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A wonderfully eclectic harvest of books from Oakland thrift stores:

• The Black Girl in Search of God, George Bernard Shaw (with cover by Edward Gorey)
  
• The Miracle of Fasting, Paul and Patricia Bragg. "Proven Throughout History! For Physical, Mental and Spiritual Rejuvenation. Learn to live in Agelessness with Bragg's Complete Life Extension Program"!
  
• My Little Blue Story Book, Ginn Basic Readers by David H. Russell and others
  
• Quantity Cookery, Nola Treat and Lenore Richards "Menu planning, recipes, and food preparations for restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals, churches and other institutions where good food must be served to large numbers efficiently and within a budget."
  
• Cooking with Casseroles, a Sunset book. 1959.
  
• Red Carpets and other Banana Skins, Rupert Everett (autobiography)
  
• Trail Dust and Saddle Leather, Jo Mora (cowboy culture and equipment, illustrated by the author)
  
• The Indoor Bird Watcher's Manual, Helen Ferril and Anne Folsom (cartoons - I was sold by the inscription: "In anticipation of a silly weekend, Peggy & Fred, March 18, 1950"
  
• Fruits (photos of Japanese street fashion)
  
• Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and other things I've learned, Alan Alda