There are 93 pieces to the trove: 8 kings, 8 queens, 16 bishops, 15 knights, 12 warders (fierce warriors that are the equivalent of modern rooks), 19 pawns, 14 tablemen for the game of tables, similar to backgammon, and a belt buckle.
(Photograph: Edith Wharton, 1915) A trove of 136 Edith Wharton letters some written when Wharton was just fourteen years old—sold at Christie's yesterday to an American educational institution for $182,500.
The Corpus of Contemporary American English, a 450m-word trove of edited American English, is also a useful (and free) resource, but not so user-friendly.
A 26-page trove of internal documents obtained by Climate Desk from the port authority reveals for the first time a substantial hit to the project's green credibility.
Sugar, who was working on the Yankees account for an advertising agency, said he got a call from the team asking if he wanted to rummage through the 50-year trove.
A1 A trove of Iraqi intelligence documents and maps relating to Israel as well as offers of sales of uranium and other nuclear material to Iraq were unearthed in what began as a hunt for an ancient Jewish text at secret police headquarters in downtown Baghdad.
On August 2, the Indiana National Guard flew Pruitt, Holcomb,and several aides in a Black Hawk helicopter from Indianapolis to the Liberty coal mine in Boonville, according to schedules and emails published in a 24,000-page trove of EPA documents recently obtained by the Sierra Club.
The Bargello, Via del Proconsolo 4, (39-055) 238-8606, is a trove of Renaissance sculpture that, oddly, doesn't attract the crowds of the Uffizi.
Shopping De Looier, a large covered arts, antiques and bric-a-brac mall in the Jordaan district, Elandsgracht 109-111, is open daily except Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On a narrow street off the Keizersgracht, the Keystone Novelty Store, Huidenstraat 28, 31-200) 625-2660, is a trove of dinnerware, teapots and toys from the 1930's through the 70's.
Terre de Truffes, (15) 11, rue St.-François de Paule, (33-4) 93.62.07.68, is a trove of puréed Provençal truffles ($73 for about 7 ounces), black truffles from Perigord ($300 for about 3.5 ounces) and similar delicacies.
It is now a national project, but the StoryCorps archive still contains a rich collection of New York stories: of the 50,000 interviews in its trove, nearly 11,000 were recorded in New York.
