tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post5404620563820635713..comments2024-03-28T10:51:42.237-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: Playing catch-up (as opposed to ketchup) part 1 (GWENDOLINE COURTNEY, MAUDE S. FORSEY, MABEL ESTHER ALLAN)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-7530002863444330602017-01-12T06:17:39.728-08:002017-01-12T06:17:39.728-08:00Bad words in The English Air? Oh Jerri! Really?
W...Bad words in The English Air? Oh Jerri! Really?<br /><br />What I find annoying is when I buy an old book on line, and find that someone, probably the vendor, has crossed out the name of the previous owner. Because....? I might be offended to think it belonged to someone else, and fooled by this defacement?Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-50311666210260688072017-01-12T05:35:40.410-08:002017-01-12T05:35:40.410-08:00I agree, Jerri, evidence of previous owners, espec...I agree, Jerri, evidence of previous owners, especially from the more distant past, are always a plus for me. Though I might add that the circled vocabulary words throughout the first third of the Mabel Esther Allan book were slightly distracting. But I only paid $2 for the book, so I can hardly complain.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-24808189984358655732017-01-12T05:33:48.097-08:002017-01-12T05:33:48.097-08:00I always think old bookshop labels are great fun, ...I always think old bookshop labels are great fun, Tom, though I'm not always organized enough to have a pic of them. Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-56760581543999158932017-01-12T05:32:06.302-08:002017-01-12T05:32:06.302-08:00I'm going to have to be on the lookout for Nor...I'm going to have to be on the lookout for Norah. Forsey has such a charming style.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-70136622025763975962017-01-12T05:29:20.640-08:002017-01-12T05:29:20.640-08:00That's funny, Liz. I guess that's one adv...That's funny, Liz. I guess that's one advantage of usually writing about authors who are no longer with us--at least they can't correct me themselves!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-85628667758412028522017-01-09T08:46:53.321-08:002017-01-09T08:46:53.321-08:00While I have never been in a "Pickwick" ...While I have never been in a "Pickwick" book shop, I do love those old book store labels when I come across them in used books. Book plates also, and inscriptions. I know unless by the author or someone famous that any writing or alteration of a book is supposed to lessen the value, most of the time I enjoy them, unless it is very badly done (like the person who crossed out all the "bad words" in an otherwise nice Fontana paperback copy of The English Air by D. E. Stevenson!) But I like to see evidence of people, shops, libraries, and so on that have read and hopefully loved the book before.<br /><br />And with my love of period dust jacket art, I would be willing to forgive much of the faults of At School with the Stanhopes for those lovely illustrations.<br /><br />JerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-27866373798934039722017-01-08T10:33:31.889-08:002017-01-08T10:33:31.889-08:00Seeing that label from the old Pickwick chain real...Seeing that label from the old Pickwick chain really brought back some fond memories, and I did actually shop at that Topanga Plaza Branch - what an interesting journey THAT title must have had, Scott!<br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-15116030114994408882017-01-08T01:24:21.652-08:002017-01-08T01:24:21.652-08:00I *love* Mollie Hazeldene so I'm glad you like...I *love* Mollie Hazeldene so I'm glad you liked it. Norah is good, too. They have lovely dustwrappers, if you can find them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-59459736877918833272017-01-07T23:39:22.371-08:002017-01-07T23:39:22.371-08:00I enjoyed this post and I think it's fine to b...I enjoyed this post and I think it's fine to be cranky every now and again - you haven't poured unjustified scorn, but have explained what it was you didn't like about the books. <br /><br />Having said that, I got caught out being cranky in a review of a book where I said something about not usually minding when books have errors ... the author commented that they didn't usually mind when bloggers got their name wrong!! Oopsie. LyzzyBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398604923871095647noreply@blogger.com