Lost & Found

A year or so ago, my friend David found a really touching inscription inside of a great NPR book that he picked up at a used bookstore. It was amazingly heart-felt and honest, this inscription from a son to a father. When we read it, we were of course very moved, and then we thought, "Oh no, I bet the father was ill, passed away, and someone just traded or gave the book away. How sad." And then it made us wonder how many other inscribed books are just sitting around waiting to be read and pondered? Well, we started searching for them in earnest a little while ago, scouring used bookshops, antique/thrift stores and the like. We're amazed at how many we've found so far!

The following posts contain a variety of books and inscriptions, and we’ll keep updating as the quest continues. Please have a look through them. I encourage you to share your own thoughts about them. And if you have found some inscriptions of your own, by all means, click here and share them! I’d love to be able to include them!

Thanks!

- Donna Q

Common Prayer Hymns A&M

October 4, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

This is a pretty neat find. This book, Common Prayer Hymns, is just a different title of the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer. And like the Gideon Bible’s of today being found in hotels the world over, this version of the book was given away by the big-time British shipping company – The White Star Line. And if the name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you’ve heard of one of their ships, the Titanic.

George Washington Lincoln Goes Around The World by Margaret Loring Thomas

October 4, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

What a great children’s book title! Sadly, after exhaustive online research (well, okay, five minutes), we can’t find a thing about this book, not even a synopsis of what it’s about.
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Emily Post’s Etiquette, by Elizabeth L. Post, 14th Edition

October 4, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

Not only does this Momma have terrific hand-writing, she’s got a great sense of humor when she tells her daughter in the inscription – “Have Fun Being Proper and Everythang”
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Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

October 4, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

While not an inscription per se, this is a wonderful set of notes about upcoming tests written out in a variety of stylish fonts. Hopefully W.A. Morgan Jr. was familiar with one of the more famous lines from Antony and Cleopatra – “He wears the rose of youth upon him” – because the irony of these notes and that line weren’t lost on us!
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