Nicholson, Howard:
NICHOLSON ON FIGURE SKATING
John Lane / Bodley Head, London, 1933.

With several dozen curious illustrations, which at first glance look like austere portraits of micro-organisms undergoing cellular division (turns out they're diagrams of various figure-eight and triple-loop maneuvers).

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Lee, Jimmy:
SOUL FOOD COOKBOOK
Award Books, New York, 1970.

Pink Mayonnaise, Pig's Brawn, Roasted Woodchuck, etc.

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Walker, Stella (comp.):
ENAMOURED OF AN ASS: A DONKEY ANTHOLOGY
Angus & Robertson, London, 1977.

This miscellany of reminiscences, trivia, poetry, etc., on the subject of Equus asinus is so infectiously optimistic that it caused one 21st century city-slicker to seriously fantasize about putting a donkey-stall in his garage.

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Reif, Rita; Duane Michals et al. (phot.):
LIVING WITH BOOKS: 118 DESIGNS FOR HOMES AND OFFICES
Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., New York, 1968.

A nostalgic reminder of how much physical space was devoted to bound paper during the Age of Print, with over 100 photos of packed bookshelves in actual bedrooms, dens, hallways, etc.

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[British Medical Association's Board of Science and Education]
THE MEDICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WAR
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK), 1983.

If you want to hear a dire prognosis, ask a panel of doctors about the prospects of providing medical care for tens of millions of burned and irradiated victims in the aftermath of a large-scale nuclear attack.

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Crocker, Denton W., and David W. Barr:
HANDBOOK OF THE CRAYFISHES OF ONTARIO
University of Toronto Press, 1968.

"In crayfishes, there are 18 true segments plus a presegmental portion at the anterior end and a postsegmental portion at the posterior end."

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