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Friday Giveaway - Signed Copy of FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS

I'm giving away a signed copy of my book FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS this week.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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Out Of Your Gourd

Brown silk bookmark.

Found in "The Garden of Gourds" by L.H. bailey. Published by Macmillan, 1937.

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With Honors

Presentation bookplate with inscription:

Awarded to
Vera Howley
for
Attendance

The book is "An Honourable Surrender" by Mary Adams. Published by Frederick Warne, no date, circa 1918.



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Are You Lonesome Tonight

Christmas gift tag:

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to Sarah
from
The lonesome triplet

Found in "The Spell of Alsace" by Andre Hallays. Published by The Page Company, 1919.



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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was @Julie_Weathers, who entered on Twitter.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here on Monday.

Friday Giveaway: The World's 100 Best Short Stories - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Friday Giveaway: The World's 100 Best Short Stories

I'm giving these ten small matched volumes this week.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will gather up all entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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History Of A Book

Note on index card and inscription:

Dorothy Schlichter Beardsley Austin, daughter of Edna Walker Schleichter and Luther J. Schleichter

Copywrite year 1893

My mother V. Edna Schleichter gave this to me when I was a child about 12 or 13 years old

The book is "Elsie Dinsmore" by Martha Finley. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1893.





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Parlez-vous français?

Handwritten French homework.

Found in "Fresh Air" by Anna B. Warner. Published by American Tract Society, 1899.



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Life Is But A Dream

Photograph, no writing.

Found in "Into The Mountains: Stories of New England's Most Celebrated Peaks" by Maggie Stier and Ron McAdow. Published by Appalachian Mountain Club, 1995.

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