Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Jun 22, 2010, 11:23 pm
This book really jumped out at me because the spine was multicolored and looked old. So I pulled it out of the shelf and read the cover: Over Sexteen: Prudes Won't Think It Funny! That's just not a book you can put back and the illustrations show why. Love the cover and some of the cartoons inside a...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Jun 22, 2010, 11:07 pm
Over the past few days I have come across a few interesting books that I found attractive due to their illustrations and covers. Here are some that I found since this past weekend. First up is Diving For Fun by Joe Strykowski ©1974 published by Dacor Corporation LCCN 74-31233 Illustrations are by ...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 20, 2010, 10:06 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 20, 2010, 10:06 pm
Late this Saturday afternoon I took a quick peep at a local thrift store to check out their book section. I found one book that I could probably swap at Paperback Swap. I walked over to the electronics section and forgot to go peek at the children's books. I ended up finding a couple of old ones - i...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 15, 2010, 7:35 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 15, 2010, 7:35 pm
On a short book hunting jaunt this afternoon, I came upon a red book with a very worn spine sitting on the shelf. The spine was so worn it was unreadable and little dried pieces of cloth chipped off its edge. The title, Johnson's Lives of the Poets Volume II ©1900 edited by Mrs. Alexander Napier wi...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 8, 2010, 9:00 pm
Here's a nice piece of advertising ephemera I found today at an antique store for a mere pittance. There was just no matching the beauty of yesteryear's ladies. Glamourous, stylish and demure with sensibility - that's what I admire about those women. Just candidly beautiful. No photoshopping, no bot...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 8, 2010, 9:00 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 8, 2010, 8:39 pm
Found these 2 nice yearbooks, The Compton Yearbook - An illustrated, factual record of outstanding events in 1963 complete with dust covers still intact. Although the insides of these two yearbooks aren't that spectacular, the dust covers are fantastically sci-fi. 1964 Edition Special Feature...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Feb 8, 2010, 8:39 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Jan 10, 2010, 11:31 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Jan 10, 2010, 11:31 pm
There was a time when I did not know what I was doing when it came to book searching and buying. I still don't -- much. I find myself buying books just for the wonderful covers particularly if they had anything to do with astronomy or astronauts. These books just had to come home with me. About two ...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 22, 2009, 11:36 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 22, 2009, 11:36 pm
Okay, so I didn't find any high priced books but I still had fun. I always have fun book hunting. It's a veritable treasure hunt full of surprises. I took a drive over to an area in another county where people are a bit more religious than in my town. Driving down the main highway you will often see...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 19, 2009, 6:25 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 19, 2009, 6:25 pm
Everyone knows that this word has become taboo 30 years after this book's release. However, due to the controversial title of this children's book and its somewhat rare status, I found only 7 copies on Amazon, the first starting at $40.00. I was skeptical so I checked on ABE Books and found similar ...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 18, 2009, 11:38 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 18, 2009, 11:38 pm
Interview and more photos. Simply stunning. Above: Portrait of Charles Bukowski
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 11, 2009, 1:31 am
Found this Thursday for a quarter while scanning some bookshelves on a half hour book hunt. It even has its dust cover - not so common for books of this age. The illustrations are by Josephine Irwin. ©1955 by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY Peter Pauper Press also published a ...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 11, 2009, 1:31 am
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 10, 2009, 7:49 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 10, 2009, 7:49 pm
Book hunting is fun, even when you don't always find something and walk away with hands empty. One never knows what they might find or what might be hidden on the bottom of a dusty shelf in some dumpy little thrift store. The goods are there and sometimes you have to dig. When I had to run a couple...
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Dec 7, 2009, 10:14 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 24, 2009, 2:59 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 22, 2009, 3:17 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 17, 2009, 8:46 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 11, 2009, 11:13 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 11, 2009, 10:31 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 11, 2009, 10:18 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 4, 2009, 10:00 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 3, 2009, 10:47 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Nov 1, 2009, 12:59 am
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Oct 26, 2009, 3:19 pm
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Oct 22, 2009, 1:37 am
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Oct 22, 2009, 1:26 am
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Salma Gundi posted an article on Salmagundi Booktopia - Oct 15, 2009, 12:03 am
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