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Antique Books
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I got three more books today! It will have to be a while before I go again, because this time I spent 2 hours there and only found three books! 
They are -
Jolly Jokes for Fun Loving Folks by B. F. Weaver (1915)
Christmas Hearth Library: The Cow with Golden Horns and other stories by Mary E. Wilkins (1884)
The Hidden Flower by Pearl S. Buck (1960)
I know the Pearl S. Buck book is much later than I usually buy, but it was only $5, and I decided to get it since she is such a popular author.
The joke book has a story behind it. I walked around the antique shop for about 2 hours today, and this is the last thing I saw. It had no price, so I brought it up and asked about it. Nice surprise, the dealer was there! Well, he said let me tell you what, since you're such a good customer and you make a lot of money for a lot of dealers here, I think I will give you this as a gift. I thought I would cry lol I know it's such a little thing, I mean it's just a little pamphlet, but it made me so happy!!
And since he gave that to me for free, I decided to grab another book that I had looked at and put back, and that was the Christmas Hearth book. Isn't that just so nice?
Oh!!! I forgot to talk about the research I tried to do on the joke book.
Well, I googled but couldn't find anything on it. Even the author didn't come up. So I think this is an extremely rare self published joke book. This theory is based on the fact that the address printed on the front cover is actually a house that was built in 1907, and at the back of the pamphlet, someone wrote in pencil when they bought the book. It was in 1915, and I'm guessing it was brand new when he bought it.
They are -
Jolly Jokes for Fun Loving Folks by B. F. Weaver (1915)
Christmas Hearth Library: The Cow with Golden Horns and other stories by Mary E. Wilkins (1884)
The Hidden Flower by Pearl S. Buck (1960)
I know the Pearl S. Buck book is much later than I usually buy, but it was only $5, and I decided to get it since she is such a popular author.
The joke book has a story behind it. I walked around the antique shop for about 2 hours today, and this is the last thing I saw. It had no price, so I brought it up and asked about it. Nice surprise, the dealer was there! Well, he said let me tell you what, since you're such a good customer and you make a lot of money for a lot of dealers here, I think I will give you this as a gift. I thought I would cry lol I know it's such a little thing, I mean it's just a little pamphlet, but it made me so happy!!
And since he gave that to me for free, I decided to grab another book that I had looked at and put back, and that was the Christmas Hearth book. Isn't that just so nice?
Oh!!! I forgot to talk about the research I tried to do on the joke book.
Well, I googled but couldn't find anything on it. Even the author didn't come up. So I think this is an extremely rare self published joke book. This theory is based on the fact that the address printed on the front cover is actually a house that was built in 1907, and at the back of the pamphlet, someone wrote in pencil when they bought the book. It was in 1915, and I'm guessing it was brand new when he bought it.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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That's such a nice story about the joke book! That was a nice thing for the dealer to do, and I'm sure that makes it doubly special to you. That sounds like an interesting one.
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The jokes are sometimes very
I'll share some in the joke thread soon.You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I'm not sure how this 140 year old book got my photo, but here it is. (Wide Awake - 1879)
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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I thought I'd share this cute bookplate that was in one of the books I got today.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Are you excited or what?! I got a ZaSu Pitts' candy recipe book! Rest assured I'll be doing these and reporting back to you.
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Wonderful! 
I'll be looking forward to those reports! 
I'll be looking forward to those reports!