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| The SFPL Library Big Book sale is one of my favorite events of the year.... |
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| And, it is set in an incredibly beautiful location right on the water... |
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| So, when you are waiting in line to get in you have a great view. I skipped the member's preview this year and went to Dollar Day on the last day instead. It worked out perfectly. This was the line at 10AM on the last day but everyone got in fast and I scored lots of great art supplies....er.....vintage books. |
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| Vintage Rubber Stamp Catalog? $1? I think I will.... |
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| I loved this cover and considered it for a Paris altered book for my upcoming trip but it was so beat up I passed it up... what was I thinking? |
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| I scan the tables for the most tattered, old looking books....my favorites. |
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| How could I resist this? |
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| It was filled with cool old illustrations....I feel a collage coming upon me. |
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| I cannot resist old, foreign language dictionaries. Especially ones in Farsi or Russia or an Asian language with a different alphabet. I did get about six or seven vintage French dictionaries and language-learning books... |
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| Can somebody tell me what language this is? Copyright1884!!! It amazes me I can get paper from 1884 for only $1. |
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| Big book with gold edges and filled with old illustrations of London... |
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| So, I have an endless supply of old paper to make things with. I have made a bunch of collage cards with the bits and pieces already.... |
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| And, I wrapped some tiny presents in book pages for a mail art pal in NYC. |
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| I definitely find treasures just flipping through old books -- like this! That Postage Due stamp is the icing on the cake. |
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| After dragging 25 books to my car, I had 30 minutes left for parking so I did a last look through and found these! It was meant to be. |
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| I said I wouldn't get too many but old books are like catnip to me. Can you blame me? I'll see you next September Big Book Sale!! I think I have enough books to keep me busy until the next day. But then they do have a $1 Steps Sale every week....hummmmm I was considering to making up some paper packs to sell... anybody interested in those? Ok, back to tearing and pasting.... GET GOOD MAIL -- GET GOOD MAIL |
