The illustrations in this promotional cookbook are really too adorable. It’s basically “how to be popular via giving them food.&...
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Always Thinking of You
I found this at an estate sale with otherwise “‘conventional” items…cover of box says “Oh! You mighty fisherma...
Aging Slowly Book (The Prevention Total Health System) wellness book
This is another book I rescued from one of the “Dump Stores” here on Cape Cod. Book was printed in 1983, the year I graduated hi...
Learn to draw like a pro…
I’m guessing we’re all visual and creative artists in some way. These are two “learn to draw cartoon” books I found ...
They Came from the Fifties!
These Sci-Fi paperbacks were published between 1956-1959. The covers pretty much say it all, but wanted to add that “The Wife Factory&...
New City Elementary School Class of 1969 autograph
This little autograph book belonged to my partner. Here you will find the cover and a few entries....
Hepcats of Venus – Beatnik Sci-Fi
Two esoteric cultures (beatniks and Sci-Fi) collide in this January, 1962 issue of Fantastic Stories of Imagination magazine. The color illu...
The Art of Making Beer book
There are no pics on the inside, but I find the front and back covers to be quite festive. Pretzels anyone? Is that a loaf of bread and a si...
The Finest in Adult Reading (1960’s)
These eight salacious paperback covers are from the late sixties. I threw out the actual books because they smelled like cigarette smoke, bu...
Foreign Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PB
This is “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” PB book..or at least the part that is in English says so. Who am I to dispute...
American Bandstand Yearbook 1958
Growing up in the 50’s included this coming of age experience. American Bandstand came out of South Philly. Long before Dick Clark pro...
And so a New Religion was Born….
L. Ron Hubbard…Ya gotta love a guy who wrote books like this, but instead became famous for his own religion?cult?. Too cool! And just...
Ann-Margret – Bye Bye Birdie Book
Anyone who knows me knows that Ann-Margret is my all time favorite – and my favorite movie of hers is Bye Bye Birdie I remember seeing...
Love means never having to say . . . (Valentine’s Day Contest Submission)
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry—” Ah young love....
Dinah Shore Cook Book
I am to young to have been a fan of Dinah Shore the singer – but I was and still am a fan of Dinah Shore the talk show host – th...
Are You Hungry Tonight? Elvis’s Favorite Recipes
The cover–I tried to remove the “special value” sticker when I first received this book as a gift, but it has proved to be...
Joy of Liberace, Retro Recipes From Americas Kitschiest Kitchen
“Joy of Liberace, Retro Recipes From Americas Kitschiest Kitchen” is a celebration of that most iconic of kitsch, Mr. Showmanshi...
HOW TO SEDUCE ANY MAN IN THE ZODIAC PB book 1995
The author of Power Astrology and The Sun Sign Personality Guide now provides an indispensable guide that tells the single woman what each a...
The Wayward Ones – Life in a Girls’ Reformatory
1956 ed. “This is the hardhitting, unflinching story of the punishment society metes out to youth that has erred.”...
True Story “The Groom Was A Virgin”
Vintage confession magazines. It was a step on the wild side. In 1970, what went on behind closed doors was finally being exposed. Actually ...
How to Flatten Your Stomach by Coach Jim Everroad, 1974
I think the outfits and the decade made this endeavor a lot easier…...
Household Rhythm
This lovely little 60-page book by Jane Hoyt provides a wealth of handy household and personal tips via simple (yet often somewhat strange) ...
The Sensuous Golfer – by Mark Oman PB Book 1976 edition
This is a collection of humorous writings and drawings on the subject of golf....













