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Imported

Guest post today, these images come from Alexandra, who's either in Switzerland or Italy, depending on what fruit is in season.She sent me an email yesterday:

Dear Mr. Forgotten Bookmarks!I bought a book in a second-hand book shop.I found this foto between the pages.Maybe one of your readers, visitors, can know who is on the foto.The book was published in 2008, by St. Martin's press (New York)

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Get Well Soon - I Can't Take These Puns Any Longer

Get-well card:

Make it a RULE to get better quick!

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And then - with full " MEASURE" of renewed health -

Stay UP and A-FOOT!

L + G (C?)

Found in "Brer Rabbit Again" by Enid Blyton. Published by Dean and Son, 1963.



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Friday giveway - three winners

"Stories by American Authors" winner was Kels H., who entered here on the website.

 "Stories by Foreign Authors: winner was Karen (this Karen, there were a couple), who entered here on the website.

 Finally, winner of the dictionaries and language books was Wyndy Youngblood, who entered on Facebook (best name ever?)

 Thanks to everyone for entering!

I will try and get in touch with all three of you, but please email me at fb@forgottenbookmarks.com when you read this.

Friday Giveaway: Three Collections - contest closed

Everyone seemed to enjoy the sets of books from last week's giveaway, so I am offering up two more versions plus a third collection -

"Stories by American Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:

"Stories by Foreign Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
And finally, a small collection of language and criticism texts:



Yep, three prizes again this week!

Back with a winner in a moment...


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Friday Giveaway: Three Collections

Everyone seemed to enjoy the sets of books from last week's giveaway, so I am offering up two more versions plus a third collection -

"Stories by American Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:

"Stories by Foreign Authors" published by Scribners, 1900:
And finally, a small collection of language and criticism texts:



Yep, three prizes again this week!

To enter, leave a comment here, or head over to twitter or Facebook and let me know there.
I'll pool the entries and select three winners at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST.
Good luck!


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Brown Sugar

Recipe for brown sugar cookies:

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup shortening
1/2 tea. salt
1 tea. flavoring
2 eggs
1 cup sour milk
1/2 tea. soda
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tea B.P.

No other instructions.

Found in "The Woman Thou Gavest Me" by Hall Caine. Published by J.B. Lippincott, 1913.

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Eternal

Today's the day. The book is officially on sale. A HUGE thanks to all of you readers. Needless to say, without you, there would be no book.

Today's post is a personal one, I came across this paperback biography of Ted Williams while I was sorting through our baseball section. There's a gift inscription, from my grandfather to me, dated 1986. He passed away a few years ago... I like to think he'd be proud of me today.

This eternal kid is sticking this back on his bookshelf at home, where it belongs.

"Ted Williams: The Eternal Kid" by Ed Linn. Published by Sport Magazine, 1961.

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Plans Have Changed

Note:

Dear Max:

Please note the following change:You will our guest for dinner Dri. nite Dec 14th - instead of the Goodmans.

Looking forward to seeing you + Ilse, I am (???)

Rena

Found in "The Living Talmud" selected and translated by Judah Goldin. Published by Mentor, 1957. (Stated copyright date, but the book has an ISBN and zip codes present, so it's probably a little newer)

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Friday Giveaway: The Winners

Another great turnout for this week's giveaway, I can't tell you how much fun I have with these.

To the winners...

Winner of the lovely copy of "Huckleberry Finn" was Claudia Li, who entered on Facebook.

Winner of the English Authors set was doris, who entered on the website.

Winner of the "Hours In A Library" set was @hotdirtyfork, who entered on twitter.

 That certainly worked out nicely!

 I'll be trying to get in touch with all three of you, but if you see this, please send me an email so I know where your books are going:fb@forgottenbookmarks.com


 Thanks for another fun giveaway!

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Friday Giveaway - contest closed

This is the last giveaway before the book comes out, so I thought I would make it a little special. Today's giveaway will have three separate prizes; first, second, and third. Let's start with the big one:

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Twain's classic "Huckleberry Finn" published by The Easton Press, 1994. Bound in rich red full leather with gilt decoration on spine and front cover, four raised bands on spine, archival quality paper - Golden Tan Moire Silk end papers and Golden Tan Satin ribbon book mark, gilt all edges. A lovely book.

Second prize is this great set of collected stories by English authors, put out by Scribners in the early 1900s.



Includes authors like J.M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Sir Walter Scott and dozens more.

Finally, the third prize is this quaint set, "Hours In A Library" in four volumes by Leslie Stephen. Published by G.P. Putnam, 1907. "New" edition, with additions.

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Stephen was a well-known author and critic, and father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.These four volumes contain short vignettes on the books of various authors. Included are pieces on Defoe, Hawthorne, Walpole, George Eliot, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte and others.

Contest closed, results in a moment.

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