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Writing in Books: Eudora Welty: A stepping stone to greater things
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Eudora Welty: A stepping stone to greater things. When Selected Stories of Eudora Welty. Was introduced into Random House's Modern Library series in the 1950s, one man saw in that collection the potential to effect a change in another's life for "greater things." He purchased a copy and inscribed it to a a friend or relative or lover, known only to us. As SAR (or is that SAK? Tuesday, June 18, 2013.
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Writing in Books: Writing to Jacqueline Kennedy
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Writing to Jacqueline Kennedy. In 1961, a few months after her husband was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy,. The new First Lady,. Supposedly received the book below, along with a letter from the author and annotations or marks in the book and on the jacket for emphasis and direction to selected passages. But then the real reason for the inscribed book and letter appea...
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Writing in Books: December 2011
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Friday, December 2, 2011. Prayers in Medieval Marginalia. I don't know that Eamon Duffy prayed he would find margin notes in the medieval books of hours, or prayer books, that he researched for his book, Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers 1240-1570. Yale University Press, 2006), but medieval marginalia is what he hoped to find and did. In America: The National Catholic Weekly. Friday, December 02, 2011. Links to this post.
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Writing in Books: October 2011
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Martial arts and marginalia- Bruce Lee's library. Stumbled upon this interesting library on YouTube- Bruce Lee's personal book collection, many of which appear to be annotated (so says daughter, Shannon Lee). I found it interesting that he would use different colors of ink to emphasize different points. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Related Blogs and Sites.
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Writing in Books: Bookplate on the fly
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Friday, August 8, 2014. Bookplate on the fly. You've been given a new book and you're all out of bookplates. What to do? No worry, just write your own ex libris. That's what one recipient did below in his copy of Will and Ariel Durant's The Age of Louis XIV. He also indicated the gift givers. Friday, August 08, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Bookplate on the fly. Related Blogs and Sites.
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Writing in Books: Jimmy's Grandfather and Lou Gehrig
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Thursday, July 31, 2014. Jimmy's Grandfather and Lou Gehrig. There's a precedent for my acquiring this kind of book- a biography of Lou Gehrig with an inscription inside indicating how much the Yankee slugger was admired by the book's owner. See Book Shrine to a Baseball Hero. In this case, the book's owner apparently didn't own the book all that long as it was given to his grandson. Click on the image to enlarge it. At age 36, he was di...
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Writing in Books: Mister Roberts... and Dave--a curious inscription
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Sunday, April 8, 2012. Mister Roberts. and Dave- a curious inscription. Thomas Heggens' Mister Roberts. Was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1946. The story was set on a US Navy cargo ship toward the end of World War II, based on the author's experiences during the war in the South Pacific. I have a copy of the novel with the following curious gift inscription:. Did Dave just serve one day with "these men? I'm guessing a good number of v...
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Writing in Books: June 2013
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Eudora Welty: A stepping stone to greater things. When Selected Stories of Eudora Welty. Was introduced into Random House's Modern Library series in the 1950s, one man saw in that collection the potential to effect a change in another's life for "greater things." He purchased a copy and inscribed it to a a friend or relative or lover, known only to us. As SAR (or is that SAK? Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Subscribe to: ...
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Writing in Books: November 2013
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Writing to Jacqueline Kennedy. In 1961, a few months after her husband was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy,. The new First Lady,. Supposedly received the book below, along with a letter from the author and annotations or marks in the book and on the jacket for emphasis and direction to selected passages. But then the real reason for the inscribed book and letter appea...
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Writing in Books: Thoreau's annotated copy of Walden
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Inscriptions, marginalia, annotations, and doodling found in books. Monday, June 17, 2013. Thoreau's annotated copy of Walden. I don't know how long this link will be available, but the video is worth a look while it's around on the Internet: http:/ ow.ly/m6SdX. Professor Gould of Middlebury College in Vermont talks about Thoreau's copy of his book, Walden. But there's also a certain thrill-factor, which Professor Gould captures perfectly in her closing words:. Monday, June 17, 2013. MCRS Rare Books Blog.