OMGosh! I just made the coolest discovery!
I ventured out to the pole barn to see if I could find some boxes that may have some of my missing things in them and stumbled upon a crate that I vaguely remembered. I pried the top off and inside were to boxes labeled in my dad's handwriting: Terra From Grandpa. My dad's dad I'm sure.
And some sort of night stand and an old glass oil lantern that I'll get to in a minute.
Anyway, in the boxes were 2 encyclopedia sets.
The first one is Titled: The World's Famous Events with a bi-line: The Story of the Greatest Nations
Inside the front cover of the first of 10 books, it says Published by Francicis R. Niglutsch New York
Beneath that it says copyright 1913, 1914
The second set has 18 volumes and is titled: The Book of History with a bi-line: A History of All Nations
Inside the cover, on the first page it says copyright 1915 by the Grolier Society London . The Educational Book Society . . New York
Below that it says Printed by The Colonial Press, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
These are in extremely pristine condition. They barely looked used at all. One has gold gilded pages that are not rubbed off and the other has soft leather over the back bindings and the two outside corners, both front and back. They're barely worn.
How cool! Now about the nightstand thing. It is wooden and the bottom shelf is like a V, so as to put books there or something, but when you open the top compartment, the whole thing is lined in copper! Weird!
The glass oil lantern is cool because my dad left a note saying that this is the lantern that my grandfather used when he had to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. What is even more cool is that the glass is pink!!
Awesome!!
And to think, this crate has been untouched in my attics for years and years!
That certainly made unpacking a little more fun.
Terra
And some sort of night stand and an old glass oil lantern that I'll get to in a minute.
Anyway, in the boxes were 2 encyclopedia sets.
The first one is Titled: The World's Famous Events with a bi-line: The Story of the Greatest Nations
Inside the front cover of the first of 10 books, it says Published by Francicis R. Niglutsch New York
Beneath that it says copyright 1913, 1914
The second set has 18 volumes and is titled: The Book of History with a bi-line: A History of All Nations
Inside the cover, on the first page it says copyright 1915 by the Grolier Society London . The Educational Book Society . . New York
Below that it says Printed by The Colonial Press, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
These are in extremely pristine condition. They barely looked used at all. One has gold gilded pages that are not rubbed off and the other has soft leather over the back bindings and the two outside corners, both front and back. They're barely worn.
How cool! Now about the nightstand thing. It is wooden and the bottom shelf is like a V, so as to put books there or something, but when you open the top compartment, the whole thing is lined in copper! Weird!
The glass oil lantern is cool because my dad left a note saying that this is the lantern that my grandfather used when he had to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. What is even more cool is that the glass is pink!!
Awesome!!
And to think, this crate has been untouched in my attics for years and years!
That certainly made unpacking a little more fun.
Terra
Sal
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