Jackson, Holbrook:
THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA.
Farrar, Strauss & Co., New York, 1950.

To savor, stroke, and covet this book… well it's like a dog chasing its own tail.

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Brusse, Jan; Daniel Frasnay (phot.):
NIGHTS IN PARIS
André Deutsch, London, 1958.

With 112 photos of Parisian night-fauna (showgirls, jazz musicians, aristocrats, winos, etc.), captured in stark black and white; beside which regular diurnal life looks quite colorless.

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Wood-Allen, Mary:
WHAT A YOUNG GIRL OUGHT TO KNOW
Vir Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1905.

"…will save her from ignorance, enable her to avoid vice, and deliver her from solitary and social sins."

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Alth, Max and Charlotte:
MAKING PLASTIC PIPE FURNITURE
Everest House, New York, 1981.

Home-built from PVC plumbing pipe, a lounge chair offers meditative repose; a saucy love seat promises intimacy; and a bookcase really dresses up your paperbacks.

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n/a:
WE LAND ON THE MOON COLORING BOOK
Solar Communications, Island Park, NY, 1969.

One especially pleasing panel, depicting the effects of zero gravity, shows an astronaut pursuing floating french fries and cheese cubes around the cabin of his ship.

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Hellmuth, Nicholas M.:
PRE-COLUMBIAN BALLGAME: ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE
Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research, Guatemala City, 1975.

"Stone stelae at Cotzumalhuapa show victorious players triumphantly carrying the newly severed heads of their unfortunate opponents." Includes a very thorough bibliography.

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