Jacobson, Edmund: YOU MUST RELAX Revised Ed.; Whittlesey House, New York, 1942. The philosophy and practice of fighting nervous tension.
<-- pp. 84-85
[Carlsberg Breweries]: THE BOOK OF CARLSBERG Copenhagen, 1946. Eerily nordic: a scientific brew-factory surrounded by empty parks and palaces.
<-- front cover
Forberg, Fred. Chas.: MANUAL OF CLASSICAL EROTOLOGY Facsimile Reprint. Grove Press, New York, 1966. All the dirty bits of the classical canon, in side-by-side translation.
<-- title page
[multiple authors] THE PERCEPTION AND APPLICATION OF FLASHING LIGHTS University of Toronto Press, 1971.
A subject which receives less attention than it deserves. <-- front cover
Cosgrove, J.J.: SANITARY PLUMBING FIXTURES (Part 1) Int'l Textbook Co., Scranton, PA, 1940. The golden age of ceramic toilet design.
<-- pp. 86-87
Amoss, Harry: PLAY STORY GEOGRAPHY W.J. Gage & Co, Toronto, 1937.
Several layers of abstraction muddled into a childish narrative about map skills.
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