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"Word lessons : a complete speller"
Here we have another occurrence of poetry that was written into a book. These poems, however, were written by a child and are clearly playful, teasing…
"Household French"
This images show nother way a book might have been bound to prevent damage, as well as newspaper or magazine articles that were pasted in. The book is a french textbook of sorts and it is interesting that the articles also reference the french…
"Seven American classics"
This book was a treasure trove of paratextual elements! The owner used it as a safe place to stick little pieces of paper that meant a lot to her, including a valentine of a rabbit that reads "Honey Bunny" on the other side, a list of vocabulary…
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"
A photograph of two women was found within the pages of a book.