Giveaway: Fun Five Ways CONTEST CLOSED

It's time for more choose-your-prize madness. I'll be picking a different winner for each of the five lots, so if you're interested, let me know which collection of books you'd like in the comments.

Here are the books available:

10 science fiction / fantasy titles:

10 modern lit titles:

10 horror titles:

10 historical romance titles:

10 matched volumes of classics:

Comment away, and good luck.

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The moment about 150 of you have been waiting for

Great turnout this time around, thanks everyone.



The winner of this week's contest is oranjeflamingo, who entered on this site.

I'll try and contact you through your profile, but it's always easier if you just email me:

fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

Congrats to oranjeflamingo, and look for another giveaway next week.

Giveaway: CONTEST CLOSED

Hey, win this book.

1939 Heritage Press edition of Beowulf (William Ellery Leonard translation). Illustrated (awesomely I might add) by Lynd Ward.

Just reply in the comments to enter, or let me know on Twitter or Facebook.

I will announce the winner tomorrow afternoon (Feb. 4th) at 3:00 PM EST.

Good luck, and sorry for that blurry photo.

-Contest has ended, announcing winner shortly.

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It's Winner Time

Sorry for the delay, folks. I had actual work to do. Imagine that.

To make up for it, I'll be selecting three winners. I'll try and get in touch with you if I can find contact information, but if you don't hear from me, please email me at fb@forgottenbookmarks to arrange shipping.

OK, let's start with third place, which is a lovely two volume set of "Anna Karenina" in slipcase with fancy onion skin jackets.

Third Place Winner: Julie (Okami) - who entered on the site. Here's a pic of your prize:

Not too shabby.

Second Place is a fine matched set of four volumes, "Les Miserables" by Hugo, Shakespeare's Works, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and Thomas Carlyle's Works.

Second Place Winner: Laura Horst, who entered via Facebook.

Here's a pic of your prize:


Finally, first place. Obviously, the prize will include the four books already featured on our contest page ("The Pathfinder," "The Pioneers," and the Emerson and Dumas Modern Library editions). In addition, I'm going to throw in an 1859 first edition of Tennyson's "Idyls of the King." Here it is, it's a beauty:



Ok, the winner of the last contest of 2009 is:

Martha, who entered via the website.

There are your winners.
Now that we've got that business taken care of, I just wanted to take a few moments to thank every one who enters the contests, comments on the posts and on Facebook, chats on Twitter... sincerely, thanks for making all of this so much fun. I hope to run bigger and better contests next year, so please keep an eye on the site. I'll still be posting regularly, but if I don't talk to you along the way, have a fantastic holiday.

Good News Everyone

We've hit the next milestone for this week's contest, so I'll be adding two more books:


"The Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson" Modern Library edition, 1950.
"The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas, Modern Library edition, 1950.

Just comment in this post to enter. Winner will be announced on Friday.



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Winner

Ok, today's winner is Spacebeer.

SB, send me an email at fb AT forgottenbookmarks.com to set up shipping accommodations for your new books.

Thanks to all who entered - remember this is a rolling contest, and I'll be giving away a new set of books on Friday. The first book on the new pile is leatherette copy of "The Scarlett Letter" published by Thomas Nelson, circa 1910. For every 25 new followers/Facebook fans/RSS subscribers, I will add another to the giveaway.

Giveaway Reminder: UPDATE CONTEST OVER

Just a quick update on the giveaway that's going on. Adding another book, this is 1928 edition of 'Little Men' illustrated by Clara Burd.

The formula is as follows:

For every 25 new followers/fans/subscribers I get via Twitter/Facebook/RSS, I will add another book. All books will be given away today at 3:00 PM.

Here are pics of the books so far:


To enter, just comment or reply. I'm still counting the replies and comments from previous announcements.

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Winner

First, I want to thank all who entered. All told, there were over 200 entries. Not too shabby.

I used my old technique of pasting all names from all websites (Facebook, Twitter, Blogger comments, reddit) into a text editor so they all had their own line number... went to random.org and it spit out number 44, who happens to be Jessica, who entered via Facebook.

Jessica, I have already sent you a message on Facebook, so check it out.

Thanks again everyone, and I think this is how I'll do the giveaways from now on - winners announced every Monday with escalating prizes. Seemed to work well.

See you all tomorrow with a new forgotten bookmark.

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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Giveaway: Eight Leatherbound Dickens Volumes

Not one, not two but EIGHT books in today's giveaway. Not just any books, but eight volumes from Charles Dickens' works in lovely red leather with gilt edging and design. Everyone loves Dickens, right?

Titles are:

Bleak House
Our Mutual Friend
Barnaby Rudge
Old Curiosity Shop
Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist & Sketches by Boz
Dombey and Son
Hard Times

All volumes are stamped 1900 and are published by Thomas Nelson and Sons.

No funky rules to enter, just comment in this thread, message me on Twitter, leave a note on our reddit or Facebook pages, our use the old fashioned 'Contact Me' form.

Good luck - I will announce the winner tomorrow afternoon.

Yet Another Contest - UPDATE #3: All Prizes Taken

Claire is our first winner. Congrats.

Mr. Burns is number two.

Jack is number three. Thanks to all who entered, and keep an eye in the mail for your books.

I'm hoping this one will be the best yet.

Here are the rules:

Further down in this post, there will an image containing 16 smaller images. These were little snapshots taken from various posts on the site. Hopefully you'll recognize some right away; others you may have to browse around the site a bit to find. I tried to concoct a game that would take some time to figure out. Build some suspense. Anway - on to the prizes:

The first person to email me the correct corresponding URLs (links) to all 16 images will win this fabulous prize:

"Old Curiosity Shop' by Charles Dickens - this is a nice and clean Rand McNally edition, gilt decoration and lettering on cover and spine, gilt top edge. No date, circa 1905.

The second person to email me the correct corresponding URLs (links) to all 16 images will win this pretty OK prize:

Two matching volumes from Thomas Y. Crowell, "The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning" and "Poems of Robert Browning." Both columes are marked as "Astor Editions," and are from 1900 or so, no date indicated.

The third person to email me the correct corresponding URLs (links) to all 16 images will win this humble but still enjoyable prize:

"Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott, published by Thomas Nelson, 1909. Blue flexible leather cover, gilt decoration on spine. A little worn, but hey, it's 100 years old - and free.

To email me, simply use the CONTACT link above, or click here.

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Here's the image. Click to enlarge. If you have any questions, find me on Twitter, I'll be working at my desk for a good bit. Good hunting -

Giveaway, Part II

Today we are giving away this vintage copy of "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. This volume of the Leatherstocking Tales was published by F.M. Lupton Co. in New York. No date, circa 1890s.

Here are the simple rules: one of the forgotten bookmarks posted here on the site was a photo of a casket. The first person to identify the college or university mentioned in that post gets the book. Please post your answers in the comments section so everyone can see that you were the winner. Thanks - 

Contest Day

I had a lot of fun giving stuff away yesterday through Twitter, thought I would continue today.

Here's what's up for grabs:



Nice vintage copy of "Vanity Fair" published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1900. Part of the New Century Library series, which featured smaller sizes and thinner paper. 

Also included in the giveaway will be the four leaf clover featured in this post from a few days ago. You know I had to give that one away today - if not now, when?

Before we get started, yes, I'll ship it anywhere, for free. Alabama, Switzerland, New Zealand, Texas... you get the picture.

As for the rules, I don't want to make you all jump through hoops, nor can I figure out some savvy contest that will pull in web traffic all day. I don't give stuff away for that reason, so here are the simple contest rules: Just leave a comment on why you'd like this item, or why you enjoy Forgotten Bookmarks, or what you think can make the site better. I'll pick the winner from the comments section somewhat at random (I have a 1-10 number in mind, whoever posts in that particular spot will win). That's it.

I have a backup prize just in case things go haywire. 

Good luck.

ONE more thing... I will check the comments around noon or so (Eastern US), I have some bookstore work that can't wait.

UPDATE: Hey, great response. The number I had in mind was 3 (the number of posts I was hoping for) so good job everyone, you exceeded my expectations. I'll try and post another giveaway tomorrow if time allows.  preludetochaos, I will message you on twitter.

Winner

We got one extra entry last night at the deadline - thanks to everyone who entered, it was fantastic seeing all these great items. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this stuff is fascinating...

...back to the matter at hand - the winner. I received this the first day of the contest, and I loved the back story. Here it is:

Crossword

I got a call from a patron looking for his lost lost bookmark while at work today. His sister made it for him for his high school graduation. It's over 24 years old! He was really distressed about forgetting it and very excited that I was able to find it for him. It was found in Clive Cussler's "Arctic Drift".

Thanks for the entry, Melissa. I will send you out an email later today so I can send you your prize.

Melissa actually entered two bookmarks, and both were great. She did a great job of keeping the entries in the FB style; interesting backdrop to the image, proper paragraph format, everything... if I didn't know any better, I would think she's been working here at FB for years.
Here is her second entry, just for fun:

No Petting

Note. Written:

Rachel,
I'm so glad we went on this trip together! Sorry I wasn't quite as vivacious as vicky. You know my meds were a bit of a Problem :) I just want you to know how much I Love you! and how happy I am for you! I would be glad to share a bed with you any-time as long as you dont start petting me!
Love,
Your bladder infected bedmate

Found in: Found in "Fever 1973" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Thanks again! Melissa, keep an eye out for that email.

Contest Ends Tomorrow

Our first giveaway will end tomorrow as I announce the winner. I've received seven entries so far, which is about seven more than I expected. The submission deadline will be tonight at midnight (Eastern US time).

For the details, check out the original post.

Thanks!

Don't Forget - Forgotten Giveaway

Our first official giveaway, second overall (See the post with the clover)

Feature prize: the wonderful photo from "Sandwich In Bed"

The rules:

Using the contact page, submit your own forgotten bookmark. Please include a link to a photo of whatever you found and the name of the book you found it in. Background stories encouraged!

I'll pick the most interesting story and feature it here. You will also receive the feature prize:

Perfect for framing! I look forward to hearing from you all.