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How to Make Paste Papers

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by Jennifer Woods (au). (The Library Company of Philadelphia, Revised 1999.)

The Wolf Years: The Renascence of the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1952-1984

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by Marie Elena Korey, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1984.)

Women 1500-1900

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(Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1974.)

150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings: Selections from the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art

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by Milo M. Naeve, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1999.)

“By A Lady”: American Women Poets of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exhibition Catalogue

“By A Lady”: American Women Poets of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exhibition Catalogue

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by Denise Larrabee, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1988.)

Charter Members of The Library Company of Philadelphia

Charter Members of The Library Company of Philadelphia

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by Francis R. Packard, M.D., Editor of the Annals of Medical History (au). (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1942.)

Anne Hampton Brewster: 19th-Century Author and "Social Outlaw"

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by Denise Larrabee, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1992.)

China On Our Shelves: An Exhibition of Books about China acquired by the Library Company of Philadelphia mostly before and during the Heyday of the American China Trade, 1784-1840

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by Edwin Wolf 2nd, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1966.)

Chess Collection of George Allen

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Kevin Coghlan (au) and Sandra L. Nathanson (au). (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, March 1980)

‘A Clock for the Rooms’: The Horological Legacy of the Library Company of Philadelphia

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Reprint of an article originally pub. in “Antiquarian Horology,” Dec. 2006 discussing scientific titles in the Lib. Co. of Phila. (LCP) that influenced early Amer. clockmakers, such as David Rittenhouse & Edward Duffield. In 1792 the Library received the nearly 4,000 vol. Loganian Library, which included the private library of James Logan. Another LCP shareholder involved with clocks was cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph. The greatest enhancement to the horological collections came during the tenure of librarian Edwin Wolf 2nd. Also discusses clocks held by the LCP: the ‘Cromwell Family Clock’ by John Fromanteel; the ‘Astronomical Clock’ by John Child; the ‘William Penn Clock’ by William Martin; & clocks by Christopher Sauer, & Edward Duffield. Full-color illus.