Yesterday, our
local library hosted a book sale. We always go there (as I may have mentioned), looking for bargains, especially source books in history. Not many of those available this time, but here's what we found:
The Pratchett is for my DH and the Coopers are for my daughter.
My DH found me this. I don’t know if it can be regarded as a
reliable source of information, but it certainly looks like fun!
As soon as my
daughter (who stayed with her grandpa while we raided the book sale) saw
the Viking album, she grabbed it in her greedy paws and asked, “What’s this?
Is it yours, mum?”
Me (smiling smugly becausebrainwashing inducing interest in history was always our goal): “It is indeed… but I can read you bits of
it.”
Me (smiling smugly because
And finally, this
lovely old book:
...and besides being printed in this old font...
...it also uses some archaic words and expressions, which, for a language geek (or a word wrestler), makes it absolutely fascinating! (What? I should get a life? Why do you say that?) And it is almost 100 years old – not exactly a collector’s item… correction: for a poor book lover, it is a collector's item. :)
It’s titled “Suomen kansan satuja
ja tarinoita” (Finnish folk tales and myths) from 1920 (the first
edition came out in 1852). Folk tales alone make it something that
should be in our collection... but wait, there’s more! It is not in
a perfect condition, unfortunately, but it's just so pretty…
...and besides being printed in this old font...
...it also uses some archaic words and expressions, which, for a language geek (or a word wrestler), makes it absolutely fascinating! (What? I should get a life? Why do you say that?) And it is almost 100 years old – not exactly a collector’s item… correction: for a poor book lover, it is a collector's item. :)
