Titles of the pre-1912 ATF Catalogs
Does anyone know what the titles of the pre-1912 editions of the ATF catalogs are? I need to check something in the Library of Congress copies but it’s going to be a bear to find them in the catalog without the exact title.
17.Feb.2008 10.07am
The method I have used - I don’t know if it will work with the Lib of Congress is to use the name “American Type Founders” as the author. I hope this helps. Also Librarians often have good ideas about how best to search their collections. Sometimes you have to ask more than one though. ;-)
Please do let us know what works for you if it does.
Cheers!
17.Feb.2008 10.56am
Using author names does bring up some of the books, but not everything. The LOC catalog is pretty wonky, and I find that with type stuff the best results often come from just popping the title in as a keyword.
17.Feb.2008 11.15am
This book will get you the list of titles you are after
http://www.oakknoll.com/detail.php?d_booknr=40614