Jul. 29th, 2022

Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
Rafael Sabatini, 1921
Broughton Mifflin, US, 1949
- Thu, 13:41: Tales from the Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio, written 1351-53 translated by Richard Aldington, 1930 Garden City Publishing, US, 1930 https://t.co/KzdqJZys1a https://t.co/DwZSPbzGas
- Thu, 13:41: The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas, 1849-50 Dean and Son, UK, ~1960 https://t.co/RlH5xBDAcP https://t.co/r4LvhN8n4s
- Thu, 13:41: The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas, 1844 Nelson Doubleday, US, 1960 https://t.co/3YcP3mK691 https://t.co/J3Gi1I3VTD
- Thu, 13:41: Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution Rafael Sabatini, 1921 Broughton Mifflin, US, 1949 https://t.co/KgTriFe8M2 https://t.co/7RUlWO8hd5
- Thu, 13:41: The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy, 1905 Nelson Doubleday, US, 1949 https://t.co/ytbsScjOFZ https://t.co/VihCdnDCBZ
- Thu, 13:41: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy, 1919 Cassel and Company, UK, popular edition second impression February 1926 ex libris note inside front cover erased, "return to" sill legible https://t.co/3WSSPm9wjK https://t.co/gNSl3U2ZLG
- Thu, 13:41: I'm a Stranger Here Myself Ogden Nash, 1935-38 Little, Brown and Company, US, 10th printing November 1938 gift note on first leaf: Alixe dear— A few chortles for Xmas 1938 & all the best of 1939 Love Eileen - ex libris signature on first leaf: Alixe G. W… https://t.co/XD4Zfdprlg https://t.co/cZZSXyGkBb
- Thu, 13:41: And that's it, the end of my book photo project. I didn't expect it to take a almost a year, nor did I see some of the emotional journeys it took me on coming. It has also ended up being far more cathartic than I anticipated. A lot can come out of a "poi… https://t.co/OUEoGdZ9wf https://t.co/Ol8S1iMDuf
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Jul. 29th, 2022 12:02 pm
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1919
Cassel and Company, UK, popular edition second impression February 1926
ex libris note inside front cover erased, “return to” sill legible
I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Jul. 29th, 2022 03:02 pm
I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Ogden Nash, 1935-38
Little, Brown and Company, US, 10th printing November 1938
gift note on first leaf:
Alixe dear—
A few chortles for Xmas 1938 & all the best of 1939
Love
Eileen
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ex libris signature on first leaf:
Alixe G. Waters
102 Redpath Street
Ottawa
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used price on first leaf: 25¢

And that’s it, the end of my book photo project. I didn’t expect it to take a almost a year, nor did I see some of the emotional journeys it took me on coming. It has also ended up being far more cathartic than I anticipated. A lot can come out of a “pointless” project with no particular purpose in mind.
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