The musings of a disappointed idealist
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
We’re discovering more and more that if you want to find inscriptions within contemporary books, you head for the cookbook section of any used bookstore.
This one was found within seconds of our arrival. Apparently, Catherine’s Mom wanted her to get her roasting on. Does it bother anyone else that she writes out Mother instead of Mom? Seems kind of cold and haughty.
Haven’t been able to find out anything about his book apart from the fact that the author himself, Henry Justin Smith, was managing editor of the Chicago Daily News at one point. So obviously this book (did the title give it away?) has something to do with the newspaper business. What is equally interesting is this book appears to be a signed and numbered limited edition of only 2000 copies.
David and his daughter found this neat book at the Brentwood, Tennessee library. They rarely miss the quarterly sale.
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Once again our (“our” being, in this case, David’s) meticulous and brief research has yielded some interesting results. Namely that the book was written back in 1855 and republished thereafter, almost always with the title the First Steps for Little Feet in Gospel Paths. You’ll notice that the book we found and pictured here has omitted the end of the title – in Gospel Paths. One wonders why, and also why the book wasn’t gifted until 1936. But only briefly, and then one has some more coffee and flits away to another book cover.
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You know, besides finding old books and inscriptions, it’s really enjoyable when you find out some interesting tidbits about a book. Like the book we feature here – it’s a Newbery Medal* winner! How cool is that? It won back in 1925! I wonder if Donald’s Daddy knew that when he gave it to him?