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.
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I absolutely love this--a really great photo in a book that I love. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou have an awesome blog, and what seems like a fun job!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine this couple going out on a ride in the country, stopping somewhere and having a picnic lunch. After desert, they share reading the book together. Perfect end to a perfect day!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog for the things you find, but also for the old, old books. I have several research books I've collected that are all 1900 or earlier. Just something about the feeling I get when I open them and wonder how many other hands over the years have touched them, how many others have read them.
ReplyDeleteWish I could wander through your store.
ah. Dumas. So many hours spent with him. Don't have a good copy of The Count of Monte Cristo, but have loved many a copy of Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask.
ReplyDeleteps. I bought a 1970s gardening book solely because I found a picture in it. Forgotten Bookmark inspired.
I cannot resist 1. A book I love;
ReplyDelete2. Especially one pre-owned with the pages creased to mark a favorite passage or stained with fingerprints and tea; 3. A memento of who the reader/owner was translated in bookmarks and scribbled margin notes. Nice find even nicer of you to part with this.
Gorgeousness! Thanks for offering these!
ReplyDeleteWow, okay, consider me entered! That is a stunning book, and the photograph is just the icing on the cake. Both from a period I have gotten to know very well recently (been researching the Victorian/Edwardian period for my latest YA).
ReplyDeleteI've said it before, but I'll say it again, just love your site. Simple idea, but magical.
Ooo, Monte Cristo... Pardon me while I drool. ::hastily wipes drool off keyboard::
ReplyDeleteA glamerous photo in a fabulous book! Wish I could meet the person who put the pic in there. I'd settle for taking care of them on my bookshelf...
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