Let's go back to 1973 and take a look at all the great Christmas recipes and decorating ideas Better Homes And Gardens offered up that year. The theme of this issue is The Holiday Home.

The magazine shows many nice decorations with instructions included. The recipes for German Cinnamon Coffee Cake and Maple Sponge Candy sound wonderful. You"ll get these and other great-sounding recipes to make for your holiday season!

Advertisers were in full swing...

This is a very nice, colorful book on Patchwork and Quilting from Better Homes & Gardens. It has a copyright of 1977.

The book is full of ideas, patterns and instructions for quilts. There are many other nice ideas for patchwork curtains, pillows and other items.

The book is in excellent condition - inside and out. The interior is "like new" clean - no writing or dog-ears...

This entire issue of Better Homes & Gardens is dedicated to the Christmas Season. It is full of great ideas, instructions, and recipes to make for a festive holiday season.

Instructions are included for a number for very nice door and wall wreaths...

This is a nice book by Better Homes & Gardens titled "House Plants - New How-To for the Indoor Gardener." It was published by Meredith Press with a copyright of 1959.

The book is full of tips on how to keep your indoor plants alive - a skill I have not mastered. You"ll enjoy the many color and black & white pictures...

This is a very nice book published by Better Homes and Gardens titled Country Bazaar Crafts.  It has a copyright of 1986.

You will find some wonderful ideas for gifts and projects in this book complete with many pictures and full instructions.

Some of the projects include: Geese Pot Holders; Crocheted Potpourri Hearts; Embroidered Heart - Motif Boxes; Felt Halloween Masks - Cat, Rabbit and Owl; Cross Stitch Cards and Pictures; Crocheted Rocket Rug; 13" Rag Doll; and more....

This is a very nice vintage music book titled "Belwin Hammond Organ Course, Book Two." It is by Arthur Wildman and has a copyright of 1949. Belwin, Inc. of Rockville Centre, New York, published the book.

The book is a direct approach to Hammond Organ playing for students with no previous musical training...

This advertising duo comes from a January 1958 National Geographic Magazine.

The first side is an advertisement for Bell Telephone System. The picture in the Ad was taken by the famous photographer, Ansel Adams. In the advertisement if tells about the private life of telephone representative, Vonna Shelton.

The reverse side is an ad for Remington Rand, Division Of Sperry Rand Corporation...

This advertising duo comes from a September 1958 National Geographic Magazine.

The first side is an advertisement for Bell Telephone System. The message here is "It"s fun to phone". The ad invites you to take a break by making a phone call after a hectic day of washing dishes, making beds and other household chores. Of course, in 1958, how could we have ever imagined tele-marketers, caller I.D., call forwarding and other technologies that would have seemed like science-fiction back then...

This is a very nice soft cover book with a copyright of 1973. I am not a fisherman, but this seems to cover just about everything you would need to know for this sport.

There are many nice black and white illustrations showing how to do fly tying, techniques & strategies, fly fishing methods and more...

This little book is only 5" x 4", but is filled with a lot of Baseball facts. The illustrations are by Paul Frame. It has a copyright of 1979.

The first part of the book is called Gallery Of Stars. It has 71 pages with two pages for each Baseball star, giving their lifetime statistics and a one-page biography. Each has a nice black and white drawing of the player...

This is a very vintage Attendance and On-Time Plan for Beginners", Primary, and Junior Departments for Sunday Schools...

I plea ignorance when it comes to modern art! Having said that, this is a nice 1966 issue of Artforum Magazine that I am sure a real art lover can and will appreciate.

The cover is a painting my Henri Matisse titled "Interior". Nancy Marmer has a nice article titled "Matisse and the Strategy of Decoration". Fans of Peter Stroud will enjoy the interview by John Coplans.

Artwork from many galleries are shown in the magazine. There are many nice advertisements featuring some of the top gall...