Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Bethany Cole, who entered on Facebook.

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Poppy

I have written about my grandfather often here on the blog. You can find some of those posts here, here, here and here. He was a collector at heart. Autographs, model trains, baseball cards, toy banks, stamps, books - you name it, he had a pile.

I came across a copy of Charles Lindbergh's "We" this morning, and found this letter inside:

So many pieces here. My grandfather was an avid Lindbergh collector, with several signed pieces and hundreds of books. He was also professed to know the real story of the Lindbergh kidnapping, though those details were never related to me.

The letter is also a nostalgic reminder of the way the used book business used to operate; lots and lots of correspondence. A letter to inquire about the availability of a book, a reply to indicate that it is available along a with a quoted price, another reply with payment and finally the book would be dispatched. I still remember our family selling books in the fashion. There was a brief period where we would ship out floppy disks with our entire catalog attached, but it wasn't long before we started listing online and via email. And so the world was changed.

It's also fascinating to note that the letter comes from the famous Strand Bookstore in New York, with a typed signature of the founder Benjamin Bass.

So glad I found this.

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May 1957

Photograph, no writing on reverse. Processing stamp on bottom edge states May 1957.

Found in "The Biography of a Grizzly" by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by Hodder and Stoughton.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Austin Garland, who entered here on the website.

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Of Mice and Pearls

Drinks coaster with mother of pearl top.


Found in "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. Published by Covici-Friede, 1937.

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Low Notes

Trade card advertising Emerson Piano Co., Boston MA.

Found in "Grasses and Forage Plants: A Treatise" by Charles L. Flint. Published by William F. Gill Co., 1874.


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Linda Reynolds Moody, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Novels - contest closed

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Buy In Bulk

Receipt from the J.E. Wood hardware store, Walton NY, dated June 30, 1914.

Found in "The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" published by Henry Altemus, 1898.

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Giveaway winner

This week's giveaway winner was Amanda Tempel, who entered here on the site.

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Porch

Wonderful old black and white photograph. No writing or markings on reverse.

Found in "Christie's old Organ" by Mrs. Walton. Published by A.L. Burt, no date.

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The Devil Is In The Details

 Recipe for Red Cake:

Cream
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs

Add
2 oz red food coloring (that seems like a lot)
1 tsp cocoa - mix well

Add 2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda

Bake at 360 degrees

Found in "Cooking With the Pennsylvania Dutch" edited by A. Monroe Aurand. Published by The Aurand Press, 1946.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Kathy Holder, who entered here on the website via email.

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Novels - contest closed

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All The News That Fits

Found this 1858 New York newspaper in a box of old books this morning.


Articles of note include reports of the Mormon army in Kansas, large school fire in Brooklyn and my favorite bit of news:

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