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Digging up interesting fragments among the leaves of new, used, and out-of-print books

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

A Stitch in Time: Hannah Darling's Book

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Looking through old Bibles can sometimes reveal interesting items that have been tucked away among the leaves for decades or centuries, or ...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Untermeyer's Food and Drink for thought

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Food and Drink , a book of poems by Louis Untermeyer, was published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1932. This copy of the book has an ...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Echo from 1939: A Texas High School and its Six-Man Football Team

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I like looking at old school yearbooks, particularly those from the surrounding area where I live. Spend a little time turning the pages an...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Words of gold from Paul Margulies

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Paul Margulies authored a children's book in 1969 titled Gold Steps, Gold Stones , with lavish illustrations by James Kenton (J.K.) Lamb...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

The Dragons of Kangaroo Island

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Here's a book I was delighted to find recently, the reasons for which appear farther down the page: The Dragons of Kangaroo Island (Tan...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Seabiscuit, 9-11-01

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This seemed an appropriate cross-post from Writing in Books for this blog. Found in a used book at a resale shop earlier this year and save...
Sunday, August 07, 2011

What to do with those dirty or damaged books?

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Books can present cleaning and restoration challenges when stains, dust, and other foreign substances invade the covers or leaves, or when a...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Rare South African book recalls Luke Limner

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I just came across this BBC article about a rare South African book believed to be the first French book, as well as the first travel narra...
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