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I do not know how I managed to miss this entire thread up until this point. Necromancy be praised. I have loved looking through all the posts and also seeing how many people here love to paw through old books to find some of the most out there things. I especially love seeing how many books I have in common with people that I would file under niche or weird. If you'll indulge me, I have some contributions. I love finding a dusty shelf in a second hand or consignment store that has books no one has looked at in years.       
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      for vintage chaste medical book nudity      This one was not particularly special at first. Last October, Jonathan, a friend of mine and my wife suddenly passed away. He had no nearby family and I was helping clean his apartment and came across this advanced copy of The Graveyard Book. We already have a copy and my wife loved it and it was in a pile of stuff to go through or donate. I figured my wife would like to have Jonathan's copy as a keepsake.  Opened the cover-  
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I'm glad Dr. A. Willy wrote the Illustrated Guide to Sex, he certainly is quite involved!
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Droogie posted:Those are some awesome additions to this thread! Feel free to post more. Droogie posted:This one was not particularly special at first. Last October, Jonathan, a friend of mine and my wife suddenly passed away. He had no nearby family and I was helping clean his apartment and came across this advanced copy of The Graveyard Book. We already have a copy and my wife loved it and it was in a pile of stuff to go through or donate. I figured my wife would like to have Jonathan's copy as a keepsake. I'm sorry Neil Gaiman murdered your friend Jonathan. What a dick!
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I'm sorry Neil Gaiman murdered your friend Jonathan. What a dick! I will have my revenge
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good poo poo, droogie
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Gutter Phoenix posted:In 1997 I stopped at a gas station somewhere near Santa Rosa, CA and the mini-mart was completely stick with It'sa brand merchandise. Stuff like "It'sa Cola!" and "It'sa Sandwich!" Here is a candy wrapper I saved because it was so goddamn weird. Look at those loving quotes!! Crossposting from the white whale thread in case you're not checking it any more... https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3895038&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=91#post515773466
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YouTubeTekReviewer posted:Crossposting from the white whale thread in case you're not checking it any more... Mystery solved! Hooray!!!!!
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oh, that's what that dude's work looks like when he's not actively trying to destroy me
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DerekSmartymans posted:WTF? Not posting illustrations? Better step up your posting game, GP! Thing to know is that book is almost certainly just another kissing manual because "make love" used to be the term instead of "make out." So they don't mean having sex.
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muscles like this! posted:Thing to know is that book is almost certainly just another kissing manual because "make love" used to be the term instead of "make out." So they don't mean having sex. Yeah, it's not as slutty as it sounds, sadly. I looked for my copy, but I think it's in a box of zines in my parents' garage. I'll grab it next time I'm there.
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hexwren posted:oh, that's what that dude's work looks like when he's not actively trying to destroy me I thought it was just a joke since the styles are so similar, but drat if it isn't.
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muscles like this! posted:Thing to know is that book is almost certainly just another kissing manual because "make love" used to be the term instead of "make out." So they don't mean having sex. Yeah, understood. Kinda like “snagging” has a specific meaning in the UK, but can mean first base to third base to an American. Everybody in the world knows what “loving” is. The true measurement of the internet’s effect on modern global society 
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https://awfullibrarybooks.net/be-courageous-and-meet-john-stamos/ The blog Awful Library Books is a treasure.  Spoiler: This book gets an awful lot wrong.
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yo gutter phoenix, is this you: https://www.ebay.com/sch/owlbearbks/m.html
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KrunkMcGrunk posted:yo gutter phoenix, is this you: Nope! It's me. Edit: I'll see if I can get some good pictures for this thread later tonight. I don't have home internet at the moment and I am only using my phone to do stuff including shitpost.
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I brought my Drake posted:Nope! It's me. oh poo poo nice, good luck pal!
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KrunkMcGrunk posted:yo gutter phoenix, is this you: Nope. I don't have anything listed on ebay right now, although I still have tons of crap listed in my SA Mart thread.
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DerekSmartymans posted:Yeah, understood. Kinda like “snagging” has a specific meaning in the UK, but can mean first base to third base to an American. Snagging doesn't mean anything specifically sexual in the UK, except in the generic sense that it means "to win/obtain/get hold of". Snogging is specifically making out, although it's also kind of a diminutive term for it, it's the kind of thing you'd use when you were gossiping about what other people have been up to.
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I know. My iPhone/AwfulApp auto-corrected me. I usually don’t mind, but this one actually inverted the entire word the sentence was about! Apologies.
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Snagging is when a tree trunk catches your riverboat and you drown.
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Found in an op shop this morning.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzk3XZQMI88
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There was a rather successful series of soft-cover books published by Werner Söderström from the 1930s to the 40s. It's name was literally "Ten-mark novels", so the price printed on the cover also served as a logo. But printing a thick novel costs more than printing a normal-length novel. The solution: (As far as I know this is the only double-double-ten-mark novel in the series.)
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Op shop find today:  (sorry about the dutch angles, was trying to get the lighting glare out of the photo.) Impressive water damage: 
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I revisited this book from my childhood the other day, and it is every bit as bizarre as I remember.
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As far as picks for a textual adaptation of The Prisoner go, Disch is a really dang good one.
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I revisited this book from my childhood the other day, and it is every bit as bizarre as I remember. I loved this book as a kid!
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lifg posted:I loved this book as a kid! Bremen Town Musicians, Ferdinand, There’s a Monster at the End of This Book, Little Black Sambo, many others like this. My Grandma had a ton of books and children’s games from the twenties and thirties in her closet that I devoured and read many times. I don’t know where they ended up, but I’m sure they are in the attic. Too hot to look; I’ll put a notification on my computer to check occasionally and if I find them I’ll definitely scan them for here. In 2021, what is a librarian going to do with an 90 y/o copy of “Epomonandas?”
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DerekSmartymans posted:Bremen Town Musicians, Ferdinand, There’s a Monster at the End of This Book, Little Black Sambo, many others like this. My Grandma had a ton of books and children’s games from the twenties and thirties in her closet that I devoured and read many times. I don’t know where they ended up, but I’m sure they are in the attic. Too hot to look; I’ll put a notification on my computer to check occasionally and if I find them I’ll definitely scan them for here. Remove it from the children's collection and put it up in the adult stacks?
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I just picked up this paperback from 1943:
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I just picked up this paperback from 1943: hell yeah sounds like the middle section of my music collection
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Gutter Phoenix posted:I just picked up this paperback from 1943: Is it... a guide?
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