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• Caspar's Directory of the American Book, News and Stationery Trade, Wholesale and Retail (Milwaukee: C. N. Caspar's Book Emporium; et al., 1889), by C. N. Caspar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Book Trade in the United States in 1905 (typescript thesis; 1905), by Francis K. W. Drury
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture From Consumerism to Control (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), by Theodore G. Striphas (zipped PDF with commentary at thelateageofprint.org)
• Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms (Detroit: Douglas Book Shop, 1922), by Guido Bruno (Gutenberg text)
• The History of Printing in America; With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers, to Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World (2 volumes; Worcester, MA: I. Thomas, 1810), by Isaiah Thomas
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume I: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Annals of American Bookselling, 1638-1850 (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, 1932), by Henry Walcott Boynton (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Bookseller (19th and early 20th century Chicago-based book trade journal) (partial serial archives)
• The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer (partial serial archives)
• The Bookseller's Friend (1894-1895; no further issues known to be published), ed. by Roy W. Crabb (full serial archives)
• Against the Grain (free online access to most issues more than 3 years old) (partial serial archives)
• The American Bookseller (partial serial archives)
• American Book Trade Directory (partial serial archives)
• American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)

• Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms (Detroit: Douglas Book Shop, 1922), by Guido Bruno (Gutenberg text)

• Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, c2010), by Jim Collins (PDF with commentary at Project MUSE)

• A Seleced Catalogue of Some of the Most Esteemed Publications in the English Language Proper to Form a Social Library; With an Introduction Upon the Choice of Books (Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1793), by Thaddeus Mason Harris (MS Word at Princeton)

• Index of Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in His American Bibliography (Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1961), by Roger P. Bristol, contrib. by Charles Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Book Trade Directory (partial serial archives)
• American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)

• American Book Trade Directory (partial serial archives)
• The Book Trade in the United States in 1905 (typescript thesis; 1905), by Francis K. W. Drury
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)
• The Annual Literary Index (full serial archives)

• The Annual Literary Index (full serial archives)
• The Annual Library Index, ed. by William Isaac Fletcher and Helen E. Haines (full serial archives)

• American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)

• The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory (c2002), ed. by Roger Stringer (PDF in the UK)

• Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1863/4 (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61, by George W. Hawes (page images at MOA)

• First National Directory of "Rightist" Groups, Publications, and Some Individuals in the United States (and Some Foreign Countries) (fourth edition, and supplement; Sausalito, CA: Noontide Press, 1962-1963), by Alert Americans Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• First National Directory of "Rightist" Groups, Publications and Some Individuals in the United States (and Some Foreign Countries) (third edition; San Francisco: Liberty and Property, c1957) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Directory of Archival Organizations in the United States and Canada, by Society of American Archivists (partial serial archives)

• Directory of Producers of Reading Materials (current online edition), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (HTML at loc.gov)

• Directory of Producers of Reading Materials (current online edition), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (HTML at loc.gov)

• American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)
• American Book Trade Directory (partial serial archives)

• An International Directory of Building Research Organizations (1989), by National Research Council Building Research Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (and Appendix) (1951 edition), by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (and appendix) (1957 edition), by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (and Appendixes) (1961 edition), by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Insider Guide to Policy Experts and Organizations (current electronic edition), by Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.) (frame-dependent searchable HTML at heritage.org)

• Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States (1997 edition), by Peter Bartis and Stephanie A. Hall (HTML at LOC)

• A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources, by Peter Bartis and Paddy Bowman (HTML at LOC)

• Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States (1997 edition), by Peter Bartis and Stephanie A. Hall (HTML at LOC)

• Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Resource Directory (November 1998), by United States Department of Justice (page images at HathiTrust)

• Federal Statistical Directory (full serial archives)
• Directory of Federal Statistical Agencies (partial serial archives)

• Rural Latino Resources: A National Guide (E. Lansing, MI: Julian Samora Research Institute, c1997) (HTML at MSU)

• The Green Book (African-American travel guidebook) (partial serial archives)
• The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (New York: Victor H. Green and Co., c1949; see also The Green Book) (PDF with commentary at Michigan)

• Japanese Who's Who in America (English cover title of a Japanese-language volume; San Francisco: Japanese American News, 1922), by Nichi-Bei Shinbunsha
  • page images at HathiTrust; some page scans distorted
  • page images at Google; some page scans distorted; may be US access only

More items available under broader and related terms at left.