One More Score

Got this today for $.50 at St. Vinny's and just had to share. A little shy of 6"x9"—6" x 8-3/4"— but I think we can work with that! Just love the illustrations. 60 pages/15 spreads.Originally from 1955  but reprinted in 1973.

Recent Finds

Looking for old papers and books to recycle into art. Here are a few things I found at the Friends Of The Library Bookshop.

A Children's Workbook from 1976 with fun exercises. There were two of them and I snagged
both for $.25 each.  Full page size including perf area is 12" x 18."

 A 9" x 12" pamphlet on how to  make flavored vinegars. Free.

This is a saddle-stitched book called Auricula Meretricula. It's in Latin with a glossary of words with the English translation. Printed on a nice cream laid stock. Simple but elegant type design. It's a little big—7" x 11"—but it was so pretty I had to have it. And it was FREE!

And then I found this beautiful book of Mao Tsetung's poems printed in letterpress.  Love the magenta cloth binding!

But then I saw it was a First Edition printed translation from 1976. I don't think it's particularly valuable but it feels it's too special to cut up. Got it for $1.00.

TOTAL: $1.50 for these scores

That's all for now. Keep on hunting!

Castlefranc Finds

Alors, je suis en France! First week here in the beautiful Lot Valley—c'est magnifique! Found two brocantes yesterday and here's what I got:

Two 45 RPM records with great 50's artwork — 1 euro for both
Cigarillo tin from Holland — 1 euro
Four " Lisez-Moi Aventures" magazines from 1948, 1949 (one of these is for you Lucie!) — 1 euro for all four
Various French stamps, some with town stamps on the envelope — 5 for 1 euro
 (I'll be going back for more of these; there was a huge box of them. A little pricey but worth it I think.)
Book from 1936, "Quand J'Etais Montmartois" with some great illustrations on the first few pages and end papers — 1 euro

TOTAL — 5 euro ($6.65)

Labor Day Trouvailles

2 books: 50 cents each
2 puzzles: 25 cents each
One mailbox: $1
And my friend Diane found this great vintage bingo game and she gave me some of the cards and wooden pieces.
Grand total this week: $2.50

Stellar Saturday!

Well, it was another stellar Saturday for garage sales. 

Here's what I found this week:

• An old fashioned blackboard: $1

• A box full of old cigar bands: $1

• 20 mini vintage postcard set from the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest: $1

• Wood cutting knife: 50 cents

• Vintage Bates pop-up address book (just like my grandfather's): 25 cents

• 100 library book pockets: $1

• A sweet mermaid fountain handkerchief : $1

• 1908 Sears Roebuck Catalogue replica: 25 cents

• 8 pairs of decorative scissors : $2.50

• 17 retro plastic doilies (great for stamping): $2.50

• Set of 10 pack Spanish flash cards: $2

• A vintage wooden box with index cards: $2

For a grand total of $15!

This Week's Finds

A 1944 edition of James Audibon's "Birds of America" ($5.00), "The Log of the Flying Fish" with an inscription from '03 ($1.00),  and a 1934 edition of Thoreau's works including "Walden" ($1.00). Total—$7.00.

Livre du jour

Today's find on a street corner in downtown Port Townsend. Brodard et Taupin 1958. Price: Free.