Fun Finds of a Bookish Kind

Wow -- I was able to get out for a bit yesterday afternoon just to clear my head, since my husband was home to care for our sickly son.  I went to an antique store and two thrift stores and found NOTHING!  It is, I think, that dismal time of the year before spring cleaning and summer junking.  Slim pickins' at the shops for sure.  So, I thought I would show you yet more from that same estate sale I've been writing about, as I did buy a lot there:

There is always the requisite grab bag of seam binding and trims, but this one also had that cute white and blue silhouetted doggie ribbon!  So cute!  And I love the flowery trims, as well as the rick rack in unusual colors, some perfect for spring!

This (above) just made me laugh: a kit from the "Fad-of-the-Month Club"!  Can you imagine?  It contained two of these plastic fans, with little vials of enamel and dyes to mix into it to make different colors that you would paint as shown onto the fans with the tiny brush, included.  I would love to know what some of the other kits were!  I'm sure I'll come across them, someday.

Did I already show you the plastic shoebox full of buttons?  The baggie of buttons next to it was a gift from the estate sale company, as a thank you for writing about them in this article on examiner.com.  What a nice surprise!  I found some fun stuff in that baggie, including some of my favorite fancy carved shell buttons, and one on a card from Paris!

But, take a look at some of the amazing books I found there!  The red covered one is an illustrated Bible, with the most beautiful engravings and illustrations.  I loved the cover, too!  Next to it, Coffin's Interest Tables is a leather covered book with great pages filled with columns of numerals to use in my ephemera journals!

I really liked how it was the "Liberty Bond Edition" -- that's one of my favorite US eras.  The pages are perfectly patina'd!

That Christmas book is a pop-up book in amazing condition -- the illustrations make me swoon!

Then, I found this well-played with pop up book, which included an envelope full of the playing pieces.  It's not in great condition -- I'm pretty sure the back cover is missing -- but look at the pop ups:

Doesn't this remind you of "Route 66"?

More books: I love the illustrations in the Little Golden Book about how to tell time, and the whole Three Little Kittens story, which was always one of my favorites!

I will keep those intact as collectibles, but I do plan to use the pages of the Bird Stamps book in my art; it also came with this fun National Geographic poster that shows birds and their migration patterns -- interesting!

If you love old paper, I hope you liked seeing my thrifty finds!  I'm linking up to my buddy Linda's Junkin' Finds Friday!