Making A List


Shopping list on an index card:

Buy

Sweet wine
Small chain with a padlock & key

cumin seed

Bottom of plant holder

4 pieces of parchment

50 new pins, black bottle
Found in "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen." Published by Modern Library, circa 1937.

EDIT: @mistressmousey tells me it's "Chain" not Chair."

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7 comments:

  1. GemmaBeadsJuly 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM

    Ooh - I want this book too!!

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  2. Michael PopekJuly 9, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    lol.

    Gemma, I sent you a DM on twitter.
    Email me if you like:

    fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

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  3. Melissa (Avid Reader)July 9, 2010 at 4:24 PM

    What a gorgeous book. And that is the best shopping list ever, sweet wine, 4 pieces of parchment, 50 new pins, black bottle. I love it.

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  4. GiuliaJuly 9, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    That is lovely & mysterious. A few more words, it's a poem. Hmm. Must get to work...

    Cheers.

    I have to put this in - verification is 'detect'

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  5. Alpha MonkeyJuly 10, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    That is a recipe for VooDoo if I ever saw one!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    I was fortunate enough to find some old books this year with vintage stamps, old photographs and inscriptions. The best one was a collection of Wordsworth poems. What a wonderful site!

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  7. TriciaJuly 11, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    i wonder if the padlock is for the sweet wine? :^)

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