Free Toy & Model Books (.pdfs)

Home-Made Toys 1915
How to Make Kites Varney 1897
Model Aeroplanes Cavanagh 1916
Model Locomotive Design 1904
Building Model Yachts Biddle 1883
The Doll Book Starr 1908

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Free Business Books

Autobiography Andrew Carnegie 1920
More Power To You Barton 1917
Business: A Profession Brandeis 1914

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Free Magazine Volumes

Nature vol 16 May-Oct 1877
Popular Science vol 61 May-Oct 1902
National Geographic vol 12 1901
Harper's Monthly v3 Jun-Nov 1851

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Free Reference Books

Webster's New Std Dictionary 1920
Human Anatomy Henry Gray 1918
Scientific American Reference 1914
Sci Am Cyclopedia of Formulas 1910
Birds of America vol 1 Audubon 1840

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Free Radio & Phonograph Books

WWJ - Detriot News Detroit News 1922
Radio Design & Construct. Dow 1922
Signal Corps Gear USA-SC 1911
Talking Machines & Records 1904

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Free Telephone-Telegraph Books

Telephone Exchanges Kingsbury 1915
Telephone Construction Mayer 1908
'Phone Gear Cat. Western Electric 1908
The Atlantic Cable Bright 1903
The Multiple Telegraph A G Bell 1876

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Free Health & Nutrition Books

Body Mechanics & Health 1922
Food & Nutrition Chemistry 1918
Art of Living Long Cornaro 1913

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Free Cosmetics & Perfume Books

Art of Soap-Making Watt 1896
Hand-Book of Toilet Begy 1889
Perfumery Recipes Morfit 1853

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Free Collectibles Books

Quest of the Colonial Shackleton 1921
Collecting as a Pasttime Rowed 1920
Old English China Blacker 1908

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Free Books on Books & Printing

Mending & Repair of Books 1921
Memoirs of a Publisher Putnam 1915
The Book, Its History 1908
Bookbinding for Bibliophiles 1905
The Invention of Printing 1878
The Art of Printing 1851

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Free Office & Secretarial Books

Office Practice-Business Style 1922
The Expert Typist 1922
Typewriter History 1918
The Gregg Writer 1912
Dollars & Sense P T Barnum 1890

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Free Gardening Books

The Apple Tree Bailey 1922
How Plants are Trained Burbank 1921
Std Cyclo. of Horticulture Bailey 1916
Greenhouse Construction 1917
Strawberry Growing 1917
California Orange Culture 1912
Rose History & Cultivation 1908
Fruit-Trees of America 1900

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Free Wine-Beer-Liquor Books

History of Modern Wines 1851
Wine-Drinker's Manual 1830
French Wines & Vineyards 1860
Home Made Wine Recipes 1909
Brewing & Storing Beer 1835
Inebriating Liquors Mfg & Use 1838
How to Mix Drinks 1862

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Free Game & Rule Books

Hoyle Encyclopedia of Games 1909
The Compleat Gamester 1754
History of Playing Cards 1848
The Game of Draw Poker 1889
Checker Classics 1922

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Chess Handbook Staunton 1921
Chess Openings Marshall 1904
The Art of Chess Mason 1905
Major Tactics of Chess Young 1898

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Free Fashion Books

Costume Design & Illustration 1918
Dress in America 1800-1870 1910
Women of All Nations 1908
Automobile Garments Saks 1905
Dressmaking: A Manual 1917
Sewing Machine Mech. Singer 1914
The Art of Knitting 1861
Silk 1922
The Story of Leather 1915

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Free Cookbooks

Book of Cookery Fannie Farmer 1915
The French Cook 1902
The Italian Cook Book 1919
The Chinese Cook Book 1917
101 Mexican Dishes 1906

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Free Chocolate & Sugar Books

Food of the Gods: Cocoa 1903
Natural History of Chocolate 1730
Sugar: A Popular Treatise 1921
Candy Making in the Home 1914
Royal English Confectioner 1862
The Italian Confectioner 1829

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Free Coffee & Tea Books

All About Coffee 1922
Coffee History, Cultivation... 1872
The Tea Cyclopaedia 1882
Tea Blending, a Fine Art 1896
Yerba Mate 1916

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Free Kitchen, Dining, Home Books

Art of Tablesetting 1921
Handbook of Dining 1865
History of Food & Preparation 1853
Putnam's Household Handbook 1916

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Free Furniture Books

Period Styles in Furniture 1913
Home Furnishing 1913
Italian Renaissance Furniture 1916
Interior Decoration 1922

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Free House & Construction Books

White Pine House Plan v3-4 1918
Ideal Home Plans 1916
Mountain Houses 1908
Practical Book of Architecture 1916
Old Homes Made New 1878
Cement & Concrete Handbook 1911

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Free Hardware, Tools, Etc. Books

The Carpenter's Cyclopedia 1913
Wood Turner's Handbook lathe 1901
Species of Wood 1908
Wood Finishing 1908
House Painting... 1918
Modern Blacksmithing 1904
Metal-Worker's Assistant 1864
Modern Methods of Welding 1922

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Free Watch & Jewelry Books

Watch/Clock Maker's Handbook 1896
Time Telling history 1919
The Diamond 1911
The Gem-Cutter's Craft 1906
Pearls & Pearling 1913
The World's Gold 1908

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Free Automobile Books

Model T Ford V Pagé 1916
Putnam's Auto Handbook 1918
Story of the Automobile 1917

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Free Auto Repair Books

(Model T) Ford Repairing Pile 1920
Audel's Gas Engine Manual 1908
Carburation 1913
Goodrich Tire History 1918

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Free Sports Books

Scientific Baseball McGraw 1913
American Football... A Stagg 1894
Football Player... F Yost 1905
Basketball 1922
Ladies Tennis DKD L-Chambers 1910
The Art of Golf 1892
Annals of Cricket 1896
How to Make Velocipedes.. 1869

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Free Outdoor Books

Hunting the Grisly T Roosevelt 1900
Booke of Hunting 1576
US Water Game Birds 1866
Rifles & Rifle Shooting 1912
Trail Craft 1922
Field & Forest Handy Book 1906
Camp Cookery 1910

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Free Fishing & Boating Books

Compleat Angler Izaak Walton 1824
Fishing with the Fly Orvis 1883
Days of Fly Fishing Humphry Davy 1851
How to Tie Flies for Trout 1899
Fishing Kits & Equipment 1913
Manual of Yacht & Boat Sailing 1900
Motorboat & Hydroplane Const. 1917

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Free Art Books

Leonardo Da Vinci 1908
Thomas Nast Paine 1904
Cartoons by McCutcheon 1903
Caricature & Comic Art 1877
Practice of Oil Painting 1910
Watercolor Painting 1898

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Free Online Photography Books

Photography in America 1922
Panama Canal Autochromes 1913
California the Beautiful 1911
The Watkins Manual 1919
Agfa Photo Formulae 1910
Dry Plate Making 1886
Airplane Photography 1920

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Free Music Books

Cowboy Songs 1916
Moore's Irish Melodies 1859
Folk Songs of Many Peoples 1921

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Free Musical Instrument Books

History of Pianoforte 1899
Pianos & Their Makers 1913
Great Pianists on Playing 1917
History of the Violin 1905
Art of Violin Playing 1899
Saxophone Playing 1917

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Direct From the Manufacturer

The Official Sony Store (Sony Style) sells Sony electronics from Sony TVs, home theater and video products to portable audio & home audio products (and accessories) direct from the manufacturer. Their inventory includes Sony digital imaging products, like Cyber-shot & Mavica digital cameras and Micro MV, Mini DV, Digital-8, & Hi-8 Sony camcorders plus Video Walkmans, digital photo printers and accessories. They also sell Sony VAIO notebook and desktop computers, monitors, CD/DVD burners, accessories, and Sony Clie handheld computers. Canadians: shop at Sony Style Canada.

The Dassler brothers made their first sports shoes in 1920, and opened their first factory in 1927. But Adi Dassler did not start calling his shoes adidas until after his brother Rudolf left to start his own company (Puma) in 1948. Apparel and sports balls were added to the "Mark with 3 Stripes" line in 1961. To find the complete line of over 1500 adidas products direct from the manufacturer, including fine shoes for tennis, soccer, basketball, track and field, and most other sports, link from here to the adidas online store.

Department Stores

Amazon.com and their associated merchants, in addition to books, carry all kinds of home and personal electronics, DVDs & CDs, tools & hardware, sporting goods, practically everything. You can use the Amazon search form to search any of their fine departments.

Wal-Mart has the low prices and wide selection you would expect at any Wal-Mart store. And if any item you order from them does not meet your expectations, you have your choice of returning them to any Walmart store, or by mail (some items such as computer hardware and components, heavy or large items that are identified as oversize on their item description pages and perishable products, such as flowers and food, cannot be returned to a store).

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Sears customers can shop everything from clothing, sporting goods, home fashions, and entertainment, to lawn and garden, toys, fitness gear, appliances, and tools. At Sears you will find popular clothing brands such as Lands' End, Levi's, and Structure and great bed and bath brands such as Martex, Utica, and Colormate. Sears is also well known for their own brands, such as Craftsman® and Kenmore. Their guarantee (see website for details): "If for any reason you are not satisfied, within 90 days of receiving your order--30 days for home electronics items--return your merchandise to us for a full credit." Most purchases made online can be returned to any full-line Sears store. Many items purchased online can also be picked up at your local Sears store, with no shipping charges.
You can see and search the entire Sears product catalog at the bottom of this page.
In the late 1800s, Richard Sears was an agent of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway station in North Redwood, Minnesota. Sears sold lumber and coal to local residents on the side to make extra money. Later, Sears purchased a shipment of watches unwanted by a neighboring Redwood Falls jeweler, sold the watches at a nice profit, and then ordered more for resale. In 1886 moved his new business to Minneapolis, and in 1887 he moved to Chicago and hired a watchmaker named Alvah C. Roebuck. In 1893 the name of the firm became Sears, Roebuck and Co.
With revenues in 2004 of $36.1 billion, Sears now offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 2,400 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the U.S. and Canada, which includes approximately 870 full-line and 1,100 specialty stores in the U.S.

Kmart ships to all 48 contiguous United States (and the District of Columbia) via UPS (not to PO Boxes). Their guarantee (see website for details): "If you're not completely thrilled with something you buy on www.kmart.com, you have 90 days to return it by mail or to your nearest Kmart store."
Sebastian Kresge opened a modest five-and-dime store in downtown Detroit in 1899. The low prices appealed to shoppers and allowed him to expand to 85 stores in 1912. S.S. Kresge Company opened the first Kmart discount department store opened in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan. Just four years later in 1966, sales in 162 Kmart stores and 753 Kresge stores topped the $1 billion mark. In 1977, nearly 95 percent of company sales were generated by Kmart stores, and the company officially changed its name to Kmart Corporation. Since 2005, Sears Holdings Corporation, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, has been the parent of both Kmart and Sears, Roebuck & Co. Kmart now operates 1,479 brick and mortar Kmart and Kmart Super Center retail outlets.

Buy.com always has great prices on clothing, sporting goods, books, jewelry & watches, toys, luggage, offices supplies, computers, and electronics, like JBL speakers, Pioneer HDTVs, Sharp portable DVD players, and Samsung VCRs, to name just a few. In fact, they carry almost every brand and product you could think of, from Aiwa to Zenith. As of this writing, they offer free shipping on many items. No credit card? Buy.com now accepts payment via PayPal.

Hudson Bay Company (Canada), Canada's largest retailer (over 580 locations), combines several Canadian shops in their online store: The Bay, Zellers, and Home Outfitters. The Bay carries fashion, beauty and household goods; Zellers is a complete discount department store including clothing, furniture, household goods, electronics, etc.; and Home Outfitters sells furniture, small apppliances, kitchen & dining, and bed & bath goods.

Gift Shops

Fingerhut sells brand-name merchandise including apparel, electronics, home furnishings, jewelry, toys, kitchen wares, sporting goods and more. They offer convenient credit, low monthly payments, 30-day home trial, and satisfaction guaranteed (see website for details).

In business since 1951, Taylor Gifts is a mail order catalog company with a wide variety of novelties, gadgets, as-seen-on-tv items & more for the home and for personal organization. Standard shipping is via parcel post, so they can ship to P.O. boxes; they also can ship via USPS Priority Mail or FedEx.

Tickets

Stub Hub is the original and most successful online ticket forum in America. At Stub Hub, you can buy & sell tickets to sporting events, concerts, and theatre productions across the entire country.

Greeting Cards, Seasonal Products

Hallmark is the most famous name in greeting cards. They also carry albums and scrapbooks, notes and stationery. Hallmark.com sells great business greeting cards, too.

Flower Delivery

On August 18, 1910, fifteen American retail florists agreed to exchange orders for out-of-town deliveries. Originally called Florists' Telegraph Delivery, FTD was the world's first flowers-by-wire service. Fifty-five years later, FTD expanded to include international transactions. The company was renamed Florists Transworld Delivery to reflect its growing worldwide presence. In 1914, FTD adopted the classic figure of Mercury as its official logo.
FTD is the largest floral company in the world. The leader in quality, artistry and dependability, FTD connects approximately 20,000 North American retail florists and supports an international floral delivery network of 50,000 affiliated FTD Florists in 154 countries.

DeLa Flowers is dedicated to providing the freshest flowers direct from the farms at which they are grown. They have relationships directly with the growers, so the flowers you send are the freshest, highest quality, and most beautiful product available, at competitive prices. They deliver anywhere in the continental United States.

Every Teleflora flower arrangement is designed and hand-delivered by a professional florist whose flower shop is in the same neighborhood as the recipient of your thoughtful gift. So your flower delivery arrives fresh and beautiful. Most Teleflora products can be delivered the same day if orders are received before 2:00 PM, Monday-Friday, or before 12:00 Noon on Saturdays in the recipient's time zone.

Flowers Direct (UK) offers quality flowers, champagne, wine, chocolates and other gifts in London, the UK, and abroad. The award winning Flowers direct website has already satisfied over a million customers. They guarantee that all of their floral arrangements are created by skilled florists using only the freshest flowers, and will be delivered to the correct destination on the date you specify. As of this writing, UK delivery cost is £3.20; international shipment charges are £7.99.

Gift Baskets

Hickory Farms is a famous and reliable provider of the finest quality food gifts you know will be appreciated.

Figis sells holiday fare "gifts in good taste," delicious dairy cheeses & cheese spreads, fabulous smokehouse meats, and the best in bakery, chocolates, nuts, sweets & snacks. Plus special gift assortments, collectible treasures, and exclusive and personalized items.

The Wisconsin Cheeseman has been in the food gift business since 1946. They make most of the chocolates, cheese spreads, logs & balls, jams, jellies & preserves that are featured in their gift selections catalog in their own Sun Prairie, Wisconsin kitchens.

GiftBaskets.com delivers gift baskets for all occasions, including birthdays, anniversaries, new arrivals, corporate gifts, thank you's, weddings, parties, sympathy, any occasion!

Gift Certificates

SuperCertificates from GiftCertificates.com allow your family and friends to choose what they really want, from hundreds of merchants. SuperCertificates can be purchased for any dollar amount, and never expire. GiftCertificates.com also sells merchant-specific gift certificates, great if you want some control over how the money is spent.

Travel Gifts

The Samsonite Company Store sells the full range of luggage, cases, bags, backpacks, and travel accessories that feature the brand's legendary durability. They have numerous items on sale every day.

eBags, the world's largest online retailer of bags and accessories, sells a wide selection of luggage, backpacks, handbags, briefcases, computer cases and accessories, from brands like Samsonite, JanSport, The North Face and Eagle Creek, at extremely competitive prices.

Founded in 1989, Magellan's provides travelers with a single source of state-of-the-art, quality travel products, including baggage, maps, clothing, translators & converters, and more. The Washington Post says Magellan's carries "the widest selection of travel accessories currently available from a single source."

Special & Specialized Gifts

A.T. Cross is the world's leading provider of quality writing instruments, including fountain pens, ball-point pens, and "Selectip" interchangable tip pens. They also sell fine pencils, pen and pencil sets, watches, leather accessories, and more.

A living gift, starting at under $30. Treegivers trees are planted on public lands, in whichever of the 50 states you choose, and the recipient receives a certificate of planting.

Sierra Club memberships help to preserve and protect the environment, for a special price of only $15. Membership includes a free Sierra Club backpack, a year's subscription to Sierra magazine, and your local Sierra Club chapter newsletter.

Animal Den doesn't sell pet supplies. Instead they sell clothing and other gifts for pet and animal lovers, with animal themes.

Whales & Friends sells animal and nature theme t-shirts and other clothing, jewelry and ornaments, bedding, kitchen and bath accessories, figurines, framed prints, and more.

HansonEllis carries fine bridal gifts, wedding favors, engravable keepsakes, crystals, candles, & soaps.

Shop Irish is the premier store on the web for Irish themed jewelry, apparel, and unique gifts including Claddagh rings, Celtic crosses, shamrock sweaters, and many more exciting Irish themed items.

Greek Gear is a fraternity and sorority superstore, carrying the best of Greek fraternity and sorority clothing, gifts, and other merchandise.

iRobot sells six different models of the famous Roomba vacuum cleaner robot, plus the Scooba floor washing robot.

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Complete Sears Product Catalog

TIME Magazine, February 13, 1950, p. 78:

CORPORATIONS: Card Shark
...In the greeting-card business the company that understands and cares the most is Kansas City's Hall Brothers, Inc., world's largest greeting-card makers. It has a love that's deep and true for ready-made bow-legged tetrameter and a business built on sentiment (last year's estimated gross: $15 to $18 million). Last week in the midst of its biggest sales season next to Christmas, Hall Brothers was, as usual, turning out more than 1,000,000 of its "Hallmark" greeting cards every day. There were no fewer than 500 different designs for St. Valentine's Day* ranging from 5¢ greetings to $5 concoctions dripping with lace and scented sachets.

Behind all the hearts & flowers is Joyce C. Hall, 58, a lean and solemn man who started out, at 18, to become a greeting-card shark by selling postcard greetings in Kansas City. Rollie B. Hall, a brother, joined him there, but they soon realized that postcard greetings were losing favor. Said Joyce Hall: "We found we were developing a dying business." They switched to cards enclosed in envelopes, were soon so successful that they took in another brother, William F. Hall.

The Hall brothers claim to have fostered quite a few innovations. They were first with the "humorous" greeting ("You have the strength of a TIGER... lily!"). They developed the unfolding card that tells a continued story, and leveled out the seasonal peaks & valleys of the business by pushing the "everyday" card for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, sympathy and the sick. Today, customers have a choice of six different Hallmark cards for the tonsillectomy patient alone; once there was even one for the friend who has been run down by a car. Other tricks of the trade: white kittens on cards will always outsell brown ones; geraniums are never good, but pansies are surefire sellouts.

In addition to a staff of 150 artists, the company uses the works of such diverse painters as Vincent van Gogh, Norman Rockwell, Salvador Dali, Grandma Moses (one of the best sellers), and the winners of a $28,000 international contest (TIME, March 21). For the changeable public, Hallmark keeps plenty of new cards up its sleeve. One thing that doesn't worry Joyce Hall is a recession. In bad times, says he, people send greeting cards instead of presents.

* Believed to commemorate the death of two Roman priests in 269 A.D., each called Valentinus, and both executed on the same day. One of them is supposed to have been executed for marrying lovers who came to him, despite a decree by Emperor Claudius II forbidding marriage (single men made better soldiers).

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