Handwritten recipe for zucchini appetizers.
Found in "Chatterbox Book of Pictures" published by Dana Estes and Co., 1909.
Julie Ady
Antique sepia tone photograph on thick stock. Captioned "Julie Ady" on front, with company name of Chadbourne, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.On reverse, full name: Julia Helen Clark Ady.
Company name: Charbourne, 98 Macy St, next to P.O. Fond du Lac, Wis.
Found in "The Golden Goose Book," drawings by L. Leslie Brooke. Published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1905.
Geetings
Christmas card with personlized photo, 4 inches by 5.5 inches. Written on front: "Shoves." (I think)
Found in "Auto-Da-Fe" by Elias Canetti, published by Stein and Day, 1946
Free Fries
Ad audition script for Burger King.
Found in "Family" by Ian Frazier. Published by HarperPerennial, 1995.
Ancient Secrets
Large index card with handwritten note:Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of YouthPeter KelderMy Pituitary Gland Produces only the Life Hormone" Body now has all 12 strands of DNA
Found in "Rare and Expensive Postcards" by John Kaduck. Published by Wallace-Homestead, 1974.
Giveaway Winner
My method: the Dumas book has 479 pages, 4 + 7 + 9 = 20. Since there weren't 20 comments, we'll do it this way: 2 + 0 = 2, so comment number two, you're the winner.
Congrats to somcak, please contact me so I can ship your prize out.
To the rest of the nine lovely people who commented, if you'd like a runner-up prize, contact me. I have some found four leaf clovers and other goodies.
Sunday Best Giveaway
Today seems like a good enough day for some freebies. Post a comment in the 'Sunday Best' thread and you're entered to win the book, the photo and the envelope. Make sure you leave an email or other way to get in touch with you. I'll accept entries until 9:00 AM eastern time tomorrow.
I'll announce the winners tomorrow morning.
Sunday Best
Black and white photo, found in Tullar Meredith Company envelope, 2.5 inches by 4 inches.Found in "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. Published by the Wm. L. Allison Co., circa 1880.
If you haven't read the newest post, I'll be giving all three of these items away tomorrow morning - just leave a comment in this post and you are entered.
Dancing 9PM
Bar flyer: Halloween at boybarWednesday 31 Oct.DANCING 9PM
Found in "The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: The Collected Writings of Neal Pollack" published by Perennial/Harper Collins, 2002.
Love is... kind of creepy
Clipping of a cartoon:
Love is... ...being there when she needs you.
Found in "Tinker and Tanker" by Richard Scarry. Published by Garden City Publishing, 1960.
Day Tripper
45 record, The Beatles 'Day Tripper/We Can Work It out.'Found in "An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists" by Fritz Schider. Published by Dover, 1947.
Beauty
Found this turn of the century scrapbook while sorting, thought all of you might enjoy it. It's filled with clippings of illustrations of beautiful and famous women of the day.
Click to enlarge the pictures.
Click to enlarge the pictures.
Lounging
Black and white photo, 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches.Found in "The Other One" by Catherine Turney. Published by Henry Holt, 1952.
What Gentle Zephyrs Fan
Poem (ed: it's James Whitcomb Riley, some of the verses are left out)Found in "The African Queen" by C.S. Forester. Published by The Modern Library, 1940.SalutationTo Benj. F. JohnsonThe Old ManLo! steadfast and serene,In patient pause betweenThe seen and the unseen,What gentle zephyrs fanYou silken silver hair, -And what diviner airBreathes round you like a prayer,Old Man?Can you, in nearer viewOl Glory, pierce the blueOf happy Heaven through;And, listening mutely, canYour sense, dull to us,Hear Angel - voices thus,In chrous glorious - Old Man?In your reposeful gazeThe dusk of Autumn daysIs blent with April haze,As when of old beganThe bursting of the budOf rosy babyhood -When all the world was good,Old Man.
Lake Owen
Postcard; titled "Scene At The Cavalier - Lake Owen - Cable, Wis. G-440"
Written on reverse:
Best wishes for the happiest birthday of all.
Sincerely
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson
Found in "The Life and Death of John of Barneveld" by John Lothrop Motley. Published by Harper and Bros., 1874.
Hey You
If you have any ideas for the site, or have some bookmarks of your own you'd like to contribute, let me know. I'd love to have a part-time accomplice.
Useless
Bookplate, 5 inches by 2.5 inches.
So long as wel love, we serve. So long as we are loved by others I would almost say we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
Found in "Leslie's Year Book and Encyclopedia," no general author or editor. Published by Leslie-Judge Company, 1917.
Dear Diary
Found this 1950s diary in a box yesterday - nothing too scandalous, just your typical day-to-day observations.
A Charming Young Woman
Newspaper clipping.The Late MISS RUTH SWEET of Utica.
A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN WELL KNOWN IN CHENANGO COUNTY
Found in "A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times" by Jonathan Pearson. Published by Joel Munsell, 1883.
Last chance
Less than two hours left on the French datebook auction for charity: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320357497785
Insert Feather Pun Here
Red feather. I think it's real.
Found in "The Well-Considered Garden" by Mrs. Francis King. Published by Scribner's, 1925.
Macy's
Macy's bookmark, found in "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Published by Books Inc., no date, circa 1945.The Island Of Rest
Photo postcard, titled "Opening of The Island of Rest."No writing on reverse.
Found in "The Every-Day Philosopher in Town and Country" by the author of "The Recreations of a Country Parson" aka A. K. H. Boyd. Published by Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
Reminder
Four days left on our charity auction - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320357497785
UPDATE: TAKEN - Wednesday Freebie
Found this one at the bottom of a box of books. It was still in plastic, which I took off for the photo.
The packaging says 24 kt gold 'finish' - so don't get too excited.
If anyone wants him, send me an email using the contact form above.
And don't forget about our charity auction, there are five days left: 1926 French datebook
Sorry about the photos... we really need a photographer who knows what they're doing here at FB, and not some dummy bookseller.
Remembrance
I admit, I was saving this one for Sunday, but I don't get a lot of Sunday visits.
Church ad, two inches by four inches.
Typed on reverse:
REMEMBRANCE
DAY OF RECOLLECTION
PASSION SUNDAY APRIL 3-49
FATHER EDWARD NIEBERDING
RETREAT MASTER
ST. PETER SODALITY
Found in "Assignment in Brittany" by Helen MacInnes, Little Brown & Co., 1943.
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