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L’Erotomanie: Illusion Delirante d’Etre Aime
Gaston Ferdiere
Paris: G. Doin & Cie, 1937.Study of erotomania by French psychiatrist Gaston Ferdiere (1907-1990). Ferdiere was close to a number of the Surrealist circle of artists and was the head of psychiatry at the asylum where Antonin Artaud underwent electroshock therapy. This copy inscribed by Ferdiere to the French artist Georges Hugnet, also with a manuscript letter from Ferdiere to Hugnet with the original postmarked envelope and the original prospectus laid in.
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Francoise ou Les Plaisirs du Mariage
Wanda De S….
[Dijon]: Aux Allees Des Roses [Darantiere], [1937].Clandestine 1930s French pornographic novel with 10 well executed colour illustrations depicting lesbian, hetero, and group sex scenes, one with spanking. Limited to 600 numbered copies printed by Maurice Darantiere. DUTEL 1605, notes the original illustrations in his collection titled Veronique and intended to illustrate this text, perhaps it was a model provided to the publisher. The anonymous artist attributed by some to Feodor Rojankovsky [Rojan], by others to Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre, others yet to T. Mertens, though none of these quite add up, and to date this one remains a much admired mystery. This copy with the bookplate of erotica collector Alain Metivier.
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Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries
Joseph A. Lambeth
London: Virtue and Company, 1937. -
Glimpses Along the Way: New York – Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1937.A Thousand Miles on the Picturesque Baltimore & Ohio; New York to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Chicago. 1930s promotional booklet for the United States oldest railway.
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From the Car Window
Japan Tourist Bureau
Tokyo: Japan Tourist Bureau, 1937.‘This pamphlet is intended to enrich passenger’s mental baggage as much as possible by their attention to the principal places and drawing things of interest seen along the Tokaido Main Line from the car windows. A Tokyo – Kobe train journey of nearly 370 miles offers passengers varied attractions.” (from page 1). February 1937 issue. Survey form laid in.
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Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors
Universal Dental Company
Philadelphia: Universal Dental Company, 1937.The reasons why intercusping teeth must be modified. How denture problems are solved with Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors. A simple technique for setting them up.
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Oversea Marketing of Certain Primary Products of New South Wales
B. S. B. Stevens
Sydney: David Harold Paisley, Government Printer, 1937.NSW Government Report by Bertram Stevens, at the time Premier of New South Wales, Embodying his Observations and Conclusions regarding the Marketing Overseas, and particular in the United Kingdom, of Primary Products of New South Wales. That being largely dairy products, butter, eggs, citrus fruits, mutton, lamb, beef, pork, and bacon. Includes tables of port dues, storage and handling charges, and railway freights in various UK cities.