They say you can't judge a book by its cover—but its title can tell you more than you ever needed to know! Amazing, illuminating, and gut-bustingly funny, Bizarre Books is the wonderfully twisted product of more than two decades of determined searching in forgotten corners of out-of-the-way libraries and through the literary detritus of eclectic private collections. It is certain to delight every true fan of trivia and the patently absurd. They say you can't judge a book by its cover—but its title can tell you more than you ever needed to know! Amazing, illuminating, and gut-bustingly funny, Bizarre Books is the wonderfully twisted product of more than two decades of determined searching in forgotten corners of out-of-the-way libraries and through the literary detritus of eclectic private collections. It is certain to delight every true fan of trivia and the patently absurd. In the course of their careers in the business of writing and selling books, Russell Ash and Brian Lake have collected hundreds of bizarre examples from this extensive field. From double entendres and astonishingly specialized subjects to weird books on horticulture, science, and medical matters, the authors have left no catalog page unturned in their quest for the most bizarre of books. In the course of their careers in the business of writing and selling books, Russell Ash and Brian Lake have collected hundreds of bizarre examples from this extensive field. From double entendres and astonishingly specialized subjects to weird books on horticulture, science, and medical matters, the authors have left no catalog page unturned in their quest for the most bizarre of books. Bizarre Books A Compendium of Classic Oddities By Russell Ash HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 2007 Russell Ash All right reserved. ISBN: 9780061346651 Chapter One Double Entendre They didn't really mean it The Resistance of Piles to Penetration Russell V. Allin Spon, 1935 Games You Can Play with Your Pussy Ira Alterman Watertown, Mass.: Ivory Tower Pub. Co.,1985 The Boy Fancier Frank Townend Barton Routledge; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1912 Enter Ye In James Sidlow Baxter Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1939 Having entered, Baxter later wrote: Going Deeper Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1960 The Last Agony of the Great Bore F. W. Bird Boston, Mass.: Dutton, 1868 On the drilling of the Hoosac Tunnel. The Line of Cleavage Under Elizabeth Dom Norbert Birt Catholic Truth Society, 1909 Enid Blyton's Gay Story Book Enid Blyton Hodder & Stoughton, 1946 The stories include: Let's Play Worms Dame Poke-Around Her other popular tales include: Mr Pink-Whistle Interferes A Rubbalong Tale Noddy Loses His Clothes Ticklem-Up the Gnome Dame Slap and Her School Camp Contact Edward Newbold Bradley Thomas Nelson, 1941 Benjamin Holt's Boys and What they did for him Ellen Brook S. W. Partridge, 1881 Foch Talks Cdt Bugnet Victor Gollancz, 1929 A Glowing and Graphic Description of the Great Hole Mrs D. U. C. Syracuse, NY: Daily Democrat Office, 1848 Miss Rod. The Girl's Own Book Mme Camerlynck-Guernier Paris: H. Didier, 1934 Continues... Excerpted from Bizarre Books by Russell Ash Copyright © 2007 by Russell Ash. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.