Michael Popek's Blog, page 256

'Tis The Season

Photo, with writing on the reverse:

Our Christmas Tree

Christmas Day 1944

Found in "The Iliad of Homer" translated by Richard Lattimore. Published by the University of Chicago Press, 1957.

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Nobel Library winner

This week's giveaway winner was joemmama, who entered right here. I'll be in touch with you shortly.

Friday Giveaway: Nobel Prize Library - contest closed

This week's giveaway is this very fine Nobel Prize Library set, which contains "...for each laureate, the presentation address, any acceptance speech, a work of the laureate significant to the judge's decision, bibliography, and a brief explanation of the reasons for the laureate's selection."

You can read about the works included here.

Contest closed, winner will be announced in a moment.

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Friday Giveaway: Nobel Prize Library

This week's giveaway is this very fine Nobel Prize Library set, which contains "...for each laureate, the presentation address, any acceptance speech, a work of the laureate significant to the judge's decision, bibliography, and a brief explanation of the reasons for the laureate's selection."

You can read about the works included here.

These volumes are bound in sharp blue leather, gilt all edges. A really nice set.

As always, you can enter the giveaway with a comment here, or on Twitter or Facebook.

Winner will be picked at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST.

Good luck!

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I Love A Parade

I purchased a box of books today, some older stuff that happened to be in awful condition. At the bottom of the box were to photo albums. This is not uncommon, I come across old scrapbooks and albums all the time.  Something struck me about this group of photographs; the images were sharp and clear and the composition was fantastic. I would guess that they were taken by a professional, or at least a very promising amateur. I'm still going through the dozens of images, but I wanted to share this small group with you - looks like a beautiful day for a parade.




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Oh, Nanna

Recipe for "Nanna's Condensed Milk Salad Dressing"

Beat one egg until thick

Add 1 tsp. dry mustard, 1 T salt, 1/4 tsp. pepp. 1/2 tsp. paprika.

Now add 3/4 c vinegar, 1 can condensed milk and 1/4 c melted olea.

Beat - do not cook

Found in "Echoes of Bats and Men" by Donald R. Griffin. Published by Anchor Books, 1959.

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I'm Late

Note:

It is the private glee (?) of the man who in his hurry to work has taken the wrong train and now surely will be late.

Found in "Madness and Civilization" by Michel Foucault. Published by Vintage, 1973.


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Grace

First day cover commerorating the royal wedding of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly , dated April 19, 1956.

Found in "This Very Earth" by Erskine Caldwell. Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948.

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Winner

This week's giveaway winner was Diana, who entered on Facebook.See you all next week!

Friday Giveaway: Famous Epoch Makers: Contest closed

Some nonfiction for a change this week, here's a 15 volume set of biographies, "Famous Epoch Makers" published by Fred DeFau & Co., 1900. Stories on figures from Cicero to Robert E. Lee.

Contest closed, winner announced shortly

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