May 23, 2010

Caballero Bonald, José M.:
ANDALUSIAN DANCES.

Editorial Noguer, Barcelona, 1957.


Spanish melodrama on the dance floor: a bewitching combination of corny and erotic. With 60 pages of gravure photos, and a thorough descriptive text in English.


<-- Plates 6 & 7, "Two mobile poses"

Stoddard, Edward:
HOW TO REMEMBER NAMES AND FACES

Nelson Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1958.


Not just a booklet, but a "progress kit," with 15 mugshot practice cards of unremarkable fictional characters (grocer, accountant, secretary, etc.) whose identities you can memorize in your spare time.


<-- front cover, with practice cards


Ayoob, Massad F.:
FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN POLICE IMPACT WEAPONS

Police Bookshelf, Concord, NH, 1984.

Techniques of applied brutality with batons, saps, flashlights, etc.; with numerous photo-demonstrations by instructors costumed like the Village People.


<-- front cover


"The TV Vet":
TV VET BOOK FOR PIG FARMERS

Farming Press Ltd., Ipswich, 1979.


All the glamour of veterinary television in convenient book form: descriptions of over 50 swine ailments (joint-ill; vomiting and wasting disease; pig-pox; prolapsed anus; etc.), illustrated with appalling photos.


<-- front cover


Sparer, Fred:
HOW TO BUILD MOBILE HOME PARKS

Trail-R-Club of America, Beverly Hills, 1971.


The philosophy and implementation of domestic impermanence in the automotive age. 700+ pages long, and packed with hundreds of photos, blueprints, government regulations, etc.


<-- front cover

n/a:
HEMPHILL BANNER PARTS CATALOG FOR SOLID PATTERN MACHINE MODEL SCP-TS

Hemphill Company, Pawtucket, R.I., 1953.


Curious about the configuration and technical nomenclature of commercial sock-weaving machinery? With the help of these highly detailed schematics, you can identify every tooth sprocket, ratchet brake, tension spring, lever wire...


<-- Index to Plates, Rear View