"Stories by American Authors" winner was Kels H., who entered here on the website.
"Stories by Foreign Authors: winner was Karen (this Karen, there were a couple), who entered here on the website.
Finally, winner of the dictionaries and language books was Wyndy Youngblood, who entered on Facebook (best name ever?)
Thanks to everyone for entering!
I will try and get in touch with all three of you, but please email me at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com when you read this.
Friday Giveaway: Three Collections - contest closed
Everyone seemed to enjoy the sets of books from last week's giveaway, so I am offering up two more versions plus a third collection -
"Stories by American Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
"Stories by Foreign Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
And finally, a small collection of language and criticism texts:
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"Stories by American Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
"Stories by Foreign Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
Yep, three prizes again this week!
Back with a winner in a moment...
Back with a winner in a moment...
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Brown Sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup shortening
1/2 tea. salt
1 tea. flavoring
2 eggs
1 cup sour milk
1/2 tea. soda
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tea B.P.
No other instructions.
Found in "The Woman Thou Gavest Me" by Hall Caine. Published by J.B. Lippincott, 1913.
Eternal
Today's the day. The book is officially on sale. A HUGE thanks to all of you readers. Needless to say, without you, there would be no book.
Today's post is a personal one, I came across this paperback biography of Ted Williams while I was sorting through our baseball section. There's a gift inscription, from my grandfather to me, dated 1986. He passed away a few years ago... I like to think he'd be proud of me today.
This eternal kid is sticking this back on his bookshelf at home, where it belongs.
"Ted Williams: The Eternal Kid" by Ed Linn. Published by Sport Magazine, 1961.
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Today's post is a personal one, I came across this paperback biography of Ted Williams while I was sorting through our baseball section. There's a gift inscription, from my grandfather to me, dated 1986. He passed away a few years ago... I like to think he'd be proud of me today.
This eternal kid is sticking this back on his bookshelf at home, where it belongs.
"Ted Williams: The Eternal Kid" by Ed Linn. Published by Sport Magazine, 1961.
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Plans Have Changed
Dear Max:
Please note the following change: You will our guest for dinner Dri. nite Dec 14th - instead of the Goodmans.
Looking forward to seeing you + Ilse, I am (???)
Rena
Found in "The Living Talmud" selected and translated by Judah Goldin. Published by Mentor, 1957. (Stated copyright date, but the book has an ISBN and zip codes present, so it's probably a little newer)
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Friday Giveaway: The Winners
Another great turnout for this week's giveaway, I can't tell you how much fun I have with these.
To the winners...
Winner of the lovely copy of "Huckleberry Finn" was Claudia Li, who entered on Facebook.
Winner of the English Authors set was doris, who entered on the website.
Winner of the "Hours In A Library" set was @hotdirtyfork, who entered on twitter.
That certainly worked out nicely!
I'll be trying to get in touch with all three of you, but if you see this, please send me an email so I know where your books are going: fb@forgottenbookmarks.com
Thanks for another fun giveaway!
To the winners...
Winner of the lovely copy of "Huckleberry Finn" was Claudia Li, who entered on Facebook.
Winner of the English Authors set was doris, who entered on the website.
Winner of the "Hours In A Library" set was @hotdirtyfork, who entered on twitter.
That certainly worked out nicely!
I'll be trying to get in touch with all three of you, but if you see this, please send me an email so I know where your books are going: fb@forgottenbookmarks.com
Thanks for another fun giveaway!
Friday Giveaway - contest closed
This is the last giveaway before the book comes out, so I thought I would make it a little special. Today's giveaway will have three separate prizes; first, second, and third. Let's start with the big one:
Twain's classic "Huckleberry Finn" published by The Easton Press, 1994. Bound in rich red full leather with gilt decoration on spine and front cover, four raised bands on spine, archival quality paper - Golden Tan Moire Silk end papers and Golden Tan Satin ribbon book mark, gilt all edges. A lovely book.
Second prize is this great set of collected stories by English authors, put out by Scribners in the early 1900s.
Includes authors like J.M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Sir Walter Scott and dozens more.
Finally, the third prize is this quaint set, "Hours In A Library" in four volumes by Leslie Stephen. Published by G.P. Putnam, 1907. "New" edition, with additions.
Stephen was a well-known author and critic, and father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. These four volumes contain short vignettes on the books of various authors. Included are pieces on Defoe, Hawthorne, Walpole, George Eliot, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte and others.
Contest closed, results in a moment.
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Twain's classic "Huckleberry Finn" published by The Easton Press, 1994. Bound in rich red full leather with gilt decoration on spine and front cover, four raised bands on spine, archival quality paper - Golden Tan Moire Silk end papers and Golden Tan Satin ribbon book mark, gilt all edges. A lovely book.
Second prize is this great set of collected stories by English authors, put out by Scribners in the early 1900s.
Includes authors like J.M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Sir Walter Scott and dozens more.
Finally, the third prize is this quaint set, "Hours In A Library" in four volumes by Leslie Stephen. Published by G.P. Putnam, 1907. "New" edition, with additions.
Stephen was a well-known author and critic, and father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. These four volumes contain short vignettes on the books of various authors. Included are pieces on Defoe, Hawthorne, Walpole, George Eliot, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte and others.
Contest closed, results in a moment.
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Speakeasy And Carry A Big Book
Thought you all might be interested in this essay I wrote for the Wall Street Journal's 'Speakeasy' -
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/10/27/im-a-used-bookseller-and-im-not-afraid-of-e-books/
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/10/27/im-a-used-bookseller-and-im-not-afraid-of-e-books/
Rebel
Very small Confederate Flag, five inches by four inches.
Found in "Satellite!" by Erik Bergaust and William Beller. Published by Hanover House, 1956.
From Our European Correspondent
I ran into a reader of the blog on reddit yesterday, I had thrown together a small book giveaway for the fine folks at r/bookcollecting. This reader, Daniel John Benton, hails from across the pond and had a number of interesting finds, and so I asked if I could share them. Commentary is his:
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A four-leaf clover found in S.T. Coleridge's "Biographia Literaria" (printed 1917). This was my last purchase from Bank Street Books (Dumfries, Scotland) on the day the shop closed forever, and as you can see, it bore omens of good fortune. Coleridge is my favourite classic poet. The four-leaf clover is still in there. Hopefully in another 90 years someone will appreciate it. It's actually kind of funny: a close family member has spent all her life looking for one growing, and I stumble across one neatly pressed in a nice book. I guess that's just luck for you.
A cutting of white heather found in a Victorian print of Porter's "The Scottish Chiefs." Unfortunately, not much I can tell you besides the summary. The book is undated and came from an English family member - although the pressed heather indicates it may have been purchased on a holiday up north!
No idea what this is. Found in "The Republic of Plato" (printed 1890). "I have pleasure in promising to subscribe towards the support of the work in this town of the "Queen Victoria's Jubilee" Nurse, through that portion of the Fund contributed by the Dorking Wesleyan Church."
Both of these come from the same beautiful 1890 copy of Plato's "Republic," which is annotated and underlined throughout by one Elizabeth Budge.
A WWII-era (1941) Liverpool bus ticket found in a book on the Life of General Gordon (printed ~1890s). The age of the book is a best guess as there is no date to be found. The original owner's ornate signature, and the overall interior and exterior design of the book suggest it is a late Victorian edition, although it could be somewhat younger.
"Molly Eye App" (2007) - written on the back of an AA card in "A Lexicon of Freemasonry" (printed 1919).
A Safeway garage receipt (I blurred out some parts I wasn't sure about) from 2003, found in "A Lexicon of Freemasonry" (printed 1919). It's nothing to us, but someone will probably find that in a hundred years and find it fascinating. The book was purchased at a small book fair in Scotland - coincidentally, in an old, ornate Masonic hall. It is what I would consider a perfect find - an antique, strange, interesting book full of obscure facts and content. The entries range from everything between ancient Egyptian mythology to entries on the Illuminati. The book itself was written during the Victorian era, this edition being a 1919 print with a few more "up to date" appendices.
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