mbarrick | Jul. 28th, 2022

Gulliver’s Travels
Johnathan Swift, 1726
The Franklin Library, US, 1977
publishing editor’s note booklet included

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Rabbit, Run
John Updike, 1960
The Franklin Library, US, 1977
signed by author on third leaf

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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)

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

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Wed, 17:41: The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy, 1905 Holder & Stoughton, UK, 71st edition November 1940 first leaf carefully ripped out (possibly to remove gift inscription) Christmas sticker on last leaf https://t.co/gXZfbejfHD https://t.co/EPCy2PCDCE
Wed, 17:41: Gulliver's Travels Johnathan Swift, 1726 The Franklin Library, US, 1977 publishing editor's note booklet included https://t.co/FsJSh7Lj4q https://t.co/edQztqwngm
Wed, 17:41: Rabbit, Run John Updike, 1960 The Franklin Library, US, 1977 signed by author on third leaf https://t.co/ELsai8oMHd https://t.co/sdCZ3R9Ixq
Wed, 19:41: 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) https://t.co/A4K84nsn82 https://t.co/fYRKmEVEQ6
Thu, 01:41: It's OK to have a cartoon crush in your 50s when the character is also in her 50s, right? https://t.co/yRQeByyYXd https://t.co/Xx4dRykkAD

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

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Michael R. Barrick