n/a:
THE AMERICAN STANDARD OF PERFECTION
American Poultry Association, Davenport, IA, 1938.

"...not alone the most beautiful and symmetrical but also the most useful and productive."

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n/a:
AVON COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES
Avon Products of Canada, Montreal, [ca. 1952].

Ring-bound sample catalogue for "Avon ladies," illustrated with creamy photos of soaps and lotions, and still haunted by a scent of grandmotherly perfume.

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Kelly, G. Lombard, et al.:
FEMALE MASTURBATION
Banner Books, Inglewood, CA, 1966.

Eight authoritative-sounding essays on various aspects of this popular diversion, including "Artificial Erotism," "Masturbation in Girls," "Curing Masturbation with Hypnosis," etc.

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Yorke, F.R.S., and Frederick Gibberd:
MODERN FLATS
The Architectural Press, London, 1958.

A rigidly geometric paradise, made possible by the wonders of reinforced concrete.

<-- pp. 138-139

Seashore, Carl Emil:
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSICAL TALENT
Silver, Burdett and Co., Boston, 1919.

"The scientific study of the artistic mind is a somewhat baffling undertaking."

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Lloyd, Robin:
FOR MONEY OR LOVE: BOY PROSTITUTION IN AMERICA
Vanguard Press, New York, 1976.

When you read it on the subway, strangers glare at you suspiciously.

<-- front cover