Adams, Joey with Henry Tobias. The Borscht Belt. Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. First Printing. 224 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. A little ink writing on front endpaper, otherwise book is in very good condition. Jacket shows light wear, with some sunning to spine & a little chipping to top edge of spine. A personal, anecdotal history of that comedic paradise of resort hotels known as the Borscht Belt -- which nurtured such talent as Danny Kaye, Milton Berle, Alan King, and many more. $9.50
Stewart, David. Hypnotism and How to Do It. London: Arc Press, no date. 164 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Pages browning & getting brittle but quite well preserved, with a few tiny tears to margins. This is the original UK book with US publisher's stamp on title page (Wehman Bros) for US distribution. The UK price has been clipped from front flap & US price stamped in. A little chipping to jacket extremities. Quite a nice copy of a fragile publication. Mostly a how-to guide by a professional hypnotist, with chapters on such topics as hypnotism & sex; hypnotism & animals; hypnotism & medicine; hypnotism's role in espionage, etc. $25.00