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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

Freud’s Own Cookbook by James Hillman & Charles Boer

June 3, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

Freud's Own CookbookThis book was actually re-purchased and re-gifted to a budding psychologist on the occasion of her 22nd birthday. Continue Reading

Urban Country Style by Elizabeth Betts Hickman & Nancy Gent

June 3, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

Urban Country StyleIsn’t “urban country” an oxymoron? Continue Reading

Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten

June 3, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

Heidi Grows UpInteresting to note that the author is Johanna Spyri’s Translator. Little Laura’s mom wrote a sweet inscription upon gifting her daughter this book in 1972.Continue Reading

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

June 3, 2015 By Donna Quixote Leave a Comment

The Year of Magical ThinkingI read this harrowing, lovely book about Joan Didions’ coping with the death of her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne. I wonder about the situation surrounding the gifting of this copy from daughter to mother.Continue Reading

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