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Manage that Small Library
Small Libraries: Organization and Operation Sager 1992 Submitter: I dug this relic out of our library science collection. It’s from 1992. I’m sure current librarians and librarians in training could benefit from this book’s advice, including how to type a catalogue card and how to keep your date stamp properly…
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Love in Suburbia
Love in Suburbia Conway 1964 What a friendly neighborhood! Recently settled in the suburbs, Anita and Dave evidently started making friends with the neighbors. Cocktails and steamy affairs are de rigueur in the suburbs and before you know it, we have a regular Peyton Place! Conway is the pseudonym of Joseph…
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Sleazy Dating Tips for Gentlemen
Let’s Make Mary Hanley 1959 (original copyright 1937) Jack Hanley is one of the godfathers of sleazy materials. Evidently this book is still in publication. In 2011, Curzon Press released another edition. Before the 2011 edition, the last published copy was in 1964. Library holdings are in university collections. Hanley…
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Creepy or Clever?
You Can Be a Ventriloquist Hill 1974 We have actually seen this book before on ALB, but since that link bit the dust in one of our remodels. It’s worth another post, now that we have more pictures. Also, there’s a second ventriloquism book included below, so stay with me…
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Our Granny
Our Granny Wild 1994 Submitter: I found this book while looking for titles to weed that had never been checked out. The cover & title seem harmless enough, but it’s what’s inside that had us rolling with laughter. The grandmas depicted are rotund and partially clothed for most of the…
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Relax!
Sense Relaxation: Blow Your Mind Gunther 1968 Submitter: I work in a small academic library, and I weeded [this] on my first pass through our medical collection. Self-described as “a book of experiments in being alive,” the book invites readers to get in touch with their senses by tapping, and…
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