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July 2022

And that’s it, the end of my book photo project. I...

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 3:30pm

And that’s it, the end of my book photo project. I didn’t expect it to take a almost a year, nor did I see some of the emotional journeys it took me on coming. It has also ended up being far more cathartic than I anticipated. A lot can come out of a “pointless” project with no particular purpose in mind.


I’m a Stranger Here Myself

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 12:30pm

I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Ogden Nash, 1935-38
Little, Brown and Company, US, 10th printing November 1938
gift note on first leaf:
Alixe dear—
A few chortles for Xmas 1938 & all the best of 1939
Love
Eileen
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ex libris signature on first leaf:
Alixe G. Waters
102 Redpath Street
Ottawa
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used price on first leaf: 25¢


The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 9:30am

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1919
Cassel and Company, UK, popular edition second impression February 1926
ex libris note inside front cover erased, “return to” sill legible


The Scarlet Pimpernel

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 6:30am

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1905
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1949


Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 3:30am

Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
Rafael Sabatini, 1921
Broughton Mifflin, US, 1949


The Three Musketeers

Fri, 2022/07/29 - 12:30am

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1960


The Man in the Iron Mask

Thu, 2022/07/28 - 9:30pm

The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas, 1849-50
Dean and Son, UK, ~1960


Tales from the Decameron

Thu, 2022/07/28 - 6:30pm

Tales from the Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio, written 1351-53
translated by Richard Aldington, 1930
Garden City Publishing, US, 1930


It’s OK to have a cartoon crush in your 50s when the...

Thu, 2022/07/28 - 6:30am

It’s OK to have a cartoon crush in your 50s when the character is also in her 50s, right?


Malenky, Vidma and I are all lounging directly in the path of...

Thu, 2022/07/28 - 3:30am

Malenky, Vidma and I are all lounging directly in the path of the cool air from the air-conditioner (Vidma is under the chair I’m sitting on)