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1957--""EASY" WAY TO GAIN WEIGHT"--JOE BONOMO "HANDY POCKET MANUAL"--NMT

$ 5.27

Availability: 62 in stock

Description

1957--"THE SCIENTIFIC & EASY WAY TO GAIN WEIGHT" (#14)--JOE BONOMO POCKET MANUAL ON HOW TO ADD POUNDS AND INCHES....Here's a really interesting 64 year old "handy pocket manual" on how to GAIN weight (not a mistake...he shows you how to gain weight....This 64 page manual, and many other similar manuals, were written by Joe Bonomo who was a very interesting character in the '50s...His family made salt water taffy at Coney Island in N.Y.....Joe was a former actor, stuntman and body builder who "used his experience in Hollywood and body building to write and publish advice to women about beauty rituals and grooming" (not my words but, hey, don't shoot the messenger)...He was billed as an "international authority on beauty, health, diet and self improvement of women's face and figure."...These manuals sold at book and department stores in the '50s for 25 cents....This 3x5" pocket manual is in overall
near mint
condition
...never read....just carefully stored in a box of 11 other Bonomo manuals all these years....Buyer pays shipping costs of .95 (US)...California residents are now required to also pay California sales tax, which will be added to invoice....Please check out my other auctions for many more great old vintage comics...Please feel free to add me to your "favorite sellers" list as I'm putting on lots of comics in the near future......thanks and happy bidding.....