Via Boing Boing, I came across a great little blog called
Awful Library Books--examples of old, quaint, or downright silly titles from the past that can plague library shelves if librarians don't practice what is apparently referred to as "weeding." One doesn't like to get rid of books, but some, well, you know... Top candidates: flash-in-the-pan biographies of temporarily famous people--or worse: how-to/self-help books from temporarily famous people, such as:
Then there are how-to books on really old stuff:
Maybe
that kid who couldn't figure out the Walkman could use one of these.
Then there are the quaint books that obviously hearken back to a simpler time:
Then there's the just plain weird:
Curiously, my primary care physician has this book.
Anyway, it's an enoyable blog, especially for those who are amused by obsolete typography.
Then there are how-to books on really old stuff:
Maybe that kid who couldn't figure out the Walkman could use one of these.
Then there's the just plain weird:
Curiously, my primary care physician has this book.
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