Beebe, Lucius; Paul Rand (design & typography):
THE STORK CLUB BAR BOOK
Rinehart & Co., New York, 1946.

Swanky Manhattan nightclub + witty epicurean dandy + influential graphic designer = mixing guide for top-shelf alcoholics.

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Wheeler, Harry G.:
EXHIBITION AND FLYING PIGEONS
Spur Publications, Hindhead, Surrey, 1978.

Obsessive descriptions of hundreds of breeds, including the Bohemian Saddle Pouter; the Fairy Swallow; the Clean-Legged Priest; etc.

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Rodale, J.I.:
THE ITCH AND WHAT TO DO BESIDES SCRATCHING
Rodale Books, Emmaus, PA, 1971.

We used to worry that we'd never find a book devoted exclusively to the subject of rectal itching.

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"Written by divers hands;" Carl Cobbledick (illus.):
AN UNCENSORED ANTHOLOGY
Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, 1937.

Light verse suitable for your bachelor uncle, from an era when "uncensored" meant mammary puns and outhouse jokes.

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Lejnieks, J.:
RIGA, KURAS NAV [NEVER-BUILT RIGA]
Zinatne, Riga, 1998.

Catalogue of missed opportunities: 100 years of elaborately planned, but never implemented, urban redevelopment schemes for Riga. In Latvian, with summary in English.

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Proudfoot, W.B.:
THE ORIGIN OF STENCIL DUPLICATING
Hutchinson & Co., London, 1972.

A history of carbon copies, mimeographs, and other indispensable clerical technologies from the distant days of paper-and-ink.

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