Gardiner, Catherine:
DOGS, AN ATLAS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Canine Consultants Publishing, Milton, ON, 1974.

Includes 13 enormous color transparency overlays of dog anatomy, and a set of portable dog-measuring instruments in a separate vinyl pouch.

<-- "Skeletal System" (detail) with dog-measuring rod

Gulick, Sydney L.:
EVOLUTION OF THE JAPANESE: SOCIAL AND PSYCHIC
Fleming H. Revell Co., New York, 1903.

Tolerant author concludes that the exotic Japanese race is actually capable of abstract thought, moral judgement, and aesthetic refinement.

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Hawks, Ellison:
THE ROMANCE OF TRANSPORT
George G. Harrap, London, 1935.

The colorful history of getting from A to B -- whether by camel, horse-drawn omnibus, steam carriage, motorcycle, Zeppelin...

<-- frontis and title page

Knowles, Christopher:
TYPINGS (1974-1977)
Vehicle Editions, New York, 1979.

Artistry? Insanity? Exploitation? Eccentric pages from an autistic poet who was "discovered" by avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson.

<-- "Rock the Boat"

n/a:
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GUIDE FOR SHIPS
World Health Organization, Geneva, 1967.

In over 400 pages of text, only two paragraphs are devoted to seasickness: "The condition is so well known that a description is not necessary."

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Cornell, James, and John Surowiecki (eds.):
PULSE OF THE PLANET: A STATE OF THE EARTH REPORT FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION CENTER FOR SHORT-LIVED PHENOMENA
Harmony Books, New York, 1972.

A dizzying digest of earthquakes, meteorites, whale beachings, forest fires, volcanoes, algal blooms, landslides, caterpillar infestations, oil spills, tsunamis...

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