Organic Gardening Magazine Editors Build It Better Yourself. Rodale Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780878571338. 942 pages, burgundy textured cover w/gilt lettering on spine. Small black ink spot on right text block does not affect text or margin. indexed. Illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, and black-and-white photographs and tables and charts. Fine in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover. By the editors of Organic Gardening and Farming, a large, eminently useful book with many practical and useful projects, excellent illustrations. Indoor Gardening projects: Plants stands, tubs, growlights, window greenhouse; Outdoor Gardening Projects: Gardening tools, wheelbarrow, compost bins, cold frames, planting beds, plant protectors, arbors, trellises, Irrigation, Birdhouses. Food Storage Projects: Food processing, food dryers, smokehouse, underground storage. Around the Homesteard: Concrete, Walks and Patios, Walls, Fences, Gates, Bridges, Outdoor Furniture, Garden Ponds. Outbuildings: Repairs, building from the ground up, Sheds and Barn,Livestock Housing, Crop storage, greenhouses, Homestead shop, workbenches. Massive content. (#209) $14.00

Heloise. Heloise’s Housekeeping Hints. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1962. First edition. 190pp, redc cloth with yellow spine, stamped lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Owner inscription on ffep, Dj has mylar cover, slightly sunned spine and slight fraying at bottom of spine. Fine in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. The original Hints from Heloise columns put in a book for the first time, start of a series of highly successful books by this ’60s icon. Goodbye to Washday Woes!Kitchen Savers, Take the Strain Out of Stain, New uses, For Old Standbys….it’s all here, truly useful tips for housekeepers, still useful today. Rare first edition. (#380) $21.00

Proulx, Earl. Yankee Magazine’s Make It Last: Over 1,000 Ingenious Ways to Extend the Life of Everything You Own. St Martins Pr, 1996. ISBN: 9780875962962. 394pp, coated boards with colored lettering on cover and spine. Hundreds of illustrations. List price $27.95 As New. Hardcover. Culled from Yankee Magazine’s make-it-last column, the author has many tips on how to : move heavy furniture, remove white water spots, pick up hundreds of spilled beads in seconds, sharpen a shovel, add years to the life of shoes, boots and slippers, twelve handy uses for old pany hose, and much much more. (#435) $7.50