Michael Popek's Blog, page 21

Giveaway winner

This week's winner was @holycrow, who entered on Instagram.

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

Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Books - contest closed

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Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Books

I am giving away these eight vintage and antiquarian books today.

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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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Bethany Cole, who entered on Facebook.

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

Friday Giveaway: Signed copy of my book FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS - contest closed

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Friday Giveaway: Signed copy of my book FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS

I am giving away a signed copy of my book FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS today.

To enter, just 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 time.

Good luck!

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Poppy

I have written about my grandfather often here on the blog. You can find some of those posts here , here , here and here . He was a collector at heart. Autographs, model trains, baseball cards, toy banks, stamps, books - you name it, he had a pile.

I came across a copy of Charles Lindbergh's "We" this morning, and found this letter inside:



So many pieces here. My grandfather was an avid Lindbergh collector, with several signed pieces and hundreds of books. He was also professed to know the real story of the Lindbergh kidnapping, though those details were never related to me.

The letter is also a nostalgic reminder of the way the used book business used to operate; lots and lots of correspondence. A letter to inquire about the availability of a book, a reply to indicate that it is available along a with a quoted price, another reply with payment and finally the book would be dispatched. I still remember our family selling books in the fashion. There was a brief period where we would ship out floppy disks with our entire catalog attached, but it wasn't long before we started listing online and via email. And so the world was changed.

It's also fascinating to note that the letter comes from the famous Strand Bookstore in New York, with a typed signature of the founder Benjamin Bass.

So glad I found this.



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May 1957

Photograph, no writing on reverse. Processing stamp on bottom edge states May 1957.

Found in "The Biography of a Grizzly" by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by Hodder and Stoughton.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Austin Garland, who entered here on the website.

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

Friday Giveaway: Signed Copy of my book HANDWRITTEN RECIPES - contest closed

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