Jul. 29th, 2022

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The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas, 1849-50
Dean and Son, UK, ~1960

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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1960

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Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
Rafael Sabatini, 1921
Broughton Mifflin, US, 1949

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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy, 1905
Nelson Doubleday, US, 1949

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Jul. 29th, 2022 12:00 pm
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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

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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¢

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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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