July 26, 2009

[four volumes in leather travel wallet]:
MIDGET DICTIONARIES: ENGLISH (to/from) FRENCH; ITALIAN; GERMAN; SPANISH
Burgess & Bowes Ltd., London, [ca. 1960].


Surprisingly comprehensive, considering that the books are the size of matchboxes.

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Alison, Crichton (ed.):
MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES
Medical Publishing Co., New York, [ca. 1950].


Impostors in Petticoats; The Lure of Dainty Things; Men with Feminine Bodies; A Transvestite Confesses; and more.

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Huddleston, Sisley:
PARIS SALONS, CAFES, STUDIOS

J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1928.


For romance, nothing surpasses bohemian Paris in the early 20th century -- even when it's remembered by a pompous, name-dropping poseur.


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Nagahara, Yoshiaki:

STATEGIC CONCEPTS OF GO

Ishi Press, Tokyo, 1972.


With whole chapters devoted to obscure Japanese game strategies like miai ("seeing together"), korigatachi ("frozen shape"), aji ("taste"), etc.


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Wood, Alice L.:
THE JINGLE BOOK FOR SPEECH CORRECTION

E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1934.


Over 100 tongue-twisting alliterative rhymes, chosen to charm and challenge children who have difficulty pronouncing consonant sounds.


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Salisbury, Frank B.:
THE BIOLOGY OF FLOWERING

Natural History Press, Garden City, NY, 1971.


A study of Mother Nature at her most lascivious.


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