The Rules of Engagement

I've been working on a giveaway on Twitter, and I wanted to make sure I opened it up to everyone. Here's a pic of the books in the giveaway:


The books included are:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Lewis Carroll: Macmillan, 1909
The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint=Exupery: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943 (5th ptg)
Fantastic Mr. Fox; Roald Dahl: Knopf, 1970 (First Edition)
In The Night Kitchen; Maurice Sendak: Harper & Row, 1970 (First Edition)
The Poetical Works of Longfellow, Volume II: Houghton Mifflin, 1882.


Winner takes all. To enter, comment in this thread, comment on Facebook, or reply on Twitter.

I was going to announce the winner today, but I will wait until Monday to let things circulate and give you all a chance to enter. I will announce the winner at 5:00 PM on Monday, so that should be enough time. Good luck.

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at 10/31/2009
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108 comments:

  1. Marie CloutierOctober 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Please enter me! That sounds like an incredible giveaway! :-) Thank you!

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  2. CarrieMarieOctober 31, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    Those look like fantastic books! I've always wanted to read The Little Prince, but haven't had the opportunity. Maybe this is my shot! : )

    Carrie Marie

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  3. JeneraOctober 31, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    I would love to have a chance to win!

    Thanks!

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  4. BethOctober 31, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Wow...all great books! I would love to win them.

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  5. MissyOctober 31, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    Please enter me, too! What a great set of books!

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  6. Anne1TexasOctober 31, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Please enter me.

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  7. TXCOctober 31, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Please enter me. I only recently found your blog, but I enjoy it quite a bit.

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  8. pRiyAOctober 31, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    That's a fantastic collection of books. I'd like a shot at winning them please :-)

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  9. MomyeromOctober 31, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    Wonderful books! Please enter me! Thanks!

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  10. HossOctober 31, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    Me! Me! Me! Pick me! Pick me! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! (by the way, love the blog, it's in my Google Reader, I am a bibliophile and LOVE seeing all your forgotten bookmarks)

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  11. Glory von HathorOctober 31, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Woo! Please.

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  12. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    Please enter me too! I love your blog and wish I had thought to start it :)
    (I shelve books at my local library)

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  13. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Bookish, there's nothing stopping you from submitting what you find. Love to see what else is out there.

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  14. jjf3October 31, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    Count me in, would love to win these!

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  15. Viewtiful_JustinOctober 31, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    I would love more than almost anything else to win this! Seriously. How friggin cool!!!

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  16. Alpha MonkeyOctober 31, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    Yes, please! (You know, when you mail the winning bundle, that you have to hide a little something in one of the books, right?)

    What an amazing selection of books!!

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  17. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 12:39 PM

    Alpha, you know I will. Can't reveal what it might be, however.

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  18. NicoleOctober 31, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    Please enter me! What an incredible collection of books to receive!

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  19. MoonshadowOctober 31, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    Wow! I almost missed getting my entry posted here. What a wonderful collection to giveaway.

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  20. JakeOctober 31, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    This is an awesome comment. Just look at all the letters!

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  21. MrCachetOctober 31, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    This is outstanding!!! The covers alone are worth the the price of admission! I have a second edition of The Little Prince. As a matter of fact, I've read ALL of his books and have them in my library. I'd certainly enjoy adding them all to my overloaded shelves!

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  22. lag123October 31, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    Oh! Please enter me. I would love this.

    lag110@mchsi.com

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  23. Emily Hannah!October 31, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    through this whole Wild Things craze I have been standing proud with my love of In The Night Kitchen! I would love to have a copy, since mine was sold in a tag sale against my will!

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  24. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    Would love a chance to win this prize! I just recently found your blog and truly enjoy it. I actually gave a little shout out this morning in my most recent post to this blog before you posted this giveaway. Check it out at: http://ab-musings.blogspot.com/2009/10/blogs-i-like.html. Regardless of who the winner is, I will continue to read your posts. A truly original idea and I'm glad to have found it!

    -alisia brijlall

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  25. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    What a FANTASTIC giveaway. MY fiance worked on the film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" that is out now and I would love to be able to give this to him as a gift. Thank you!

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  26. Sarah JanetOctober 31, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Great selection of books--would love to have these on my shelf. Also, great blog--always interesting to see the bits of ephemera people leave between the pages.

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  27. toriOctober 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    I'm so glad you opened to us non-twitters! I can't seem to figure the twitter thing out. Thanks! The books look awesome!

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  28. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    you're not missing all that much, tori. besides, the site is always first in my heart.

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  29. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    What an awesome prize! Whoever wins will be a very luckyduck!

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  30. Leah TaylorOctober 31, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    OH, please enter me! I would love to win this, and I would adore you forever!

    Thanks!

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  31. GigiOctober 31, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    I love your blog and would be thrilled to win these books! Thanks for the opportunity to enter. When I was little, my sister and I would sit in the window seat of our grandparents' attic and browse their collection of "old" books--such happy memories!

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  32. PamOctober 31, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    How exciting. I opened your blog expecting to see a Forgotten Bookmark and find this awesome giveaway. I'd love to be entered. Thanks!

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  33. marthaOctober 31, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    I would like to comment and say how I love your posts and the bits of personal history that you find and share with us :) consider this my entry post.

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  34. marthaOctober 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    I would just like to say how cool it is you share with us the little pieces of history you find in your books and share them with us. :) consider this my entry post.

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  35. ACreativeDreamerOctober 31, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    I LOVE this blog! A friend of mine owns a used book store and we've always laughed about the things one can find in old books. This is wonderful...and I love your give away!

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  36. AdrienneOctober 31, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    Consider me entered! I am rather obsessed with the first three you mentioned (especially the first, heck the second third of "Alex" is an homage to it).

    I'll keep my fingers crossed! In the meantime, happy Halloween!

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  37. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    Mamma mia, those books look terrific.

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  38. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    I see what you did there, Fernando.

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  39. MaeveOctober 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    This give away is incredible! Please include me. What a bounty!

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  40. KristieOctober 31, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Ah! I need these! Please consider me!

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  41. LaurenOctober 31, 2009 at 3:23 PM

    Oh I LOVE old books SO much. My grandmother's cousin has a copy of Cranford from 1900 in mint condition. I wanted to steal it LOL. I love the smell of old books :)

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  42. That HankOctober 31, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    Great books. Please enter me.

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  43. mdebuskOctober 31, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    Such a wonderful collection. I have to wonder who let them go.

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  44. JRoseOctober 31, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    please enter me. What a fantastic giveaway.

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  45. BrendaOctober 31, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    I would love to win! This is great and my oldest daughter who is 21 love's Alice still!

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  46. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    please, please, please - I want these books so very badly. :)

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  47. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    I entered early on - Please don't forget me. I was flogging your blog months ago. (I'm being pathetic now, aren't I?)

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  48. karenOctober 31, 2009 at 4:37 PM

    A blog about bookmarks,oh my!
    This is better than pie in the sky!
    And old books to peruse,
    You really can't lose,
    I hope the winner am I.

    (The old recipe blog is equally as cool)

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  49. AndrewOctober 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    thanks for such an awesome contest! I'd love to win them. -Andrew

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  50. kinfolknewsOctober 31, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Great set of books! Hoping they are on their way to me! ;^)

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  51. Rachel GreenOctober 31, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    Fantastic giveaway! Please put my name in the hat!

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  52. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    Ooh. I'd love one of these pretties.

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  53. Logan ThomasOctober 31, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    I've been blog-stalking this blog for a while and I LOVE it! It's fun to find things in old books.

    The giveaway looks like a great one and I know just who I would gift these books to!

    Thanks!

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  54. tarrsahOctober 31, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    I am so thrilled by this giveaway!! My dad read my the first three books when I was younger and I would love to have these exquisite copies to share with my two kiddos!

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  55. JeanneOctober 31, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    Your giveaways are always fantastic. Thank you for the chance to enter here at your blog.

    I enjoy your found recipes blog, too; crazy, what we leave in books.

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  56. Penguins QuackOctober 31, 2009 at 5:43 PM

    Ooh! Pick me! I'm a total biblophiliac and I love this blog! I love finding things in books and I'd love to find these books in my mailbox! So please, please pick me!

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  57. ajarOctober 31, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    Why not.

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  58. ajarOctober 31, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Great books. Thanks for your site. My little piece of unexpected each day.

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  59. LaurieOctober 31, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    What a generous giveaway! I'd love to win!

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  60. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 6:53 PM

    Hello,

    I would like to enter. Thank you :)

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  61. alex b.October 31, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Oof, those are lovely.

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  62. inkstainedhandsOctober 31, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    Count me in!

    These would be a great addition to my antique book collection.

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  63. ClaireOctober 31, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    best give away ever! please enter me :]

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  64. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    ever? i don't know about that.

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  65. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 8:44 PM

    I just heard about your blog - it's wonderful!

    And nice choice of books, too!

    Rosie of BooksAndBakes

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  66. kittyismOctober 31, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    Beautiful blog, wonderful contest! please enter me!

    Thank you.

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  67. AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Oh, the Little Prince. I've such a tender spot for St. Exupery. If I win, I'd be happy with just that book:) Thank you for the opportunity!

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  68. UnknownOctober 31, 2009 at 10:14 PM

    I would love to have these books. I hope I win.

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  69. Editor CassandraOctober 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Please put me in! What a fantastic prize, however can you part with such great books?!

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  70. GopherOctober 31, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    I would love to read all of those - I'm in love antique books.

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  71. Michael PopekOctober 31, 2009 at 11:26 PM

    It's my job, Cassandra. I have to say goodbye to awesome books every day. It's a little more fun giving them away. The Lewis Carroll is specially nice... I hope whoever wins will enjoy them.

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  72. Everett HoweOctober 31, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    I love the blog, and I'd be honored to enter the contest!

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  73. KatieNovember 1, 2009 at 1:53 AM

    Please enter me!

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  74. UnknownNovember 1, 2009 at 7:04 AM

    I'd love to enter! Alice is one of my favouritest books ever.

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  75. WaterLily09November 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    pick me! pick me!

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  76. Jim and Mary TrippinNovember 1, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Wow, the only one I've read is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"! I don't twitter and had no idea about this giveaway. Nice.

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  77. UnknownNovember 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    great selection. would love to win this lot of books. consider this an entry.

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  78. Meerkat WomanNovember 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    This is an awesome giveaway. I would love to win!!

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  79. MandyNovember 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    What an amazing collection! Please enter me.

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  80. Professor BattyNovember 1, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    I will shamelessly plead "Pick Me! Pick Me!

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  81. SandyPieNovember 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    Your site is always so interesting, thank you the opportunity to win a chance to create my own eventual "forgotten bookmark"!

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  82. UnknownNovember 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    I'll definitely enter this contest. Those books are lovely! Thanks for this chance!

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  83. C DogNovember 1, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Sweet, a contest! I'm in! Enjoy the posts.

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  84. Julia GuliaNovember 1, 2009 at 5:24 PM

    This is a wonderful contest! I'd like in too!

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  85. GiuliaNovember 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    What a lovely contest. Thank you for keeping it open for those of us who are taking a FB/Twitter break.

    Count me in, some of my favorites. Would make lovely gift (for self or someone else). Love your blog.

    Susan

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  86. LizNovember 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    I just started following your blog a few weeks ago and am really enjoying your finds! Even if I don't win the books, I still love it :-)

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  87. AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Thanks for the opportunity!! I would love to get those books!!!

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  88. Diane J.November 1, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    Ooohhhh! Enter me please.

    I, like everyone here, am an avid book lover and would be thrilled. The only book I wouldn't keep would be the Littlest Prince. My mother gave me a copy of that book many years ago. She has been having a very rough year and I would be thrilled to pass her a copy, too.

    What a great giveaway,
    Diane J.

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  89. Lil HoboNovember 1, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    Wow, amazing collection of books. Regarding Fantastic Mr. Fox, I'm a little frightened of the new stop-motion animation version coming out soon.

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  90. JoeyHepatitisNovember 2, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    I would like to have those

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  91. A wittering idiotNovember 2, 2009 at 5:20 AM

    Great stuff - love the website, thanks for donating so much time and effort to it. It's much appreciated.

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  92. armyofcats.comNovember 2, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    Hope I'm not too late to enter! Cheers!

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  93. aoisakanaNovember 2, 2009 at 8:00 AM

    awesome collection of books!! please enter me too!

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  94. Michael HanscomNovember 2, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    Great collection, that'd be fun!

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  95. UnknownNovember 2, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Whoa! Generous giveaway!

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  96. Kim:November 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    I would love these and care for these like they were children. ;) Hope it's not too late to enter!

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  97. StaceyNovember 2, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    I'll take a crack at winning! Thanks!

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  98. sebNovember 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    me! pick me!

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  99. Emmaleigh504November 2, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    mememememe!

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  100. Tara Rose StrombergNovember 2, 2009 at 12:03 PM

    I have to admit, that upon my daily review of your blog, my heart skipped a beat at the offerings of this contest. I would love to enter!

    Books are my guilty pleasure, and I am so glad to see that other people share my curiosity in finding mementos in their fragrant yellow pages.

    Alice and the Little Prince are my all time favorites. To win them would make my year! Thanks so much for the opportunity, and keep bringing us great bookish finds!

    Best, Tara Rose

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  101. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 12:15 PM

    Those books look great, I would love a chance to win!

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  102. AnonymousNovember 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    I would love a chance to win! The books are all great, especially the Alice in Wonderland.

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  103. GinaNovember 2, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Definitely been following the contest on Twitter. Would LOVE to win these...count me in for certain!

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  104. bwebsterNovember 2, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Not that I need more books, but I'd love to have these. Consider me entered. ..bruce..

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  105. MelanieNovember 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    These look amazing! I'd love to win. =)

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  106. bashtreeNovember 2, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Great books! Thanks for the chance to win!!

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  107. JamesNovember 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    Enter me puh-leeze!

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  108. KathrynNovember 2, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    Love your blog! Thank you for the little smile you give me with each post!

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