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Two Curiosities Lately Acquired
Two curiosities lately acquired:
(1) John Hildebrand, *Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family* (NY: Knopf, 1995) The dust jacket of which appears normal but, when removed from the book, unfolds to a large (20" on each side) poster-like square that reveals a map of the family farm in question and antique photographs of the patriarch and matriarch. Quite a nice surprise. (2) Jasper Fforde, *The Eyre Affair* (NY: Viking, 2001) In this case, it is the particular copy that is of interest. This copy, found in a local thrift, is marked up with labels, pen, and pencil, all clearly indicating directions for a reader for some kind of audio book. All 36 chapters are allocated across "9 sides" and no text is marked out--obviously an unabridged audio edition. My guess is that this was the reader's copy for the Library of Congress's books for the blind program, or something similar. Not valuable at all, I'm sure, but something I've never seen before. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message news:5GWub.10064$0K4.1068@lakeread04...
Two curiosities lately acquired: (1) John Hildebrand, *Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family* (NY: Knopf, 1995) The dust jacket of which appears normal but, when removed from the book, unfolds to a large (20" on each side) poster-like square that reveals a map of the family farm in question and antique photographs of the patriarch and matriarch. Quite a nice surprise. (2) Jasper Fforde, *The Eyre Affair* (NY: Viking, 2001) In this case, it is the particular copy that is of interest. This copy, found in a local thrift, is marked up with labels, pen, and pencil, all clearly indicating directions for a reader for some kind of audio book. All 36 chapters are allocated across "9 sides" and no text is marked out--obviously an unabridged audio edition. My guess is that this was the reader's copy for the Library of Congress's books for the blind program, or something similar. Not valuable at all, I'm sure, but something I've never seen before. The Fforde book may be worth more than you think. He has a cult following here in the US and his signed books command a premium on eBay. Art Layton Stamford, CT |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message news:5GWub.10064$0K4.1068@lakeread04...
Two curiosities lately acquired: (1) John Hildebrand, *Mapping the Farm: The Chronicle of a Family* (NY: Knopf, 1995) The dust jacket of which appears normal but, when removed from the book, unfolds to a large (20" on each side) poster-like square that reveals a map of the family farm in question and antique photographs of the patriarch and matriarch. Quite a nice surprise. (2) Jasper Fforde, *The Eyre Affair* (NY: Viking, 2001) In this case, it is the particular copy that is of interest. This copy, found in a local thrift, is marked up with labels, pen, and pencil, all clearly indicating directions for a reader for some kind of audio book. All 36 chapters are allocated across "9 sides" and no text is marked out--obviously an unabridged audio edition. My guess is that this was the reader's copy for the Library of Congress's books for the blind program, or something similar. Not valuable at all, I'm sure, but something I've never seen before. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com Thanks for posting these! I love 'trick dustjackets' I once had a friend who collected them. He had a nice bookshelf full of books with two dustjackets, dustjackets with cellophane windows so you could see the covers of the books, etc. One of his favorites was a fairly recent thriller where the publisher had attempted a 'snow globe' effect by embedding pieces of confetti between two dustjackets... it didn't really work the way they wanted it to, but it we both appreciated the effort! David David Holloway, Bookseller. |
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There is one book I have always regretted not obtaining. Saw it in a
thrift shop. A well-worn hardcover non-descript modern fiction book. But a mental patient had filled it up, using it as a diary during their incarceration. Sort of a "one Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" situation. After a few minutes reading the interesting commentary, I decided not to buy the disgusting looking book, and have regretted it ever since. Peridote |
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"Peridote" wrote in message om... There is one book I have always regretted not obtaining. Saw it in a thrift shop. A well-worn hardcover non-descript modern fiction book. But a mental patient had filled it up, using it as a diary during their incarceration. Sort of a "one Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" situation. After a few minutes reading the interesting commentary, I decided not to buy the disgusting looking book, and have regretted it ever since. A couple years ago a friend purchased a woman's diary from a sidewalk seller in NYC. The woman was a spinster, age indeterminate, who lived with her mother, circa 1930. She was a receptionist in an MDs office, a virgin, had had an affair with the MD, a married man, and gotten pregnant; the MD performed an abortion and fired her shortly thereafter. She commenced stalking the MD, which stalking the diary chronicles. The thing is that she's seemingly oblivious to the fact that she's stalking him; she invariably expresses surprise at how her path crosses the MDs: the trajectory of her errands always forces her to walk past his office, where she just happens to glance in his window; she goes to the movies and ends up sitting directly behind the MD and his wife, a coincidence; etc. In between stalking she cared for her mother, who suffered from "female trouble." Not too much about the mother save an undercurrent of resentment and hatred, and every penny spent on her mother's care meticulously entered and totaled weekly and monthly. About half the book is full, margin to margin; then nothing. Murder? Suicide? Creedmoor? Merely a new ledger? Dunno. If it's a novel (or a hoax) it's a work of genius; as a diary, it's madness. Just the same, I lust for it. |
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A well-worn hardcover non-descript modern fiction book.
But a mental patient had filled it up, using it as a diary during their incarceration. Sort of a "one Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" situation. BRBR I own a copy of Lewis Spence's "Encyclopaedia of Occultism" that has numerous similar marginalia, particularly about how the writer used mental techniques like those described in the books to freeze out the entities trying to possess her. "Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens. A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang, as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang." --Benjamin Franklin |
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