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Report card for piano lessons.

Found in "The Mulberry Bush" by Helen Topping Miller. Published by The Blakiston Company, 1940.

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Velvet

Six coupons from Velvet Tabacco.

It appears you would collect the coupons and redeem them for various prizes, some are listed on the back which are shown in the photo below.

Found in "A First Reader in Spanish" by Nina Lee Weisinger and Marjorie Johnston. Published by Doubleday, 1931.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was The Doors of Durin, who entered right here.

Thanks to all who entered, see you next week!

Friday Giveaway: 16 Vintage Nonfiction Books - contest closed

I generally offer fiction books in the weekly giveaways, so I thought I would change it up a bit this week.

Giving away these 16 nonfiction titles, some history, some biography, some geography. Something for every inquiring mind out there.

-Contest now closed, winner announced shortly.


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Direct From Italy

Yellow leather bookmark -

WELCOME TO FLORENCE
from MISURI LEATHER FACTORY

Found in "Empire of the Sun" by J.G. Ballard. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1984.

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How Grand

Advertisement / sewing kit from the old Grand Union supermarkets.

We used to have Grand Union here in town, along with a Great American. I had this theory about these two political superpowers battling over lettuce prices.

Found in "The Green Years and Shannon's Way" by A.J. Cronin. Published by Little, Brown and Co., 1960.

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Smooth and Flexible

Instructions for rope spinning, as part of an advertisement for Stockman-Farmer Supply Co., Denver.

Found in "Health and Physical Fitness" by I.H. Goldberger and Grace Hallock. Published by Ginn and Co., 1943.

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This Book

Homemade bookplate, looks like it was drawn and colored with crayon.

Found in "Mainstone's Housekeeper" by Eliza Meteyard. Published by Dodd and Mead, 1866.

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Giveaway Winners

Two winners to announce this week.

First, winner of the 14 vintage books was Resh, who entered here on the site.

Winner of the 'Young Folks Library' was Jossie Aguirre, who entered on Facebook.

Winners, I'll do my best to get in touch with each of you, but if you see this, please send me an email:

fb@forgottenbookmarks.com

Thanks to all who entered!

Friday Giveaway: 14 Vintage Books + Young Folks Library - contest closed

Some nice books in this week's giveaway, a complete four volume edition of "Pickwick Papers," an old "Grimm's Fairy Tales," poems of Browning -

---UPDATE---

Since I have an appointment this morning, I won't be around to pick a winner at the usual time. Instead, I am going to add a second prize:

OK, contest has now ended. I'll announce a winner shortly.

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