5000 Practical Books
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, n.d. [928-29 from internal evidence]]. No stated edition. Stapled soft cover. 64p, many line ills. of book covers. Unused order blank laid in. Good (covers toned, bumped). Item #31282
Lists and prices hundreds of technical and how-to manuals for every conceivable occupation, technique, or hobby--accounting, advertising, architecture, automotive work, baseball, carpentry, dyeing, engineering, factory management, farming, foreign languages, fortune telling, games, glass manufacture, magic, notary public, photography, photoplay writing, plumbing, printing, reference works, toy making, window display, etc. etc. Many for children or novice workers. Part of America's cultural identity is our thirst for self-improvement, and here is documentation of how a leading technical publisher satisfied, and profited from, this need. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.
Price: $25.00