Rare 1963 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Reference, John Harwood!

Rare 1963 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Reference, John Harwood! - eBay (item 310126019208 end time Mar-01-09 20:00:31 PST)

This vintage soft cover reference volume The Literature of Burroughsiana is sub-titled, "A listing of magazine articles, book commentaries, news items, book reviews, movie reviews, fanzines, amateur publications and related items concerning the life and/or works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Compiled and with commentary by John Harwood." It's a first edition published in February, 1963. Front cover portrait by J. Allen St. John. The frontispiece has Tarzan art by Roy J. Krenkel, Jr. The back cover lists highlights of Burroughs' life.

Contents:

• Introduction, by Henry H. Heins
• Acknowledgements, by John Harwood
• Commentary, by John Harwood
• Foreword, by Camille Cazedessus, Jr.
• Personal Articles, Letters, and News Items by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Professional Publications
• Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Amateur Publications
• Reviews and Discussions Concerning the Novels and Magazine Stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Reviews, Articles and News Items Concerning Motion Pictures Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Articles and Indexes Concerning Newspaper Story Strips Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs

From the first page:

The Literature of Burroughsiana
...was first published in early 1954 in the Burroughs fanzine, Barsoomian, then edited by James V. Taurasi, and contained about 115 entries. This new, revised and enlarged edition, edited and published by Camille Cazedessus, Jr., editor of ERB-dom, contains over 1,000 entries and is the culmination of 24 years of research by John Harwood.

John Harwood
...an avid fan of Tarzan's creator for over 35 years, is considered one of the foremost authorities on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works. John has been writing about Burroughs since 1947, and has had articles published in nearly every ERB fanzine.

The book is creamy pages of typeset with a pebbled paper stock cover. It's in excellent condition.

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Vintage THE HOUSEHOLD PHYSICIAN, VOL I Illus HC, Charts

Vintage THE HOUSEHOLD PHYSICIAN, VOL I Illus HC, Charts - eBay (item 310015200199 end time Jan-22-08 19:35:50 PST)

The Household Physician, A Twentieth Century Medica, Vol I was published in 1931 by Brofly Press in Buffalo, New York. It's a big, heavy hardcover with loads of black and white drawings and diagrams of body parts, some color drawings, some photos, and a many-page cross-section diagram of the structures in the human head, another of the body.

Sample text:

Sex of Child--How to Regulate Before Birth

When a Male Child is Desired.--Before cohabitation the husband should eat nothing but good substantial food, take long, hard exercise in the open air, read light literature, abstain from indulgences for some time before the procreative period. The wife should abstain from animal food but should eat vegetables and farinaceous articles of diet, exercise daily until almost fatigued and pass the time with older females than herself.

When a Female Child is Desired.--Exactly the opposite course should be taken. The wife should eat the most stimulating food, should not indulge the passions, and should reserve her whole vigor and strength for the desired time. The husband should take violent exercise until fatigued and a hot bath every night.

After pregnancy the wife should eat little meat but should live mostly on farinaceous food and take short walks in the open air, but not enough to get tired, and should sleep as much as possible.

Does this vintage book of medical advice make you smile?

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