- Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- A Dictionary of the Language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island, Banks’ Islands, with a Short Grammar and Index
- Encyclopedia of Death
- A Dictionary of Sexist Quotations
- Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, with a foreword by Ronnie James Dio
- Atlas of Northwestern Elevators
- Encyclopedia of Conditioning Rinse Ingredients
- Arkheologicheskii slovar’ kamennykh orudii (Archaeological Dictionary of Stone Tools)
- Dung Fungi: An Illustrated Guide to Coprophilous Fungi in New Zealand
- Encyclopedia of Murder & Violent Crime
- Les seins: Encyclopédie historique et bizarre des gorges, mamelles, poitrines, pis et autres tétons: Des origines à nos jours (Breasts: A Strange and Historical Encyclopedia of Boobs, Mammaries, Chests, Breasts, and Nipples: From the Beginnings to Today)
- Foolish Dictionary: An Exhausting Work of Reference to Un-Certain English Words, Their Origin, Meaning, Legitimate and Illegitimate Use, Confused by a Few Pictures, Executed by Gideon Wurdz
- Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth! about Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More
- Talkin’ that talk: Le langage du blues et du jazz
- 1001 Wörter Lkw-Werkstatt: Deutsch, English, français, ʻArabi (1001 Words for Truck Workshop)
- Precancelled Envelopes of the United States
- The Zombie Dictionary (included in Zombie Code: Keys to Unlocking Your Undead Destiny)
- Atlas of Hair and Scalp Diseases
- 6-sprachiges Süsswarenfachwörterbuch (Six-Language Technical Dictionary of the Confectionery Industry)
A companion blog to my in-progress book, You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Babylon to Wikipedia, forthcoming from Walker & Co. in 2013.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Titles
Some miscellaneous reference books I haven’t seen, and about which I know nothing more than their titles — but what lovely titles they are:
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