Memishly yours (redux)
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gerisullivanA book you own that no one on your friends list does:
The Funny Froggy Bubble Book story by Ralph Mayhew and Burges Johnson, pictures by Rhoda Chase. AKA The Funny Froggy and the Little Mischief Bubble Book.
I can't stop at just one book, of course. The book I own that the most people on my friends list would like to own themselves is most likely the American Type Founders Specimen Book and Catalog, 1923 edition. Complete with its marvelous introductory essay titled, "Why the printing of 1923 is superior to that of 1900" and the "Price List of Job Fonts" pamphlet dated January, 1924. A few tags from my great-grandfather's tag factory are tucked in as pageholders in the book. Coolness.
Continuing with the printing theme, thanks to Walt Willis, I have the volume 17 from The Accountants' Library: Printers' Accounts. By H. Lakin-Smith, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, published in London in 1903. Walter was speaking the truth when he wrote his oft-quoted pun, -"My grandfather was a printer and I am reverting to type."=
Several books followed me home after Walter invited me to choose any books in the room I stayed in during my 1995 visit. He and Madeleine were preparing to move, and all of the books they weren't taking had been moved to those shelves. It's a bit more of a risk, given the composition of my friends list, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if anyone else has a copy of 1905 edition of The National Song Book, volume 1, published by Boosey & Co., Ltd. It's "A Complete Collection of the Folk-Songs, Carols, and Rounds suggested by the Board of Education (1905) edited and arranged for the use of schools by Charles Villiers Stanford." Mine is the edition of the complete vocal score with piano accompaniment.
I don't know when The Guide to Fortune came into my life, only that I have yet to use it in its intended manner, namely "to make money, in an easy and legitimate manner." However, its recipe for Ginger Lemonade sounds tasty enough, and knowing how to melt a coin in a nutshell seems an valuable skill, indeed. Published in Philadelphia by Porter & Coates, 1869. It's not as comprehensive as the Home Lover's Encyclopedia, which I am confident is also owned by several of my friends.
Last month, I picked up a 45-year-old children's book. While I'm fairly confident that at least one of my friends has it, too, what I'd most like to know is how many people on my LJ friends list also have Lester Del Rey's Space Flight: The Coming Exploration of the Universe? It's a Golden Book. My copy has the tipped in correction card --the book's first sentence cites Sputnik as flying a year later than it actually did. Oops. Gotta hate that.
A CD you own that no one on your friends list does:
This one is more difficult, especially since I haven't yet unearthed all of my CDs. I share musical tastes with many of my friends, and have fewer CDs than most of them. Instead of taking a safe route with something utterly obscure, I'll instead name Modern Man's Modern imMaturity. I doubt that any of my LJ friends have it, but with songs like "Jews Don't Camp" and "Worst Dominatrix in LA," how can they not? Modern Man's The Wide Album is also tasty. Listening to the band requires a tolerance/appreciation of novelty songs, but these are the sort that remain fun after the first time through. You can check them out here.
A DVD/VHS tape you own that no one on your friends list does:
The safe bet: "The Causeway Coast," USA version. It's a Norn Iron video tour, an inscribed gift from my Pop-Pop, "aka James White." The high-risk bet: Byerly's Supermarket Tour. Though I never met anyone else who confessed to having it, nor did I see it on anyone's video shelf when I lived in Minneapolis, so maybe....
A place you've been that no one on your friends list has been:
I'm ever so pleased that I can no longer win this one with "Wales, MA." Bows Lake, Michigan, for sure. It's up near Boyne Mountain, Gaylord, and Vanderbilt. I spent a week camping in the wilderness there each summer from 1961 until the mid-70s, then drove back for afternoon visits through the rest of that decade. It's been way too long.
The Funny Froggy Bubble Book story by Ralph Mayhew and Burges Johnson, pictures by Rhoda Chase. AKA The Funny Froggy and the Little Mischief Bubble Book.
I can't stop at just one book, of course. The book I own that the most people on my friends list would like to own themselves is most likely the American Type Founders Specimen Book and Catalog, 1923 edition. Complete with its marvelous introductory essay titled, "Why the printing of 1923 is superior to that of 1900" and the "Price List of Job Fonts" pamphlet dated January, 1924. A few tags from my great-grandfather's tag factory are tucked in as pageholders in the book. Coolness.
Continuing with the printing theme, thanks to Walt Willis, I have the volume 17 from The Accountants' Library: Printers' Accounts. By H. Lakin-Smith, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, published in London in 1903. Walter was speaking the truth when he wrote his oft-quoted pun, -"My grandfather was a printer and I am reverting to type."=
Several books followed me home after Walter invited me to choose any books in the room I stayed in during my 1995 visit. He and Madeleine were preparing to move, and all of the books they weren't taking had been moved to those shelves. It's a bit more of a risk, given the composition of my friends list, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if anyone else has a copy of 1905 edition of The National Song Book, volume 1, published by Boosey & Co., Ltd. It's "A Complete Collection of the Folk-Songs, Carols, and Rounds suggested by the Board of Education (1905) edited and arranged for the use of schools by Charles Villiers Stanford." Mine is the edition of the complete vocal score with piano accompaniment.
I don't know when The Guide to Fortune came into my life, only that I have yet to use it in its intended manner, namely "to make money, in an easy and legitimate manner." However, its recipe for Ginger Lemonade sounds tasty enough, and knowing how to melt a coin in a nutshell seems an valuable skill, indeed. Published in Philadelphia by Porter & Coates, 1869. It's not as comprehensive as the Home Lover's Encyclopedia, which I am confident is also owned by several of my friends.
Last month, I picked up a 45-year-old children's book. While I'm fairly confident that at least one of my friends has it, too, what I'd most like to know is how many people on my LJ friends list also have Lester Del Rey's Space Flight: The Coming Exploration of the Universe? It's a Golden Book. My copy has the tipped in correction card --the book's first sentence cites Sputnik as flying a year later than it actually did. Oops. Gotta hate that.
A CD you own that no one on your friends list does:
This one is more difficult, especially since I haven't yet unearthed all of my CDs. I share musical tastes with many of my friends, and have fewer CDs than most of them. Instead of taking a safe route with something utterly obscure, I'll instead name Modern Man's Modern imMaturity. I doubt that any of my LJ friends have it, but with songs like "Jews Don't Camp" and "Worst Dominatrix in LA," how can they not? Modern Man's The Wide Album is also tasty. Listening to the band requires a tolerance/appreciation of novelty songs, but these are the sort that remain fun after the first time through. You can check them out here.
A DVD/VHS tape you own that no one on your friends list does:
The safe bet: "The Causeway Coast," USA version. It's a Norn Iron video tour, an inscribed gift from my Pop-Pop, "aka James White." The high-risk bet: Byerly's Supermarket Tour. Though I never met anyone else who confessed to having it, nor did I see it on anyone's video shelf when I lived in Minneapolis, so maybe....
A place you've been that no one on your friends list has been:
I'm ever so pleased that I can no longer win this one with "Wales, MA." Bows Lake, Michigan, for sure. It's up near Boyne Mountain, Gaylord, and Vanderbilt. I spent a week camping in the wilderness there each summer from 1961 until the mid-70s, then drove back for afternoon visits through the rest of that decade. It's been way too long.
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Date: 2004-10-14 08:27 pm (UTC)"Coolness" is right! *faunch faunch faunch*
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Date: 2004-10-14 10:43 pm (UTC)I don't have that one, but I'm currently reading a 1960-something ('69, I think, but it's not with me) edition of Robert Silverberg's 1955 Revolt on Alpha C -- featuring as a secondary character a Jovian-born Martian colonist, Harl Ellison.
Ooooh!
Date: 2004-10-14 11:07 pm (UTC)The book I've got...
Date: 2004-10-14 11:12 pm (UTC)Then there's _A_Portrait_Of_David_. It's a collection of photographs of various guys named David from ages one to 75. It's from an exhibit at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and it was a Christmas present from my sister.
Hmm... I wonder about _Countdown_For_Cindy_, though...
Re: Ooooh!
Date: 2004-10-17 05:24 pm (UTC)Re: Ooooh!
Date: 2004-10-17 08:10 pm (UTC)