May 4, 2008

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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