Washington, D.C. LIBRARY OF 2 0 5 4 0 – 4 9 8 0 CONGRESS http://www.loc.gov/shop 2 o 1 o PUBLICATIONS C e l e b r a t i n g b o o ks COVER: Advertisement for hats by Peck & Snyder Manufacturers, 1875. General Collections, Library of Congress. Stock poster, Calvert Lithograph Co., Detroit, 1895. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. TOP: H.S. Crocker & Co., San Francisco, 1889. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. BOTTOM: The New York Female Giants, 1913. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. While baseball may be America’s national pastime, our new book BAaseball mericana: Treasures from the Library of Congress makes reading about the sport as much fun as a lazy summer afternoon at the ballgame. BAaseball mericana includes more than 350 images — many never before published —of famous players, ballparks, and baseball cards. As George Will notes in his introduction, readers of BAaseball mericana will become time travelers, “but moving in the other direction, back into the sometimes strange yet strangely familiar past of the game that is permanently present in the nation ’s mind.” The editorial cartoons of Herb Block, known as “Herblock, ” take you on a trip to the past, yet have amazing relevance to the present. Herblock: The Life and Work of the Great Political Cartoonist is the companion book to the Library ’s exhibition chronicling the life and times of Herb Block. In Herblock, Haynes Johnson provides a reverent and insightful biography, while Harry Katz places Herblock and his work in context. An added bonus to the more than 250 cartoons in the book is a DVD containing 18,000 additional cartoons held in the collections of the Library of Congress. Since 1937, the Library of Congress has been home to 43 men and women who served as “consultants in poetry, ” later known as “U.S. Poets Laureate.” The Poets Laureate A,nthology developed by the Library ’s publishing office with literary scholar Elizabeth Schmidt, with a foreword by former laureate Billy Collins, is the first collection to anthologize the work of these great American men and women of letters. Each poetry selection is preceded by a brief biography of the poet as well as a photograph of them from the collections of the Library of Congress. In addition to all of our new books and our growing backlist, we also have a vast selection of calendars, postcard books, and Knowledge Cards featuring items from the collections, from Broadway posters to Shakespeare. All of these are available for sale at our website at www.loc.gov/shop. There is much in this year ’s batch of books from the Library of Congress to both stir and refresh your imagination. Enjoy browsing through this year ’s edition of Celebrating Books. Happy reading. —W. R ALPH E UBANKS , D i r e c t o r o f P u b l i s h i n g C O N T E N T S 2 N e w % R e c e n t T i t l e s 37 B a c k l i s t F a v o r i t e s 54 2 0 1 0 C a l e n d a r s 58 K n o w l e d g e C a r d s 61 P o s t c a r d B o o k s 63 S e l e c t e d B a c k l i s t From Haney ’s Base Ball Book of Reference, Henry Chadwick, Haney & Co., New York, 1868. Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. LEFT: Back cover of a Jackie Robinson comic book, 1951. Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Library of Congress. n e w a n d r e c e n t TITLES Kids at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., 1920. National Photo Company. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Hardcover, 9 1/4 by 11 5/8 inches, 256 pages, B aseb all Am eric ana 350 color illustrations Treasures from the Library of Congress ISBN 978­0­06­162545­9 B y HAR RY KAT Z , F RAN K CER E SI, PH I L M ICHE L , W IL S ON MCB E E , and SUS AN REYB UR N • P ref ace by GEOR GE F. W I LL $29.99 he Library of Congress houses the world’s largest baseball collection, documenting the T history of the game and providing a unique look at America since the late 1700s. Baseball Americana presents the best of the best from the treasure trove. From baseball’s biggest stars to street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and Little League games, the book examines baseball’s hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character. The more than 350 fabulous illustrations—many never before published—feature first­generation, vintage photographic and chromolithographic baseball cards; photographs of famous players and ballparks; and newspaper clippings, cartoons, New Deal photographs, and baseball advertisements. Packed with images that will surprise and thrill even the most expert collector, Baseball Americana is a gift for every baseball fan. Smithsonian Books/Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in association with the Library of Congress 5 A student from Woodrow Wilson High School wearing saddle shoes, Washington, D.C., 1943. Photograph by Esther Bubley. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Softcover, 7 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches, 64 pages, 50 color and black & white photographs Fields of Vision (Publication Date March 2010) Se r ie s ed ite d b y A M Y PASTA N $12.95 he approximately 172,000 photographs in the Library of Congress’s collection from the Farm T Security Administration (FSA), later the Office of War Information (OWI), provide a unique view of American life during the Great Depression and Second World War. This government photography project, headed by Roy E. Stryker, employed many relatively unknown names who later became some of the 20th­century’s best­known photographers, such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein and Carl Mydans. Initially conceived to document government loans to farm­ ers and their subsequent resettlement in suburban communities, the scope of the project expanded to create a visual record of agricultural workers across the United States. Later, Stryker’s photographers record­ ed both rural and urban centers as the nation prepared for World War II. Each volume in the “Fields of Vision” series features an introduc­ tion to the work of a single FSA photographer by a leading contemporary author or writer, and presents 50 striking images that show how the particular vision of these photographers helped shape the collective identity of America. Their evocative pictures transport the viewer to American homes, farms, and streets of the 1930s and 1940s. For many Americans of the pre­television age, the diversity and complexity of their country was defined by the lenses of these men and women. The Photographs of The Photographs of Jack Delano Marion Post Wolcott Introduction by ESMERALDA SANTIAGO Introduction by FRANCINE PROSE ISBN 978­1­904832­46­1 ISBN 978­1­904832­41­6 (Publication Date March 2010) The Photographs of The Photographs of Ben Shahn Esther Bubley Introduction by TIMOTHY EGAN Introduction by MELISSA FAYE GREENE ISBN 978­1­904832­40­9 ISBN 978­1­904832­48­5 (Publication Date March 2010) The Photographs of Russell Lee The Photographs of Introduction by NICHOLAS LEMANN John Vachon ISBN 978­1­904832­39­3 Introduction by KURT ANDERSON ISBN 978­1­904832­47­8 (Publication Date March 2010) D Giles Limited in association with the Library of Congress 7 8 Softcover, 8 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches, 128 pages, M ap pi ng St at e s thro ugh 50 full­color historical maps His tory : Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress Se r ie s edite d b y V IN C E NT V IR GA $24.95 his is the first series to assemble an in­depth collection of rare, historically significant maps T of the cities, states, counties, towns, and events that make up each of America’s fifty states. Edited by renowned photo editor and author Vincent Virga, these books offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through the maps and their narrative captions. Each map thus becomes a virtual time machine that tells us about the places we live in today. Compelling historical essays by a local writer complement Virga’s foreword to further help weave the cartographic record into a drama of settle­ ment and change. Each book contains 50 full­color historical maps from the vast collections of the Library of Congress, as well as infor­ mative captions on the origins of each map. Essays discuss how the maps reflect the history, culture, and sensibilities of the state and its residents through time, while Virga’s foreword puts the maps in the larger context of the Library’s collections and beyond. California: Mapping the Golden State through History By RAY JONES with a foreword by VINCENT VIRGA ISBN 978­0­7627­4530­2 Colorado: Mapping the Centennial State through History By STEPHEN GRACE with a foreword by VINCENT VIRGA ISBN 978­0­7627­4531­9 Texas: Mapping the Lone Star State through History By Don Blevins with a foreword by Vincent Virga ISBN 978­0­7627­4532­6 (Publication Date January 2010) Virginia: Mapping the Old Dominion State through History By EMILEE HINES with a foreword by VINCENT VIRGA ISBN 978­0­7527­4533­3 Globe Pequot Press in association with the Library of Congress Death Valley, drawn by Jolly Lindgren, 1948.