlooked.

“Much more than merely a collection of photos           objects, and rare books from the Library of Congress.
                                                                                                                            Martha H. Kennedy is a retired curator of popular and applied
 of 60 notable artefacts. . . it gives copious detail   John W. Hessler is the curator of the Jay I. Kislak                 graphic art at the Library of Congress.
 on the historical and social environment in            Collection of the History and Archaeology of the Early              2019 Eisner Award for the Best Comics-Related Book
 which they originated.”—Richard H. Maudslay,           Americas at the Library of Congress.
                                                                                                                            University Press of Mississippi in association with the Library
 British Mexican Society                                                                                                    of Congress, 2018                                                    “A dazzling, exhaustive and superlative―
                                                        D Giles Limited in association with the Library of Congress, 2019
                                                                                                                            $50.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 240 pp., 250 illustrations              not to mention long overdue―
                                                        $30.00, Hardcover,9" x 7½", 176 pp., 100 illustrations
                                                        ISBN: 9781911282396                                                 ISBN: 9781496815927                                                   examination of an important area
                                                                                                                            $25.00, Ebook
                                                        $20.00, Paperback                                                                                                                         of cartooning scholarship.”
                                                        ISBN: 9781911282600                                                 ISBN : 9781496815934
                                                                                                                                                                                                 —Tom Heintjes, Hogan's Alley

                                                        AMERICAN JOURNAL                                                    AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
                                                        Fifty Poems for our Time                                            A Library of Congress Illustrated History
                                                        Selected and introduced by TRACY K. SMITH,                          By MARGARET E. WAGNER
                                                        22nd U.S. Poet Laureate                                             Foreword by DAVID M. KENNEDY, Historian,
                                                                                                                            Stanford University
                                                        American Journal presents fifty contemporary
                                                        poems that explore and celebrate our country and                    America and the Great War commemorates the centennial
                                                        our lives. Past poet laureate of the United States and              of World War I. Chronicling the United States in neutrality
                                                        Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith has gathered a                 and in conflict, it presents events and arguments, political
                                                        remarkable chorus of voices that ring up and down                   and military battles, bitter tragedies and epic achievements
                                                        the registers of American poetry.                                   that marked U.S. involvement in the first modern war.

                                                        Tracy K. Smith served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of                  Margaret E. Wagner is the author of The Library of Congress
                                                        the United States. She is the author of several books               Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War, The American Civil War:
                                                        of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Life                365 Days, and World War II: 365 Days.
                                                        on Mars.
                                                                                                                            2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
                                                        Graywolf Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2018
                                                                                                                            Bloomsbury Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2017
                                                        $22.00, Hardcover,7¼" x 4¾", 122 pp.
                                                                                                                            $45.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 384 pp., 280 illustrations
                                                        ISBN: 9781555978389
                                                                                                                            ISBN: 9781620409824
                                                        $14.00, Paperback                                                                                                                        “A work that combines an entertaining
                                                                                                                            $31.50, Ebook
                                                        ISBN: 9781555978150
     “It is refreshing to read a book that unifies                                                                          ISBN: 9781620409831                                                   coffee-table format with an intellectually
      our diverse perspectives.” —ZYZZYVA                                                                                                                                                         rewarding text.”—Publishers Weekly

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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
                                             THE CARD CATALOG                                                    PICTURING AMERICA
                                             Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures                                The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps
                                             By THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                          By STEPHEN J. HORNSBY
                                             Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,                                        Foreword by RALPH E. EHRENBERG
                                             Librarian of Congress                                               Picturing America is the first work of its kind to
                                                                                                                 examine this bold art form. Geographer Stephen J.
                                             The Card Catalog tells the story of the Library of Congress’s
                                                                                                                 Hornsby gathers together more than 150 delightful
                                             card catalog system and highlights the literary treasures
                                                                                                                 images from the golden age of American pictorial maps.
                                             in the Library’s immense collection along the way. With
                                             engaging text that charts the history of the catalog—from
                                                                                                                 Stephen J. Hornsby is director of the Canadian-American
                                             its origins five thousand years ago to the present—and
                                                                                                                 Center and professor of geography and Canadian
                                             sprinkled with interesting trivia and anecdotes, The Card
                                                                                                                 studies at the University of Maine.
                                             Catalog is a tribute to the written word and the enduring
                                                                                                                 2017 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize from the
                                             magic of books.
                                                                                                                 American Association of Geographers
                                             Chronicle Books in association with the Library of Congress, 2017   University of Chicago Press in association with the Library
                                             $35.00, Hardcover, 7½” x   9”, 224 pp., 236 illustrations           of Congress, 2017
“Beautifully produced, intelligently         ISBN: 9781452145402                                                 $45.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 304 pp., 153 color plates
 written and lavishly illustrated.”                                                                              ISBN: 9780226386041                                                 “A superbly crafted visual feast.”
—Washington Post                                                                                                 $36.00, Ebook
                                                                                                                                                                                     —Journal of Historical Geography
                                                                                                                 ISBN: 9780226386188

                                             AMERICAN LIBRARIES,                                                 FABRIANO
                                             1730–1950                                                           City of Medieval and
                                             By KENNETH BREISCH
                                                                                                                 Renaissance Papermaking

                                             Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,                                        By SYLVIA RODGERS ALBRO
                                             Librarian of Congress
                                                                                                                 This book explores how the Arab art of papermaking

                                             American Libraries provides a history and panorama of               by hand came to the Italian peninsula in the thirteenth

                                             these much-loved structures encompassing the small                  century and why the city of Fabriano was well-

                                             personal collection, the vast university library, and               positioned to develop as the heart of this artisan craft.

                                             everything in between.
                                                                                                                 Sylvia Rodgers Albro is a senior conservator of rare

                                             Kenneth Breisch is an associate professor at the School
                                                                                                                 materials on paper at the Library of Congress.

                                             of Architecture at the University of Southern California.
                                                                                                                 Oak Knoll Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2016
                                             Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture,      $95.00, Hardcover, 9" x 9", 230 pp., 230 illustrations
                                             Design, and Engineering                                             ISBN: 9781584563518
                                             W. W. Norton & Company in association with the Library                                                                                  “For centuries Fabriano has been Italy’s
                                             of Congress, 2017
                                                                                                                                                                                      most famous papermaking center and Albro
“An impressively informative history of      $75.00, Hardcover, 8½" x 11", 320 pp., 500 illustrations
                                                                                                                                                                                      relates its early history with unrivaled knowl-
 the evolution of the library in America.”   ISBN: 9780393731606
                                                                                                                                                                                      edge.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post
—Midwest Book Review

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ABOUT THE LIBRARY
                                                            AMERICA’S GREATEST
                                                            LIBRARY
                                                            An Illustrated History
                                                            of the Library of Congress
                                                            By JOHN Y. COLE
                                                            Foreword by CARLA D. HAYDEN,
                                                            Librarian of Congress

                                                            This illustrated history highlights the personalities,
                                                            collections, and events that created and
                                                            sustained the world’s largest library. The
                                                            chronology traces the growth of the collections
                                                            through a combination of concise milestones,
                                                            brief essays, and vivid photographs and
                                                            illustrations.

                                                            D Giles Limited in association with the Library
                                                            of Congress, 2018
                                                            8¼" x 10", 256 pp., 250 illustrations
                                                            $39.95, Hardcover ISBN: 9781911282136
                                                            $19.95, Paperback ISBN: 9780844495750
                                                            $19.99, Ebook        ISBN: 9781911282303

                                                            ON THESE WALLS
                                                            Inscriptions & Quotations
                                                            in the Library of Congress
                                                            By JOHN Y. COLE

                                                            This beautifully illustrated book is a guide to the
                                                            works of art found in the Thomas Jefferson, John
                                                            Adams, and James Madison Memorial buildings
                                                            of the Library of Congress. The buildings are not
                                                            only feats of architecture, but they also harbor a
                                                            wealth of inscriptions and quotations on their walls
                                                            and ceilings.

                                                            Scala Publishers in association with the Library
                                                            of Congress, 2008
                                                            $19.95 Paperback 9" x 10", 128 pp. 100 color illustrations
                                                            ISBN: 9781857595451

                    Interior of dome. Library of Congress      John Y. Cole is the historian of the Library of           “Cole is a deft tour guide, whether explaining
                    Thomas Jefferson Building,                 Congress. He was the founding director of the              the institution’s origins or telling compelling
                    Washington, DC, 2007.                      Library’s Center for the Book from 1977 to 2016.
                    Photo by Carol M. Highsmith                                                                           stories.”—Washingtonian

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FUN AND GAMES
                PUZZLES                                                                                                  KNOWLEDGE CARDS

         SEA ANEMONES: Ar t Forms in Nature
         (Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904), plate 49
         By ERNST HAECKEL
         500-piece puzzle $16.95;        ISBN: 9780764979491

         HUMMINGBIRDS: Ar t Forms in Nature
         (Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1904), plate 99
         By ERNST HAECKEL                                                   Includes Madeleine                                             Includes César Estrada
                                                                                                           Includes Aretha Franklin,                                        Includes Groundhog Day,
         300-piece puzzle $14.95;        ISBN: 9780764978685                Albright, Isabel Allende,      Gwen Ifill, Quincy Jones,       Chávez, Linda Chávez,            Lord of the Rings, My
                                                                            Judy Blume, Marjory            Spike Lee, John Lewis,          Sandra Cisneros,                 Fair Lady, The Princess
         STORY MAP OF IRELAND                                               Stoneman Douglas, Ruth         Condoleezza Rice,               Freddy Fender, José              Bride, The Shawshank
                                                                            Bader Ginsburg, Annette       Jackie Robinson,                 Limón, Nancy Lopez,              Redemption, and This Is
         By COLORTEXT PUBLICATIONS, 1935                                    Gordon-Reed, and               Harold Washington,              and Anthony Quinn                Spinal Tap
         500-piece puzzle $16.95;        ISBN: 9780764969331                Nina Simon                     and August Wilson

         THE WIZARD OF OZ                                                                                  Each Knowledge Card pack: $10.95, 3¼"     x 4", 48 cards

         By L. FRANK BAUM,
         illustrated by W. W. DENSLOW, 1900
         300-piece puzzle $14.95;        ISBN: 9780764965128                                                                       CALENDARS
         AN ANCIENTE MAPPE OF FAIRYLAND
         By BERNARD SLEIGH, ca. 1920
                                                                                                                    ERNST HAECKEL ART FORMS IN NATURE
         1,000-piece puzzle $19.95;      ISBN: 9780764977329                                                        2021 Wall Calendar                $14.99;   ISBN: 9780764998591

                                                                                                                    A spectacular merging of art and science, Ernst Haeckel’s 1904
                                                                                                                    Kunstformen der Natur (or Art Forms in Nature) celebrates the beauty
                                                                                                                    and evolution of life forms.

                                                                                                                    WOMEN’S RIGHTS POSTERS
                                                                                                                    2021 Wall Calendar                $14.99;   ISBN: 9780764999932

                                                                                                                    Women’s centuries-long fight for equality sprang into the mainstream
                                                                                                                    in the 1960s and 1970s, inspiring the colorful and iconic posters featured
                                                                                                                    in this calendar.

                                                                                                  Pomegranate Communications, Inc., in association with the Library of Congress

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