February 15, 2009

Talmage, T. De Witt:
EVILS OF THE CITIES: A SERIES OF PRACTICAL AND POPULAR DISCOURSES [etc.]
Thos. W. Jackson Publishing, [Chicago], 1891.

Includes diatribes on "The Plague of Infidelity," "The Haunts of Vice," "The Sins of Summer Watering Places," etc.

<-- pp. 272-273: "Why I explored the slime pits"


n/a:
VOGUE PRESENTS THE CORRECTLY SET TABLE
Wm. A. Rogers, Ltd., Niagara Falls, NY, 1922.

Which side does the spork go on?

<-- front cover


Iannini, Robert E.:

BUILD YOUR OWN LASER, PHASER, ION RAY GUN & OTHER WORKING SPACE-AGE PROJECTS
TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1983.

Dangerous when cornered: hobbyists armed with phaser shock-wave pistols, pocket pain field generators, electronic paralyzing devices...


<-- front cover


Armen, Jean-Claude:
GAZELLE-BOY
The Bodley Head, London, 1975.

The not-entirely-convincing story of a feral child raised by gazelles in the Sahara desert, written and sketched by the Basque poet who "discovered" him.

<-- front cover


Kielty, Bernadine:
THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
Little Leather Library Corp., New York, 1923.

(Little, yes; leather, no.) Bound in modest oilcloth, this diminutive guide to the neighborhoods of lower Manhattan would fit in a leprechaun's vest pocket.

<-- front cover, with pencil for scale


Hadfield, E.C.R. (ed.); Erna Pinner (illus.):
A BOOK OF ANIMAL VERSE
Oxford University Press, London, 1943.

"The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might, to eat with apple-tart."

<-- front cover