• Just No Gelatine!

    Just No Gelatine!

    The Knox Gelatine Cookbook Rutledge Books, Inc, Knox Gelatine, Inc 1977 Submitter: Just in time for those summer gelatine/Jello salads – who wouldn’t want calico corn relish, creamy cranberry relish, or a zesty seafood appetizer in gelatine? The pictures just make my…mouth water would not be the right phrase. This…

  • Decorating Ideas

    Decorating Ideas

    Decorating Ideas for Every Room in Your Home Eisinger (Ed.) /Knapp (Illus) 1969 Another decorating books from the olden days. For those of you looking for retro chic, this is your chance! All our 60’s favorites are here: All our 60’s favorites are here: Seizure inducing prints Matching everything Crappy/meaningless…

  • Miami Vice Scrapbook

    Miami Vice Scrapbook

    Miami Vice Scrapbook Friedman 1986 Submitter: In the 1980s, my mom worked for Tiger Beat and Right On! magazines and parlayed into a gig writing books about music and TV stars for Sharon Starbook, which included this illustrious tome. Holly: It’s alive and well. (Not “well,” exactly, but it’s still…

  • Wit Knits

    Wit Knits

    Wit Knits: Lively And Original Hand Knitting Designs Hostler and Brandreth 1985 Submitter: While weeding out the craft section I came across this absolutely dated yet lovely gem. John Iman modeling of sweaters? Is the public still being served by this book? Probably not – but it will do well…

  • Food Stretcher

    Food Stretcher

    The Family Cookbook The American Woman’s Food Stretcher Cookbook Make your Ration Points Go Twice As Far Culinary Arts Institute 1943 Submitter: This cookbook has been on our shelf since 1943, which is both amazing that it survived public library use and yet dodged the weeding process. I think the…

  • Gunshot Wounds

    Gunshot Wounds

    Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques Di Maio 1999 Submitter: This book may not be an awful library book for a college or specialty library, in fact it’s a very informative book, but this was found in our little rural public library. I can see internally…