tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28727360401199110642024-03-13T13:07:55.006-07:00Oddfellow's Fine Books and Ephemera Oddfellows Fine Books and Collectables is a small shop settled in the heart of Downtown Topeka. We specialize in rare and collectable books, maps, post cards, comic books, Kansas and Topeka memorabilia, stamps and ephemera. We look forward to getting to know you better!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06627636484234260488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872736040119911064.post-13982404558956115472015-10-24T15:11:00.000-07:002015-10-24T15:11:05.449-07:00This Book Could KILL YOU!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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We've all heard it. Someone complaining that video games can kill because they make our children violent. Or how movies like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpLKNclOtLg">Natural Born Killers</a> inspire a murderous desire in viewers. But what about books? Has a book ever inspired anyone to kill? Or even worse, much like the ominous VHS in the movie, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuH5FaUpFm4">The Ring</a>, can a book actually kill a person? Well, the answer is, yes. But it's complicated, let me explain...</div>
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The beginning of the 19th century brought with it a new mindset about "home". For the first time a persons home was considered to be a sanctuary, a place to hide away from the world and relax. And for the first time, people started to fill their homes with objects and things to create an atmosphere of wealth and fortune in the home. The Victorians were so enamored with the idea of the home being a show piece for their status in the world, they were known to decorate their homes as lavishly as possible. They were very mindful of what was considered to be in fashion and made certain that their homes were filled with the latest styles. During this time green was the highest of fashion and the truest most vibrant greens were those made by mixing arsenic and copper. This combination appeared in everything from wallpaper, fabrics, toys and more. Books were also used to display these wallpaper sample, and what looks nicer than a book cover wrapped in pretty green wallpaper!?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have all heard tales of the short, strange life of one of America's first professional writers, Edgar Allen Poe. He was born in Boston to actors who separated when he was only a year old. Poe's father was never to be seen again and his mother died the following year. Poe was taken in by the Allan family and raised to adulthood. His gambling and lifestyle alienated him from his adoptive family. He married his 13 year old cousin in 1835 who would die young in 1847 and Poe would follow her two years later at the age of 40.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A less famed but no less noteworthy character is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the French born and British naturalized Edmund Dulac. His personal life is far less entertaining than Poe's but his career as an illustrator was impressive. Dulac rose to fame illustrating 9 volumes by the Bronte sisters for J.M. Dent publishers. The next three years found him doing illustration work for several different magazines. He would then begin work illustrating gift editions of classic works for Hodder & Stoughton with The Arabian Nights in 1907. He would illustrate several similar editions for Hodder & Stoughton over the next decade but would end this association at the outbreak of the Great War. After World War 1 Dulac began illustrating children's books and stamps; work which he would continue until his death in 1953.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of work by both of these great men. Our most recent Dulac find is also a Poe find! The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Edmund Dulac and published by the Hoddard & Stoughton publishing house in 1912 is stunningly beautiful. The covers are in a royal blue cloth with an elaborate and macabre embossed pattern highlighted in black and set off by a gold gilt title. Inside, we are treated to decorative end papers with a subtle "The Bells" theme. likely reminiscent of the first Poe/Dulac book published by Hoddard, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bells and Other Poems. </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poetry is printed on thick, textural paper that begs to be touched as much as read. There are dozens of beautiful designs and illustrations printed within the text as well as 28 full color, full page lithographic prints. </span><br />
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We are excited to share that we have TWO of Robert Frost's works that are SIGNED! First is "<a href="http://www.oddfellowbooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=2017&keyword=frost&searchby=author&offset=0&fs=1">Come In and Other Poems</a>" and the second is "<a href="http://www.oddfellowbooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=2015&keyword=frost&searchby=author&offset=0&fs=1">From Snow to Snow</a>". Both made out to people Frost actually knew. Click on the links above if you are interested in purchasing them.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGzbnrocYL1EWpZJcIXbkYJN8VhoX2PrWEqrh4ZtARZuYSg8A9BporMH2jAO6cqXz_LnFQAlYJhWAzF8RGSlXLwVd6yUXB3i_887z9RRvfFEOQMCsgA6oPGWcvw-ns3ri1NvKAIEknxQ3/s1600/____mr_bookman_____by_mademoiselle_p-d6m3tqb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGzbnrocYL1EWpZJcIXbkYJN8VhoX2PrWEqrh4ZtARZuYSg8A9BporMH2jAO6cqXz_LnFQAlYJhWAzF8RGSlXLwVd6yUXB3i_887z9RRvfFEOQMCsgA6oPGWcvw-ns3ri1NvKAIEknxQ3/s1600/____mr_bookman_____by_mademoiselle_p-d6m3tqb.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a>We all have something we are passionate about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m pretty obsessed with online
marketing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband, Brandon, is
passionate about books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives the
life of a true bookman, so much so that we now own a book shop. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you live with a bookman (or bookwoman) in
your home?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a list of 15 things
that might warn you that your significant other is obsessed with books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>1.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Your mail has more literary magazines than junk
mail. <br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>2.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>Bookmarks are a hot commodity and can be used as
household currency.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>3.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>NEVER put a book on the shelf out of order, he
will spot it immediately.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>4.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>His “favorite” books fill at least four book
shelves.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>5.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>You feel like Ernest Hemingway is a close family
friend, even though he died 19 years before you were born.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>6.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>Most of his friends are old enough to be his
father.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>7.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>He cannot read a story about Sherlock Holmes
without a pipe.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>8.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><b> </b>
</span></span></span>He has a found pressed flower collection.<br />
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b>When house hunting, rooms are measured in ‘book
shelves’ not feet.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>10.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>He has an eReader, but never uses it.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>11.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>He uses words like “foredge” and “gutter” when
describing a book.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>12.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Readers Digest books are not allowed in the
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>13.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Seating arrangements in the home are determined
by optimal reading light.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>14.</b><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>You never have to read a book because he gives
you a full book report on everything he reads.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><b>15</b>.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Your collection gets so big you open a book
store <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">-Martie Rison </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love it when the phone rings here at Oddfellow's. Usually
it means I either get to sell something or, even better, buy something. We love
buying stuff, we were collectors long before we were dealers and collectors
drool over new stuff. Unless, of course, that stuff is damaged:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>scuffed leather, torn bindings, bent coins,
or, worst of all, cleaned ANYTHING!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"What?" You say, "I saved you time and
cleaned it for you. You should thank me." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKP45YVHebVNlD0bHeZMNahTt7rCnKpkoIkLzEPB3v-YO-aqKUwtKAT26zVXM18-lyH9JffETZGisJApXqxNZ6Ss2KsZccO_UESqPN5ppgoYcI8DTo8HNZR7Mzzg80X3Z2-e5T9uAm9eB/s1600/awww+yeah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKP45YVHebVNlD0bHeZMNahTt7rCnKpkoIkLzEPB3v-YO-aqKUwtKAT26zVXM18-lyH9JffETZGisJApXqxNZ6Ss2KsZccO_UESqPN5ppgoYcI8DTo8HNZR7Mzzg80X3Z2-e5T9uAm9eB/s1600/awww+yeah.jpg" height="320" width="316" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awwww yeah...... look at the fine patina on this little lady.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have heard this and many other reasons for sellers
cleaning their items. Sadly, all their time and effort is wasted because
cleaning ALWAYS lowers value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A cleaned coin may be shiny but most cleaning methods leave
tiny scratches over the surface of the coin that will leave the coin looking
dull as it builds a new layer of tarnish. Tarnish and oxidation are present on
any handled silver and part of what makes circulated silver coins beautiful.
Removing the tarnish may provide shine, but it takes away character and
character is part of the value in any collectible. While there are chemicals
and methods that can "properly" clean a coin most collectors will
only see a coin that is too shiny for its grade, know it has been cleaned, and
move on to the next coin. Bottom line is, don't clean your coins. No matter
what you read on the internet or what the Dip-o-Matic Coin Shiner 9000 bottle
says there is no proper way to clean a coin.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkYvDj0L6FFSPbI4Wybr6gsefwF5jJ96X-_7wPoHSzI8_WWKfoREg2NOBW5njeJC5ryQNcQHF_7BlWb4qXO6KhrjrYj1pGo6pNB1fHP9U0huWsNH0dUiXiRvAlkuA5ENIM73hfkzEHepQ/s1600/cleaned+coin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkYvDj0L6FFSPbI4Wybr6gsefwF5jJ96X-_7wPoHSzI8_WWKfoREg2NOBW5njeJC5ryQNcQHF_7BlWb4qXO6KhrjrYj1pGo6pNB1fHP9U0huWsNH0dUiXiRvAlkuA5ENIM73hfkzEHepQ/s1600/cleaned+coin.jpg" height="323" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click for a larger image. This is an example of what cleaning your coins can do. No No NO!!!</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmf0nhmd4GdrYlf6NtyNvJLlj5u_FJlbtWUVlM2FIRE3vt3GFdWLuKD89V_7a4GDif0ObXy1G8N1erFUSLSz57A7HnJFmA-zmQxcKsFB6KmEbVz2iXfQ60Qt-o6J-_hxgdcUx552Celj7/s1600/ori_182_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmf0nhmd4GdrYlf6NtyNvJLlj5u_FJlbtWUVlM2FIRE3vt3GFdWLuKD89V_7a4GDif0ObXy1G8N1erFUSLSz57A7HnJFmA-zmQxcKsFB6KmEbVz2iXfQ60Qt-o6J-_hxgdcUx552Celj7/s1600/ori_182_1.jpg" height="274" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Books are a different subject. They must be dusted and
leather bound books that are not frequently handled need the occasional
application of leather conditioner. While these may sound like simple tasks,
they are often the causes of damage to books. When dusting do not use any
chemicals (e.g. Pledge, Windex, etc.) and dust with clean, dry paint brush or a
synthetic feather duster that has not been used to clean anything but books. As
for leather conditioning, there are products available for leather bound books
but the best, and cheapest, way to protect leather books is simply to handle
them often (and properly). The oils in your skin will protect and soften the
leather as well as anything you can buy. That is all the cleaning required. Do
not try to erase anything, wipe anything off, or use water to clean your book.
While the water may seem obvious I am amazed by the number of wet books that
come through the door. Fight the urge, don't clean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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These days when we hear about the Middle East it is always
bad news. I am not going to mention terrorism, Islam, women's rights, genocide
or any of the other hot topics. Instead, I simply wish to list off a few great
book's about the region has produced or inspired that might help us shed some
of that negativity towards a beautiful and unique part of the world.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNPW86VhvxKk5Vl0N7vK0gM3QpkQ9eTW66-5oUPSBgmd-bik-Q6hp58OXl1Sg8fN7rqJDX64Yf1oyuTe5HT7jIVAAAtPLPl27BtQ07kuIgxFKL_UWnBqN_OtK42Mn9k035T5TBR9EaEAm/s1600/Seven+Pillars+of+Wisdom+T.E.+Lawrence+Rare+book+collectible+Oddfellows+Topeka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNPW86VhvxKk5Vl0N7vK0gM3QpkQ9eTW66-5oUPSBgmd-bik-Q6hp58OXl1Sg8fN7rqJDX64Yf1oyuTe5HT7jIVAAAtPLPl27BtQ07kuIgxFKL_UWnBqN_OtK42Mn9k035T5TBR9EaEAm/s1600/Seven+Pillars+of+Wisdom+T.E.+Lawrence+Rare+book+collectible+Oddfellows+Topeka.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a>5. <i>Seven Pillars of
Wisdom</i> by T. E. Lawrence is an account of the author's experiences as a
British military officer during the Arab Revolt of 1917/18. Emir Faisal bin
Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi, King of Syria led a revolt against the Ottoman
Empire to liberate what is now Jordan, Syria and parts of several other Middle
Eastern countries. The British took advantage of the revolt and used Lawrence,
who was already in the region to do research, to communicate with the rebels to
coordinate their attacks with Allied battle plans in WWI. (The book was also
made into a pretty decent movie!)</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0920q30QL5rXOmKxIRjSj8ntnN1RtoKnRFbvAEpJ9B01k-sH57DLsf9n0Hc86RfKFn340pC-5nFrthPEYpNJ-mKs1X671QJxkMkhn5B3bqyVqYj2XIeAmUM8ph-CBtvpvzuMvq2lvDuA/s1600/The+Kite+Runner+Oddfellows+books+topeka+kansass+rare+collectible+coins+stamps+maps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0920q30QL5rXOmKxIRjSj8ntnN1RtoKnRFbvAEpJ9B01k-sH57DLsf9n0Hc86RfKFn340pC-5nFrthPEYpNJ-mKs1X671QJxkMkhn5B3bqyVqYj2XIeAmUM8ph-CBtvpvzuMvq2lvDuA/s1600/The+Kite+Runner+Oddfellows+books+topeka+kansass+rare+collectible+coins+stamps+maps.jpg" /></a>4.<i> The Kite Runner</i>
by Khaled Hosseini is another biography that tells the story of a boy who can
predict where a kite will land and his friendship with a rich kid during the
1970s in Afghanistan. While it may sound a little silly, the story is actually pretty good. It gives some good insights into Afghani
culture over the last 40ish years and tugs at your heart strings a little too.
(Also a movie!)</div>
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3.<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i>The Great War for Civilization</i> by Robert Fisk (not a movie) is over 1000
pages on the last 100 years of Middle Eastern history and well worth the time it
takes to read for anybody who finds themselves asking "Why?" about
the region. A word of caution, the author does not paint the western world in a
very pretty light.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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by Naguib Mahfouz consists of the books Palace Walk, </div>
Palace of Desire, and
Sugar Street. While Egypt may not technically be in the Middle East it
identifies more with that region than it does with Africa. In this series we
follow the lives of Cairene and his family from Egyptian independence in 1919
through the end of WWII. The series details the symbolic family struggle
between tradition and change at a time when Egypt was torn between east and
west. (A great black and white movie... if you don't mind subtitles)<br />
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heard of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, Aladdin's lamp or Sinbad the Sailor (all
movies)? <i>The Arabian Nights, </i>at least
according to the full title, brings us these along with 998 more traditional
stories and folk tales from India, Western Asia and the Middle East. First compiled in Arabic during the 1200s at
the height of the Islamic Golden Age the stories are presented as part of a frame
story about a Perisan king who marries and then kills a new woman every night because
his true love had been unfaithful. When
his kingdom runs out of virgins he marries his Vizier's daughter who, after the
nookie, tells him the first half of a great story. Wanting to hear the end, the king puts off
the execution for a day to be told the end of the story AND the first half of
another great story. He stays the
execution again and this pattern continues for 1001 nights. Depending on which version you read she
either gets killed when she runs out of stories, or the king falls in love and
they live happily ever after. There are
several "greatest hits" versions telling just the most popular tales as
well as multi-volume versions with all 1001 stories. We at Oddfellow's are happy to keep a
selection of both kinds available at all times.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. John R. Brinkley is possibly the
most interesting man you have never heard of. This guy is so fascinating
it just blows my mind that nobody has turned his life story into a movie.
I realize that I'm a little wordy on this one but the story is just too good!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't always try to fool the masses, but when I do,<br />
oh wait, I usually do that. I'm good at it too.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John Romulus Brinkley was born July
8th, 1885 in the hill country of North Carolina. His father had been a
Confederate Army medic and earned his living as a medicine man. His
mother/cousin, Sarah Burnett, was his Father's 4th wife's niece who had come to
stay with the family for a short while. It is also worth mentioning that his
father (the medicine man) had thrice been a widower to continually younger
women who would die of mysterious illnesses.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As Brinkley reached adulthood he
decided he would follow in his father's footsteps and become a physician.
After failing out of or being expelled for failure to pay tuition from a number
of colleges he decided to forgo the degree and took to the road posing as a Quaker
doctor. He would stop in rural towns and in an elaborate "medicine
show" cure a couple of lucky passers through (not locals) and then sell
several bottles of his patented medicine before skipping town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During this same time Brinkley wed a
childhood classmate Sally Wilke, John and Sally worked the medicine show
together for a while before settling in Chicago where he again started med
school and went to work at the telegraph office. The Brinkley’s had a
child and when things became rocky the couple split. John kidnapped his
daughter and fled to Canada offering his wife the ultimatum of reconciling or
never seeing her daughter again. The couple got back together and moved
around the Midwest and south where John would pose as a "undergraduate
physician" for a time until being discredited and relocating. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally in 1912 John got his
degree. A shady diploma mill called Kansas City Eclectic Medical
University agreed to give Brinkley a Doctorate based on the credits he had
earned (and a fee). With </span><span style="text-align: center;">his new degree Brinkley opened a clinic in
Greenville, SC with another "doctor" named Crawford. Brinkley
and Crawford advertised a cure for manly vigor. They injected colored water for
$25 a pop that was said to cure impotence and then after only 2 months they
skipped town having never paid a penny to rent, utilities, or their other
creditors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brinkley and Crawford next landed in
Memphis where Brinkley met Young Minnie Jones, a friend of Crawford's, and
after a four-day courtship Minnie and John were married even though John was
still married to Sally Brinkley. While on their honeymoon Brinkley was arrested
in Knoxville and extradited to Greenville where he was put in jail for
practicing medicine without a license and for writing bad checks. Brinkley
told the sheriff that it was all Crawford's fault, and gave investigators
enough information that they were able to nab Crawford. The two former partners
met again in jail. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>"How YOU doin'?"</em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After his run-in with the law and
being bailed out by his new father-in-law Brinkley was also able to get his
college debts paid off and spent a year attending college seemingly now on the
straight and narrow, he graduated in 1915 from the same Kansas City school that
had given him a fake degree. He then went to work as the plant doctor for
Swift & Co. Lard where he became fascinated with the physiology of the
animals they would slaughter, especially the goats which he felt to be the most
virile of all the animals. <o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During WWI Brinkley was drafted as a
medic but was unable to serve being "sick with a nervous breakdown"
and was discharged after only 2 months. Now jobless, Brinkley moved to Milford,
KS after seeing an advertisement stating the town needed a doctor. This
is where the story REALLY gets interesting. In Milford Brinkley performed his
first operation to restore male virility and fertility by implanting the
testicular glands of goats into the scrotum of a male patient. The
patient reported it a success (I mean, who wouldn't) and the media took the
story and ran with it. Brinkley's office was soon filled by men of a
certain age, and when the first patient's wife gave birth to a baby boy (about
7 months after the operation) Dr. Brinkley became a national success overnight
performing his operation on movie stars and politicians. His marketing department
advertised his abilities to turn men into "the ram that am with every
lamb" while Brinkley performed his (mostly) harmless operation on so many
men a day that he started to get sloppy. He would use unsanitized
instruments, frequently while drunk, in less-than-sterile places (occasionally
the waiting room on busy days). It goes without saying something was bound to
go wrong and it did on more than one occasion. Brinkley would be sued more than
a dozen times for wrongful death between 1930 and 1941.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All of these operations made
Brinkley a rich man. To further his goat gland message and to satisfy his
need to entertain Brinkley built a radio station in Kansas. The radio
station played a mix of popular country music and Brinkley's voice for hours at
a time. In addition to advertising the goat operation Brinkley had a show on
his radio station called The Medical Question Box where he would read listener
mail asking about medical problems and he would then prescribe medicines
available only at members of the "Brinkley Pharmaceutical
Association" Most of these medicines were over priced homeopathic
treatments or placebos but Brinkley was paid a cut for all of the sales and got
even richer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq52Od5llSR2BxAGLz1btxCET4Wo9YGkrWnnHYIopcEbwwEPk3MSHxj5JD0lLDs3b0Dl8IMbrZ2lPqOS_e650Ejl5JLw55w493MhtiEikMzP_1lpQq-HvvkbXQSCntAyPmRp6-OdwtXvGt/s1600/Brinkley+for+govenor.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq52Od5llSR2BxAGLz1btxCET4Wo9YGkrWnnHYIopcEbwwEPk3MSHxj5JD0lLDs3b0Dl8IMbrZ2lPqOS_e650Ejl5JLw55w493MhtiEikMzP_1lpQq-HvvkbXQSCntAyPmRp6-OdwtXvGt/s400/Brinkley+for+govenor.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1930 the American Medical
Association revoked Brinkley's license after a spy had witnessed the doctor's
operations first hand. In true Brinkley fashion he launched a write-in
campaign for Kansas Governor using his radio station. He planned to
reinstate his one medical license once elected. His campaign rallies featured
music stars from his radio station, German and Swedish speaking staffers to
appeal to the large number of immigrants in rural Kansas, and the charisma of
good ol' doc Brinkley. Brinkley won the election with roughly 40% percent
of the votes but before announcing the winner to the public, the Kansas
Attorney General (who had put the final stamp of approval on revoking his
medical license) announced that only votes placed for J. R. Brinkley and not
those for Doc, Doctor, or John Brinkley would be counted meaning that instead
of Doc Brinkley, Harry Hines Woodring was to be the next governor of
Kansas. Shortly after the FCC revoked Brinkley's broadcaster's license in
an effort to shut down his still lucrative medical practice (he hired licensed
doctors to perform the procedure) and pharmaceutical sales. Undeterred, he just
moved his transmitter to Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At this time (early 30s) Mexico was
pretty irritated with the U.S. Government for a number of things including not
leaving any AM bandwidth for Mexican stations to operate in. As a
result, they issued Doc Brinkley a license to build a 50,000 kilowatt radio
station that even located in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico could still be heard
throughout Kansas and most of the midwest. Not satisfied with that,
Brinkley convinced the Mexican government to let him increase that to first
125,000 kilowatts and later 1 million kilowatts. It is said <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><i>I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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Brinkley's
radio station could be heard all the way to Canada on clear nights and closer
to home in Texas it could be heard even without a radio. There are
reports of hearing Brinkley's station on barbed wire fences, bed springs, and
even dental fillings. Broadcaster shifts at the station had to be
shortened due to frequent nosebleeds and headaches. Brinkley's new
station followed much of the same format that his old station had showcasing up
and coming roots and country music stars and selling Brinkley's potions (now by
mail). He even opened another hospital in the nearby small town of Del
Rio, TX where the locals were happy to have the inflow of money and could care
less what the AMA and federal government said about the good doctor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 1938 Morris Fishbein of the AMA
published a two-part series called "Modern Medical Charlatans" that
included an expose of Brinkley's checkered career and education. Brinkley sued
Fishbein for libel and $250,000 in damages (about $5 Million today). A Texas
jury found for Fishbein, stating that Brinkley "should be considered a
charlatan and a quack in the ordinary, well-understood meaning of those
words". The jury verdict unleashed a barrage of lawsuits against
Brinkley, by some estimates well over $3 million in total value. Also around
this time, the IRS came knocking on Brinkley's door. It seems the
good doctor had never paid taxes. He declared bankruptcy in 1941, the
same year the U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement on allocating radio
bandwidth which included a clause that shut down Brinkley's station.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brinkley died penniless and alone in
his home in Del Rio, TX on May 26th, 1942. At the time of his death he
was under investigation by the FBI for mail fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more about us at oddfellowbooks.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06627636484234260488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872736040119911064.post-40766144648368136022013-07-13T07:22:00.001-07:002013-07-13T07:22:44.287-07:00Hemingway<div class="yiv8375352045">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3zVMb146IQ4fYtStLrwuNdA8UcjTbwyKOjLLzKJuGsp3HDTDOgOqOmRReVPXybiKk5grqtIhCY-lOioQSmWhCdIQ-EgFZ6rAfLyFl64LF87Qh97OIDH-DLrYgOpJje58Bi8Cwh8ThI3G/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3zVMb146IQ4fYtStLrwuNdA8UcjTbwyKOjLLzKJuGsp3HDTDOgOqOmRReVPXybiKk5grqtIhCY-lOioQSmWhCdIQ-EgFZ6rAfLyFl64LF87Qh97OIDH-DLrYgOpJje58Bi8Cwh8ThI3G/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a>I have always been fascinated by fiction. In the
simplest form it's an elaborate lie told to entertain us; a fish story as it
were (Hemingway fans should find this funny). Some writers are more
honest (Hunter S. Thompson comes to mind) and lead daring lives, do crazy
things, nearly kill themselves on several occasions, and then write about their
adventures. Other authors create entirely fiction worlds and situations
from the comfort of their home and use them to act out fantasy sometimes for
their satisfaction as much as ours. The best authors, like Hemingway, do
both of these things to create something not quite fact and not quite fiction
but somehow better then both.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmP0Drvfx_7lhTCBddrev2_onmairIFeS000JC5tNF0B0Znd7VSDAo-inFYxAmfwFE2sD90uOGwT5KwxZacQ1MYTxNuIvUKvfI_tYC8Fi0K8wpgUKcmQut2rVGZ8NmN0y7bilfTS3mPWg/s1600/Hemingwaysun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmP0Drvfx_7lhTCBddrev2_onmairIFeS000JC5tNF0B0Znd7VSDAo-inFYxAmfwFE2sD90uOGwT5KwxZacQ1MYTxNuIvUKvfI_tYC8Fi0K8wpgUKcmQut2rVGZ8NmN0y7bilfTS3mPWg/s1600/Hemingwaysun1.jpg" /></a>Hemingway.
Simply mentioning his name conjures up images of cigar smoke and scotch,
romantic European battlefields, safaris to the wildest corners of Africa,
and... well, six-toed cats. Born and raised in the well-to-do Chicago
suburb of Oak Park, Hemingway left home for a lifetime of travel while still a
teen. He drove an ambulance in WWI. Hung out in Paris with the greatest poets,
authors, and artists of the 20s. Worked as a field reporter during the Spanish
Civil War. Watched the Normandy Invasion from on deck of a landing craft.
Nearly died in a plane crash while on safari in the Congo (twice). Then went on
to write books about all of these events, and not just books but masterpieces
that make us ask who and what we are, where and when we should do something
about it, and, most importantly, why.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrzyxdCSeKhH3C7jWQprUy71eiZxmXFDrrkUPO6JL5qZGezaG4sVe3xggOAtmhieoNayNWx1k7VdYH24tBPwkNxeTwpkPhoKWvyH3oeKNKOTX-dl_NuRj6h2X3RCD5EogAxhJ1dHMX6nA/s1600/oldmanandseafirstedition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrzyxdCSeKhH3C7jWQprUy71eiZxmXFDrrkUPO6JL5qZGezaG4sVe3xggOAtmhieoNayNWx1k7VdYH24tBPwkNxeTwpkPhoKWvyH3oeKNKOTX-dl_NuRj6h2X3RCD5EogAxhJ1dHMX6nA/s320/oldmanandseafirstedition.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>
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Those familiar with
his life may say that Hemingway was a chauvinistic pig who drank too much,
loved himself above all others, had weird cats, and then went crazy and
unloaded two barrels of buck-shot into his mouth (and they would be right), but
set all of that aside and just read <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1373724194230_2480">The
Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to
Arms, </i>or any of his other works<i>. </i>If you do I promise you won't
be disappointed. These are some of the greatest books ever written and
anyone can identify with the struggle against world and self that all Hemingway
stories have in common.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">And yes, polydactyl (Hemingway) cats have six toes and look like some kind of science experiment... Google it.</span></td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more about us at oddfellowbooks.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06627636484234260488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872736040119911064.post-33773828757294457062013-07-05T14:18:00.000-07:002013-07-05T14:18:39.086-07:00Error Coins, the Funky Side of Numismatics<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to
the Freaky Side of Coin Collecting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
numismatics there are many details to look for and many different types of
coins and currency to collect. One area
that is often over looked by the new collector is mint-made errors. Error coins and currency are those lovable
mistakes that are usually caught by the mint before they ever get a chance to
reach circulation. But, no one is
perfect. Sometimes these errors make it
out of the mint, and you are certainly a lucky duck if you find one in your change. Here are a few different kinds of error coins
to look for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To prepare lancets on which to strike
coins, a mint first purchases strips of metal of the correct composition of the
coin to be produced. These strips are fed through a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>blanking
machine</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> that cuts them into the metal disks on which the
coins are struck, which are known as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>blanks</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i>lancets</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" style="unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"> </sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The
shape of the coin, whether it be circular, rectangular, or any other shape, is
determined by the manner in which the blanking machine shapes the lancets. At
this stage, the blanks are type 1 blanks. Next, these type 1 blanks go into an
upending mill, which gives the blanks an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>upended rim, which is where the rim becomes slightly raised and rounds
off to the center of the lancet. Lancets with upended rims are called type 2 lancets.<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Clipped Planchet</span></h3>
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strip of metal is not fed through the blanking machine far enough. When this
happens, the punches strike an area of the strip which overlaps the hole left
by the previous strike. The result is a blank with a piece missing, which is
called a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>clipped lancet. A clipped lancet may
be<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>straight,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>curved,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ragged, or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>elliptical.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Die Crack,
Break, Chip or Clash</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
coin is stamped with the die, there are a multitude of problems that could occur. A die crack will result in a coin that has a
raised, jagged line on its surface. A
die break or chip will show a raised unstuck area on the coin. And a die clash</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
which occurs when the obverse and reverse dies strike each other because a lancet
is not between them. Due to the tremendous pressure used, the parts of the
image of one die may be impressed on the other. When lancets are then fed
between them the resulting coins receive the distorted image. A well-known
example is the "</span>Bugs Bunny"<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Franklin
Half Dollar</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of 1955, where part of the eagle's wing from the reverse
gives Franklin the image of protruding teeth.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ehhh What's Up Doc?"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This can
happen either by accident or intentionally.
In the past, to save money the mint would use a die until it broke. When the years would change, the dies were
altered to show the new year. This
resulted in a faint previous date to show on the coin. As for mintmarks, a die technicians punch
the coins with a mint mark. If the first
punch is faint the technician would stamp the coin again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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strike</span></h3>
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a coin fails to be properly ejected from the striking chamber after being stuck
and the dies come down again to strike the coin again, a double strike occurs.
Double strikes can occur with the second strike off center or on-center. In the
same way triple and multiply struck coins occur.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Clad Layer</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
clad coin with one of the clad layers missing either before the coin is struck
or which is loose and falls away after the strike. The side of the coin with
the clad layer missing will be copper colored showing the exposed copper core
of the coin. The other side of the coin is normal.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Split
Planchet</span></h3>
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the impurity is severe enough, it can case the lancet to split into two halves obi.
and rev. If the lancet splits before the strike, the resulting coin will be
thin and have detail on both sides but often intermingled with rough striations
from the impurities. If the lancet splits after the strike, one side will have
full detail and the other side will be blank and striated. In either case the
coin will be thin.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dirt
and impurities in the metal of the lancet can manifest themselves as cracks and
peels on the struck coin.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Butterfly
Fold</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fold along the corner of a note which after the cutting
process results in an excess flag of paper, sometimes roughly resembling a
butterfly's wing.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Error note featuring mismatched front and back values (eg.
$10 face design with a $5 back design)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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passes. Sometimes bills are released
missing first, second or third printing.
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note with a star symbol in the serial number distinguishing it as a replacement
for a note that was removed because it contained a flaw that was caught. Please
note, early U.S. currency, generally before Series 1899, often contain stars
and other symbols as part of the normal serial number and do not represent
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are many more errors to look for but this is enough to get you started. Once you get bitten by the error
coin/currency bug you will start looking through your collection to see if you
have any errors. Once considered
mistakes, these errors make the coins just a bit more special. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dear Topekans,</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frye Giles one of <br />
Topeka's founding fathers<br />
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Have you ever looked at
a map of our fair city? If so you have probably noticed the odd angle that much
of the downtown area sits at. This angle is responsible for the easily confused
addresses we all know and love like <a href="http://www.oddfellowbooks.com/">117 S.W. 6th Ave.</a> and <a href="http://www.supersonicmusic.com/">117 S.E. 6th Ave</a>.
(Both are fantastic businesses worthy of your patronage by the way) </div>
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I had always known
about this strange angle but put no thought into how it came to be until I read <i>Thirty Years in Topeka: A Historical Sketch </i>by Frye Giles. Giles was one
of the founders of Topeka and wrote his book, <i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1371779882845_2659">Thirty Years in Topeka</i>, about the town's
first three decades. Giles relays some fascinating first hand information about
the founding of T-Town like why its crooked.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of Topeka</td></tr>
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In January of 1855 the
task of laying out Topeka was started. Those doing the work did not have proper
survey equipment and were relying on an older survey of the area and what they
thought was an east-west portion of the Kansas River to start cutting out
streets. Downtown and much of the early parts of the city were laid out based
off of this work.</div>
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A few years later a
federal survey was conducted of the area and as it turned out Topeka Boulevard,
Kansas Avenue, and all the other streets were 18 degrees east of true north.
During this same time several other small towns like Eugene, Potwin, and
Tennessee Town were founded near Topeka but with streets facing cardinal
directions. As Topeka grew it began to annex these towns and streets had to be
lined up creating all of the strange triangle shaped parks and strange corners
near the hospitals, in East Topeka, and elsewhere. </div>
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So now that you know
the story stop by and check out our 1887 map of Topeka that shows this
transition in detail or pick up a copy of <i>Thirty Years in Topeka </i>for
yourself. We also have lots of other great books about the history of our fair
city as well as postcards, photos, and more. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our beloved map wall!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One question
we are asked on a regular basis is “What is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>ephemera?”, so here is a quick breakdown of what exactly is ephemera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Things that exist or are
used or enjoyed for only a short time.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Items of collectible
memorabilia, typically written or printed ones, that were originally
expected to be discarded after use but have now become collectibles.</span></li>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The most
fascinating and broad category of collectible we sell is ephemera. It
includes everything from matchbooks to telephone books, posters to
postcards, and so many countless forms of advertising it would (and has)
taken entire books to describe them all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In our store we focus on a few key areas of ephemera including:</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevtKiD94pTVoW9M6-YJblOti3ffutAwr2d12jkD9kN-MHZWY_6MdYYVAm0-Id9je4SJEm8MinMLHv9Bz7gXPzbFOcdeHJ77b_xyd0J2JTjn94LBRiWPbaLw9IlxJQcaLX3NwrjtFFC0_o/s1600/Collectable+postcards+galore+Oddfellows+Fine+Books+and+Collectables+Topeka+Kanssas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevtKiD94pTVoW9M6-YJblOti3ffutAwr2d12jkD9kN-MHZWY_6MdYYVAm0-Id9je4SJEm8MinMLHv9Bz7gXPzbFOcdeHJ77b_xyd0J2JTjn94LBRiWPbaLw9IlxJQcaLX3NwrjtFFC0_o/s400/Collectable+postcards+galore+Oddfellows+Fine+Books+and+Collectables+Topeka+Kanssas.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Postcards</strong>
- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Collecting postcards is just
plain fun. No matter what you like be it local history, humor, nature,
people, planes, trains, or automobiles postcards have it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Postcards became popular in the late 19th
century and continue to be mailed even today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real photo postcards from the 1910s and
20s are considered by collectors to be the most valuable but don't discount
the "artistic" cards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
of these full color cards can also bring top dollar because of rarity or
artist collectability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A postcard
collection can be started with pocket change and never stop growing so the
next time you are looking for something to do stop by and browse through
our thousands of cards starting at $0.25!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Advertising</strong>
-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever wonder who decorates TGI Fridays and
Bennigan's?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don't either, but we
are sure they would love to browse our Ad Ephemera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Posters, flyers, and magazine ads from
the "classic" era of the 40s, 50s, and 60s are always a great way
to start an ad art collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
also like matchbooks, labels, flyers, calendars, and even some newspaper
clippings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"And remember folks,
if your ephemera is not authentic Oddfellow's brand ephemera you have
settled for less!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH62UnMYFobB9SIUBGMEhM0QyFch37O6KeuCaU-BPludKfxo4m1Bq2_Wzd1rhqC89KNWstf5NZ6CgiV-Qqirb3HG_64B2lXb9j2-WYpNGzKq7AJBM8sWqQSZ3_2IbeBuyrGbWzbh7T35i/s1600/Topeka+kansas+ephemera+Oddfellows+fine+books+and+collectables.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH62UnMYFobB9SIUBGMEhM0QyFch37O6KeuCaU-BPludKfxo4m1Bq2_Wzd1rhqC89KNWstf5NZ6CgiV-Qqirb3HG_64B2lXb9j2-WYpNGzKq7AJBM8sWqQSZ3_2IbeBuyrGbWzbh7T35i/s320/Topeka+kansas+ephemera+Oddfellows+fine+books+and+collectables.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Local</strong> - Local
ephemera is just that, Topeka, KS and nearby photography, pamphlets,
official documents, stock certificates, yearbooks, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And while Topeka is our favorite, we have a collection of ephemera items from many Kansas small towns as well. </span>We have files dedicated to local ephemera
and try to keep it organized too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So there you
have it, ephemera is collectable paper items that were originally intended for
short term use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, what do you have
around the house that will be considered ephemera one day?</span></div>
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<br />
Gary Krohe will be on location to sign his new book <a href="http://www.portraitsoftroy.com/">Portraits of Troy</a>! <br />
<br />
And everything in the store will be 10% off all day! See you then!<br />
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Hi! Welcome to our blog. </div>
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We are Brandon and Martie Rison the owners of <a href="http://www.oddfellowbooks.com/">Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables</a> in Topeka, KS. Here we will talk about how to collect books, coins, and all sorts of other fantastic stuff. We will provide reviews of some of our favorite books and answer questions you may not even know you had like: Why is our currency called the dollar? What makes a book collectable? What exactly was Edgar Allan Poe's problem?</div>
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So for today's question we will answer one you are probably asking yourself now, "What the heck is a Numismatic Bookman?" Numismatics is the study of, collecting of, or selling of currency which can be anything from paper money to coins, tokens, and all sorts of varied and strange objects. A bookman is (in addition to my favorite font) someone who sells books for a living. In our particular case we operate a small used and collectible bookstore with a twist. In addition to great reading copies on subjects as varied as poetry, military history, art, religion, etc. we also offer an ever growing selection of scarce and rare, first edition and one-of-a-kind books with a focus on children's stories, modern fiction, and early Kansas. Our coin cases are as eclectic as our shelves; we buy and sell silver dollars, 19th century paper money, mint proof collectables, and even some foreign coins. In addition to the books and coins we also carry antique maps, stamps, Topeka and Kansas memorabilia, collecting supplies, and ephemera (fear not, an ephemera blog post is soon to come so you will not need to Google this word). Whether you collect or not we promise to inform, entertain, and even amaze you with our posts so check back often and learn why we are a couple who choose to be Oddfellow's.</div>
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Also check out or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oddfellows-Fine-Books-and-Collectables/499873516736534">Facebook page</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/OddfellowsBooks">Twitter feed</a> for more oddness and even a special or two. You can view some of our books for sale online <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=0&vci=58807867">here</a>. Or if you want to get extra crazy and contact us directly, you can do so with the following information:</div>
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Oddfellow's Fine Books & Collectables</div>
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117 SW 6th Street</div>
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Topeka, Kansas 66611</div>
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(785)235-1181</div>
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We look forward to getting to know you all!</div>
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Brandon and Martie Rison</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more about us at oddfellowbooks.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06627636484234260488noreply@blogger.com2