This website compiles, by year, four different lists of books published during the twentieth century: 1. The top ten bestsellers in fiction, as recorded by Publishers Weekly. 2. The top ten bestsellers in nonfiction, also as recorded by Publishers Weekly. 3. The main selections of the Book-of-the-Month Club, which was founded in 1926. 4. Critically acclaimed and historically significant books, as identified by consulting various critics' and historians' lists of important books.
Dictionary of Terms and Expressions Commonly Used in the Antiquarian Book Trade. - In English, French, German and Italian. "Contrary to common practice, this dictionary contains as few words as possible. I have limited the terms, to those used by antiquarian booksellers, which are not to be found in the usual bilingual, trilingual, or multilingual dictionaries. " Edgar Franco's "Dictionary" was published by the ILAB in 1994. It is available as a pdf file, and as a print version.