Edith Head’s Hollywood: A Passion for Fashion
Now and then we regret moving some of our books along to new owners. One such regret: Edith Head’s Hollywood – a 1983 book that more than satisfied our […]
Now and then we regret moving some of our books along to new owners. One such regret: Edith Head’s Hollywood – a 1983 book that more than satisfied our […]
If you are among the many of us bemoaning today’s sad state of Family Values (which might include children texting at the dinner table), than here’s a great way to […]
Let’s now raise a toast to Annie S. Peck, author/photographer, world-traveler, and the climber of many mountains , all accomplished in the early 1900s. She was a trail-blazing feminist, and […]
Just in – Woody Allen stars as the owner of a failing bookstore who becomes a pimp in order to make a living. “Fading Giglio” is an upcoming film, written […]
In the 1940s and ’50s, if you read magazines, especially the adverts, you could reasonably teach yourself to draw, collect limited edition prints of famous artists and also enrich your […]
It’s Written in the Stars – Or Was, in 1894 and 1928.
Here we have two Astrology books, and one, on the left, is better looking than the other. But, heh, you really can’t tell a book by its cover, because to […]
Here’s a picture of my new favorite cookbook: The Art of Chinese Cooking. It didn’t sell recently, and boy, am I happy about that! Yesterday, I scooped it out of […]
Charlie Trotter’s (1994) is one spectacular cookbook – in fact, the most beautiful in my entire vintage cookbook collection. Although just a few years short of what is now considered […]
Lately, many of us (thanks to reality TV) now believe the American Dream (whatever that is) can be ours by winning a singing or dance contest or picking the right […]