Michael Popek's Blog, page 115

Mission Status

You may remember this post from a few weeks back; I went to look at a collection of books that had been stored away for fifty years. Well, today is the day I am off to pick them up. I will be gone for most of the morning, so no new bookmarks today - but I will provide updates on some of the interesting finds.

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The Last Puritan

Black and white photograph, no writing or date on reverse side.

Found in "The Last Puritan" by George Santayana. Published by Scribners, 1936.


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Giveaway winner

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

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: 13 Vintage Books - contest closed

Contest now closed. Winner will be announced shortly.

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Friday Giveaway: 13 Vintage Books

 I am giving away these thirteen books this week.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter 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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In Favor Of The Day

 Note, appears to have come out of a writer's notebook:

Phrases - Descriptive Ideas - impressions etc.

The fragile world of new snow

The dull soft blue of predawn sky, rosy-edged behind the crisp black lace of bare trees. The pale moon still high. A long thin creeping streak of smoke from a jet plane chalking the sky across its face - as if cancelling out the night in favor of the day.

She spoke in a hoarse, halting whisper, breathless with pain.

Found in "The World Within: Fiction Illuminating the Neuroses of our Time" edited by Mary Louise Aswell. Published by Whittlesey House, 1947.



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Sound And Fury

 Trade card, text reads "Espagne. Au Son Des Castagnettes."

Found in "Poems by Helen Jackson" published by Roberts Brothers, 1892.



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Oh Fudge

 Recipe for fudge:

Fudge - Jewel(?) Beck

2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Dark Karo
1/2 Cup milk
2 sqr. Bitter Bakers
pinch salt
Butter

All in pan, cook toll soft ball in water - about 5,8,10 min

Found in "Capital Stories by American Authors" published by The Christian Herald, 1903.



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Check Please

Check, dated June 7, 1926, in the amount of $9.36. Made out to "Morley Machinery" from Mills Brothers, Inc.

Found in "New York Walk Book" by Raymond Torrey, Frank Place Jr., and Robert Dickinson. Published by American Geographical Society, 1923.


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Lynn Ashley, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, see you on Monday.