Featured Finds Thread

Nice!

 

very nice tin lloyd249!

 

Today's finds, Nothing cleaned as yet>>>
>TV lamp, $8, hand made and/or painted well by 'Bertie Shaw' no date. I just wish it had more areas open for light to escape. With close searching only found a couple of broken petals. Keeper.
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>Post war book. I think the Brits would especially like this one. 1986 $2.
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>Robinson Crusoe book, 1895 $1, much color and hand written on the first blank page;
"When you've been bad some day and sent away from Mother and the rest.
The wind will say who's been bad to-day.
And it will say in a howling way. "You - oo----- You - oo-"
(YAY! Sweet!!!)
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>My neighbor. >>> The King of Gee Whiz book, 1906 $1. Some color many black and white AMAZING illustrations!!! If you're nice...and ask nice... I may show more than the one injured one.
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>GE VERY heavy ALL TRANSISTOR portable radio. Works $6.
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>Probable WWII USN pin. Large. $3.
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>WV pin... I don't know from whence this springs but maybe West Virgina? Army? When? $2.
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>Rosette pin, blue. $10
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>Tie bar? $6.
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Anyone's input welcome.
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Love the book illustration.

The Robinson Crusoe cover is a nice graphic, but why would they ruin the text by changing it all to "words of one syllable"?

 

Great illustrations within but I don't know why they did that. No age is suggested. Maybe intended for those with little schooling.
Published in NY.

 

There were a multitude of editions and versions of RObinson Crusoe published with one of them Robinson Crusoe In Words of One Syllable. The "In Words of Syllable" version was written by a Mary Godolphin. According to the following article in Wiki..., Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of a Lucy Aikin, an English historical writer who did many children, juvenile, books. She wrote the version Robinson Crusoe In Word of One Syllable in 1867. She also did "In One Word Syllable" versions of The Pilgrim Progress, The Swiss Family Robinson, Aesop's Fables, etc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Aikin

The following page has some of the many editions and versions of Robinson Crusoe that were published by the Hurst & Company(1871-1919). #6 says Godolphin, Mary. Robinson Crusoe in words of one syllable with the date 1895. The page has pics of different versions, but **not** a pic of their Godolphin's version!!!
http://robinsoncrusoe.jamesmckane.com/crusoe pages/hurst.htm

This Google image page has pics of several of Godolphin's version published by different companies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Rob...son+Crusoe+In+"words+of+one+syllable"&imgrc=_

--- Susan

 

WOW!!!
THANK YOU!!!
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So no reason why they were written this way.
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Maybe this is hard to find? Should I send them a photo of it I wonder?

 

I suspect the reason was a child's version because Goldol... was noted for her children books.

Hmmmm.... Don't know if your version of "In in Words of One..." is hard to find or not. Is yours printed by Hurst & Co. or by another printer? If by Hurst you might offer a pic to that website. I doubt your book has any great value especially if printed by Hurst for that website certainly criticized the quality of books by Hurst as being badly & cheaply made.

"... in fact they got badly printed, indifferently bound books printed on the cheapest paper. Even among the reprinters, Hurst did not stand out as a bookmaker."

--- Susan

 

I was responding with you to Bakers' point in why were they written in one syllable. Why restrict learning more and in the way people actually speak.
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This one is in really good shape for its age and use. It was published by A. L. BURT - N.Y.
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Abe has one at $15.00 but not why I bought it anyway so...
I have LOTS of kid's books, school too and Teacher's editions, some never used. My main requirement is they have to have color within though I take the other road sometimes if they strike me right.

 

Gee, even the Victorians were "dumbing down!" I suppose she was making Robinson Crusoe into a first grade reader like the 20th century Dick & Jane readers, "see spot run." I believe??? there were more versions and editions done of Robinson Crusoe than any other Western literature with even versions of just pictures with little or no text!

--- Susan

 

I think, even still at that time, with much of the 'lower classes', kids were still unfortunate things to have around and have to feed.

 

I had a copy of Pilgrim's Progress in word of one syllable from about the same time frame. LOL

 

Ah! That was apparently one of the series.
Pretty coherent for such an age...aren't you?

 

Re: Robinson Crusoe book (in words of one syllable) -- it is possible that it was marketed for use in the home and not simply as a school textbook, perhaps to be read by a parent to a child before he/she was of an age to enter school.

 

yeah i have one also they are nothing

 

I also think the one-syllable books were probably geared to children just learning to read.

 

The blue pin looks like late 40s costume jewelry. The long one on the end is a bar pin of some kind, from what I can see. It was a style popular before WWI for women. The Navy pin is a WWII sweetheart piece; I'm not sure of the other one.

One of those home shopping TV channel rings, but it's sterling. Not sure if I've shown this before or not.

 

BLING !!!!!

 

Pretty much. This is a flash shot, not a great one, but it really does glitter like crazy when the light hits it.

 

I also have a Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable... and I have seen other titles with the "Words of One Syllable" -- Mine was published by McLoughlin Brothers in 1882. My guess was to make it a novelty children's book and also to show off the lithography for which McLoughlin Bros. were known.

I will take a photo of it in a few minutes... have to answer the phone right now/