Who knew?
AnnCrystal 🆒👹📚🕵️♂️💝. (edited) 4w
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Who knew?
I haven‘t even heard of any of these books
Any recommendations?
Today‘s entry - the first mass paperback books are published
A recent bookplate book curse, from a 1928 first edition of Bells: Their History, Legends, Making, and Uses offered in a recent issue of our monthly rare book newsletter at UndergroundBooks.net 🔔📖🤬
pickAs a rare bookseller, I‘ve encountered book curses, mostly in kids‘ scrawls and bookplates, and we even tried to deter a bout of theft by posting some in our open shop! This charmingly packaged, if unillustrated, collection of anti-theft book curses spans across history, from ancient Babylon to Medieval manuscripts to 20th-century America—offering a unique perspective on the history of the book and its (sometimes overzealous) ownership.
Sometimes I wonder why I spend the money on these book boxes with the rising costs of everything these days especially and usually not reading through all five books each month before the next box comes, but then I remember that when I‘ve had a month like the one I‘ve had and learn that I can‘t trust people to care about me or protect me, I can trust books and they haven‘t failed me or let me down yet.
Any book box twins this month?
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I cracked and got the North as my #BOTM because I REALLY wanted the add-ons.
Plus I had a lot of FOMO that I didn‘t grab Wild Dark Shore earlier. And everyone I‘ve talked to about it loved it. With my #aardvarkbookclub picks that‘s 6 books bought today. I need to slow down. 📚
Today‘s fun fact.
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