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 Friday, October 12, 2007
The Haul from the Book Sale
Posted by maggie

I've finally noted a list of the 73 books I bought last night. At one point, I thought of posting them here, but my guess is that anyone's interest but mine would quickly lag.

A few items come to mind, though.

For example, I bought:

Robert W. Chambers, The Common Law, New York, D. Appleton and Company, August 1911

-- and found later it contained many illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. Moreover, it was dedicated to Gibson. Sweet!

Of most comics interest was probably a beat-up copy of:

Palmer Cox, The Brownies Kind Deed Stories and Sketches for Young Readers with Pictures Specially Designed to Please the Little Ones, Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, 1903

I found it intriguing because there was work therein by other contributors in addition to Cox. (Visitors to the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore will know that Cox was a pioneer in the world of licensed pop culture, thanks to his Brownies.)



10/12/2007 6:29:05 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)  #  Comments [0]
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