Hodgson, Fred. T.:
PRACTICAL BUNGALOWS AND COTTAGES FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY
Frederick J. Drake & Co., Chicago, 1912.

Over 200 architectural drawings and floor plans: like revisiting a forgotten dream city.

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Herrero, Stephen:
BEAR ATTACKS: THEIR CAUSES AND AVOIDANCE
Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1985.

Sometimes they supplement their berries and honey with a little man-flesh.

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Cox, Doris, and Barbara Warren Weismann:
CREATIVE HANDS, AN INTRODUCTION TO CRAFT TECHNIQUES
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1948.

It's a nice cover design, but the endpapers are even lovelier.

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Faraday, Michael:
THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE
Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1957.

The natural world illuminated by a Victorian genius.

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Hymoff, Edward:
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF SPACECRAFT
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1966.

Would you rather careen aimlessly through the vast emptiness?

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[n/a]:
THE SOVIET CIRCUS: A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1967. First printing.

Bears on motorcycles! Brezhnev-era clowns!

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Dal Fabro, Mario:
HOW TO MAKE BUILT-IN FURNITURE
F.W. Dodge, New York, 1955.

What kid wouldn't love a fold-up plywood bunk bed?

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Norbye, Jan P.:
STREAMLINING AND CAR AERODYNAMICS
TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1977.

Wind resistance is such a drag.

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Ehrenzweig, Anton:
THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF ARTISTIC VISION AND HEARING
Julian Press, New York, 1953.

A difficult theory to distill: the table of contents alone runs to 14 pages.

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Corderoy, John:
BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS
Studio Vista, London, 1967.

Apparently it's a 17-step process.

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Ellis, Eleanor A.:
NORTHERN COOKBOOK
Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, 1968.

Seal brain fritters! Beaver in sour cream!

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Jackson, Edward P.:
THE EARTH IN SPACE, A MANUAL OF ASTRONOMICAL GEOGRAPHY
D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, 1896.

The wistful isolation of life on an orbiting sphere; illustrated with engravings.

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Zimmerly, David W.:
HOOPER BAY KAYAK CONSTRUCTION
National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1979.

Includes a pocket with folding blueprints!

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Schwind, Phil:
MAKING A LIVING ALONGSHORE
International Marine Publishing, Camden, ME, 1976.

Clam-digging as a career, by a cranky Yankee.

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Hudson, W.H.; and S. Magno (illus.):
BIRDS OF LA PLATA
Penguin Books, London, 1952.

Sumptuous would not be too strong a word.

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Richardson, Ernie, et al.:
CURLING
Thomas Allen Limited, Toronto, 1962.

Is it a game, or a sport?

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[n/a]:
WEATHER WAYS
Third edition. Meteorological Branch, Dept. of Transport, Toronto, 1966.

Chapter 15 is devoted to "Ice Accretion."

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deForest, Lynda:
PROUD HERITAGE: A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, 1894-1972
Alumnae Association of the RVH, [Montreal], 1994.

Includes a number of yearbook-style class photos.

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Davis, Porter:
AUTO-EROTIC PRACTICES
New Enlarged Edition; Mental Health Press, New York, 1953.

The sound of one hand clapping.

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Baljeu, Joost:
ATTEMPT AT A THEORY OF SYNTHESIST PLASTIC EXPRESSION
Alec Tiranti, London, 1963.

Heady geometric art requires lots of explanation.

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