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Friday Giveaway: 10 Antiquarian Classics

I'm giving away these ten antiquarian classics this week.

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

I will select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern. Good luck!

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Days Gone By

Eight small photographs.

Found in "Sara Crewe: Little Saint Elizabeth" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Published by Scribners, 1898.






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Christmas Greetings

Christmas card, no writing or date.

Found in "Blue Bells of Nola" by J. Helmer Olson. Published by Augusta Book Concern, 1928.

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Prussian Blue

Test strip labelled " Prussian Blue. "

Found in "The Glenlitten Murder" by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Published by A.L. Burt, 1929


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Hell's Angles

Plastic protractor.

Found in "Enormously Foxtrot" by Bill Amend. Published by Andrews and McMeel, 1994.


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Gretchen Emmert, who entered on Facebook.

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

Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Volumes of Poetry - contest closed

I'm giving away these nine vintage volumes of poetry this week:



Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Volumes of Poetry

I'm giving away these nine vintage volumes of poetry this week:



To enter, just leave a comment below. You can also enter on Twitter , Facebook 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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April 18, 1813

I found this old newspaper in a box of books I was sorting. It's the Monday, April 18, 1813 issue of the " Independent Chronicle " of Boston, Massachusetts:






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The Great Pumpkin

 Recipe for pumpkin pie:

1 1/2 C pumpkin
3/4 C sugar
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t ginger
1/4 t nutmeg + cloves
3 slightly beaten eggs
1 1/4 C milk
1 6 oz can - 2/3 cup ev. milk
1 9" pastry shell

400" 50 min

Found in "Treatise on Cake Making" published by The Fleischmann Division, Standard Brands Inc., 1935

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