Well, some of my favorite old books anyway.
Nursery Tales Children Love, The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1933. Dad would adopt different voices for the different characters when he read to me. I don't know how this book came to me, but my parents read it to me when I was little.
The Treasure Book of Best Stories, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. A very special vintage gift to my daughter for Christmas 1999. This book belonged to a kind, dear gentleman when he was a child. It includes some stories I had not heard before.
The Real Mother Goose, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1968. This is another childhood favorite which I remember mom reading to me while I sat on her lap. She had a brilliant way of stressing the meter of the poems. As this is a copy from the fifty-second printing it is not so vintage. I wonder what the first, 1916 edition looked like.
The Aesop for Children, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1947. Childhood readings from this book always included a brief discussion of the moral. I'm so glad I came across a second copy of this book. The one in the photo belonged to my dad when he was a boy and has an ex-libris plate with his name typed onto it. The other copy is in much better shape. It was purchased at a library book sale. What a pity it was not well used. I'll pass each of my children a copy for use by future generations.
This book, too, leans less toward the vintage category and more toward a favorite.
What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress, The Viking Press, New York 1971, is a historical survey of costume from ancient times to 20th the century. The author is Douglas Gorsline.
Each engraved plate is labeled with the year and nationality. It also has several detailed plates of footwear, hair styles and hats (my favorite).
Neues Singvögelein, (tr. Little Sparrow Songs) does not have and publishing information left. It does have a stamp on the inside cover saying "WEIHNACHTSGESCHENK für" (tr. Christmas gift for:) and "Lelura Freubl, 1930" is artfully scripted in nineteenth century, fountain pen script.
The book is filled with hymns, many of which we sing in their English translations in my church. There is old German gothic typeface throughout the book.
Last, today, I have Schillers'
Wilhelm Tell, D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, USA, 1907.
Robert Deering, a professor of Germanic Languages at Western Reserve University, (now Case Western Reserve University) wrote a n introduction in English and made the tale into a play.
This book has lovely engravings as well. But it is printed with the gothic characters making it a great effort to read. The last 80 pages before the bibliography are a great resource -- a glossary and vocabulary reference!
Then this morning I awoke to see she was wearing it with her summer cropped pants -- lol!
And another thank you to the Quipper for joining me in celebrating with a glass of wine. He says I deserve a break from knitting now. There are more ideas of what I'd like to do next floating around in my head. Last night I did a swatch to see if I had the correct size needles to start a pair of socks I'm curious about. I do not own the right size. So I'll see what inspires me next.
I think next year he will be looking forward to sleeping in the tent too. I love camping like this, because I can still sleep in my bed and access my kitchen.
We realize this back yard camping will not satisfy the Artist's yen for adventure much longer. But for now it does, and by the time next summer comes around the Engineer will be a little older and a little more flexible (we are always working on this). Next summer we will likely make a two-day, one-night trip out to a campground some where.
The second sleeve is just started on the needle here and the collar stitches have not been picked up yet. Of course, weaving in ends and seaming remain too.
Then the Quipper and I had to take turns practicing kicks too. At least when he missed the paddle he was kind enough to kick the air. I kicked the poor man's hand. I can just imagine the look on my face when instead of hearing a resounding "Thwack!" I heard a surprised "Ouch!"
After the simmering started, I could not stand not seeing any green veggies in the pot so I mandated some parsley be harvested. Last we added some beef bullion and, voila! it was done.
I snapped this photo as I was preparing his place. The Engineer never was much of one to enjoy soups. The rest of us were so pleased with the tasty meal and we all had seconds. We'll enjoy leftovers tomorrow.
Nursery Tales Children Love, The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1933. Dad would adopt different voices for the different characters when he read to me. I don't know how this book came to me, but my parents read it to me when I was little.
The Treasure Book of Best Stories, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. A very special vintage gift to my daughter for Christmas 1999. This book belonged to a kind, dear gentleman when he was a child. It includes some stories I had not heard before.
The Real Mother Goose, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1968. This is another childhood favorite which I remember mom reading to me while I sat on her lap. She had a brilliant way of stressing the meter of the poems. As this is a copy from the fifty-second printing it is not so vintage. I wonder what the first, 1916 edition looked like.
The Aesop for Children, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1947. Childhood readings from this book always included a brief discussion of the moral. I'm so glad I came across a second copy of this book. The one in the photo belonged to my dad when he was a boy and has an ex-libris plate with his name typed onto it. The other copy is in much better shape. It was purchased at a library book sale. What a pity it was not well used. I'll pass each of my children a copy for use by future generations.
This book, too, leans less toward the vintage category and more toward a favorite. What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress, The Viking Press, New York 1971, is a historical survey of costume from ancient times to 20th the century. The author is Douglas Gorsline.
Each engraved plate is labeled with the year and nationality. It also has several detailed plates of footwear, hair styles and hats (my favorite).
Neues Singvögelein, (tr. Little Sparrow Songs) does not have and publishing information left. It does have a stamp on the inside cover saying "WEIHNACHTSGESCHENK für" (tr. Christmas gift for:) and "Lelura Freubl, 1930" is artfully scripted in nineteenth century, fountain pen script.
The book is filled with hymns, many of which we sing in their English translations in my church. There is old German gothic typeface throughout the book.
Last, today, I have Schillers' Wilhelm Tell, D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, USA, 1907.
Robert Deering, a professor of Germanic Languages at Western Reserve University, (now Case Western Reserve University) wrote a n introduction in English and made the tale into a play.
This book has lovely engravings as well. But it is printed with the gothic characters making it a great effort to read. The last 80 pages before the bibliography are a great resource -- a glossary and vocabulary reference!
