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Shu fa cheng yu dian gu ci dian / Tong Yubin bian zhu

Title:
書法成語典故辭典 / 佟玉斌编著
Author:
Tong, Yubin  Search this
Physical description:
3, 74, 379 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Quotations
Dictionaries
Place:
China
Date:
1990
Topic:
Calligraphers  Search this
Chinese language--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
NK3634 .T975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_875130
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One hundred Liberian proverbs connected with water / by George W.W. Tahmen

Author:
Tahmen, George W  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 25 p. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
1989
198-?]
Topic:
Proverbs, Liberian  Search this
Water--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
PN6519.L47 T12
PN6519.L47T12
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_399326
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The Dictionary of biographical quotation of British and American subjects / edited by Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle

Author:
Kenin, Richard  Search this
Wintle, Justin  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 860 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
United States
Date:
1978
Topic:
Biography  Search this
Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
PN6081 .D552 1978
CT773.D38 1978
CT773.D38 1978X
PN6081.D552 1978
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_105582
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Quotations and sources on design and the decorative arts / compiled and introduced by Paul Greenhalgh

Author:
Greenhalgh, Paul 1955 October 21-  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 246 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Quotations, maxims, etc
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Design  Search this
Material culture--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_479696
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Gardener's Latin : a lexicon / by Bill Neal ; introduction by Barbara Damrosch

Author:
Neal, Bill  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 136 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Nomenclature
Folklore
Date:
1992
Topic:
Botany--Dictionaries--Latin (Medieval and modern)  Search this
Plants  Search this
Latin language, Medieval and modern--Dictionaries--English  Search this
Plants--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
QK9.N42 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_429804
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Satisfaction / Mike Glier

Author:
Glier, Mike  Search this
San Jose Museum of Art  Search this
Hallwalls (Museum)  Search this
Subject:
Glier, Mike  Search this
Physical description:
100 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Satisfaction in art--Exhibitions  Search this
Satisfaction--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.G5594 S2 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_434390
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The meaning of history : a dictionary of quotations / N. Gordon Carper and Joyce Carper

Author:
Carper, N. Gordon  Search this
Carper, Joyce  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 374 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1991
Topic:
History--Quotations, maxims, etc--Dictionaries  Search this
Historians--Quotations--Dictionaries  Search this
Call number:
D9.C37 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_430983
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A Dictionary of environmental quotations / compiled by Barbara K. Rodes and Rice Odell

Author:
Rodes, Barbara K  Search this
Odell, Rice  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 335 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Nature--Quotations, maxims, etc--Dictionaries  Search this
Ecology--Quotations, maxims, etc--Dictionaries  Search this
Call number:
PN6084.N2D53 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_433685
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The Oxford book of money / edited by Kevin Jackson

Author:
Jackson, Kevin  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 479 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1995
Topic:
Money--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Money in literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_478172
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Last words : a dictionary of deathbed quotations / by C. Bernard Ruffin

Author:
Ruffin, Bernard 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
261 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1995
Topic:
Quotations--Dictionaries  Search this
Death--Quotations, maxims, etc--Dictionaries  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_473923
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A bouquet of flowers : sweet thoughts, recipes, and gifts from the garden with "The Language of Flowers" / by Barbara Milo Ohrbach

Author:
Ohrbach, Barbara Milo  Search this
Physical description:
56 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Nature craft  Search this
Flowers  Search this
Cooking (Flowers)  Search this
Nature--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
TT157.O37 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_412075
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Popcorn in paradise : the wit and wisdom of Hollywood / edited by John Robert Colombo

Author:
Colombo, John Robert 1936-  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1980
1980, c1979
Topic:
Motion picture industry--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Motion picture producers and directors--Quotations  Search this
Motion picture actors and actresses--Quotations  Search this
Motion picture industry--Humor  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.U6P58 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_434819
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A Treasury of business quotations / [selected] by Michael C. Thomsett

Author:
Thomsett, Michael C  Search this
Physical description:
x, 218 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Quotations, English  Search this
Business--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Management--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Executive ability--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_464333
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Source of all evil : African proverbs and sayings on women / Mineke Schipper

Author:
Schipper, Mineke  Search this
Physical description:
97 p. : map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
Proverbs, African  Search this
Women--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_460015
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Hunting quotations : two hundred years of writings on the philosophy, culture, and experience / compiled by Dena Jones Jolma

Author:
Jolma, Dena Jones 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 232 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1992
C1992
Topic:
Hunting--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
PN6084.H84H86 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_446787
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Refranero y díchos del campo de todas las lenguas de España / Ignacio Cobos López de Baños

Author:
Cobos López de Baños, Ignacio  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 636 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Spain
Date:
1989
Topic:
Agriculture--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Proverbs, Spanish  Search this
Proverbs  Search this
Call number:
PN6437.A44 C65 1989
PN6437.A44C65 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_428747
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I am the printing press : a small collection of maxims, dictums, quotes, precepts, and thoughts relating to the art of printing / compiled by A.J. Fitch

Author:
Fitch, A. J  Search this
Physical description:
[32] p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1984
C1984
Topic:
Printing--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
Z116.F55 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_322607
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A Teacher's treasury of quotations / compiled by Bernard E. Farber

Author:
Farber, Bernard E. 1914-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 370 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1985
C1985
Topic:
Quotations, English  Search this
Education--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
PN6081.T4 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_321758
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The Delights of reading : quotes, notes & anecdotes / [selected by] Otto L. Bettmann ; foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin

Author:
Bettmann, Otto  Search this
Library of Congress Center for the Book  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 139 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
Topic:
Books and reading--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Books and reading--Anecdotes  Search this
Call number:
Z1003.D34 1987X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_330432
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A Dictionary of art quotations / compiled by Ian Crofton

Author:
Crofton, Ian  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Quotations, maxims, etc
Quotations
Date:
1989
1988
1989 c1988
Topic:
Art  Search this
Art--Quotations, maxims, etc  Search this
Call number:
PN6084.A8C76 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_372747

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