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Re: Antique Books

Post by Kitty » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:25 pm

:lol: :lol:
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Re: Antique Books

Post by Kitty » Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:32 pm

Here's a doozy.
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Re: Antique Books

Post by donnie » Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:55 pm

:o :shock: A doozy for sure! :cry:
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Re: Antique Books

Post by Kitty » Tue Dec 04, 2018 4:23 pm

I got more books today!! One was the photoplay edition of Sparrows, the gripping Mary Pickford film!
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Re: Antique Books

Post by donnie » Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:41 pm

That’s great! :D What’s the copyright date on that one?
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Re: Antique Books

Post by Kitty » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:33 pm

donnie wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:41 pm
 That’s great! :D What’s the copyright date on that one?
1926, Grosset and Dunlap. 🙂
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Re: Antique Books

Post by donnie » Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:39 pm

I wonder if that was commonly done, to have a book based on a photoplay with pictures from it?
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Post by Kitty » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:22 pm

I think it was. I have 3 so far.
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Re: Antique Books

Post by Kitty » Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:46 am

I also got a cool vintage card game. The story of Gulliver's Travels is told on the back of the cards. There are 36 cards in all, counting the directions.
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Re: Antique Books

Post by donnie » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:54 pm

How about that! Is there like a certain amount of text on the backs of each one? And regular playing cards on the obverses?
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