Vintage Thingies Thursday: Valentino's Book

It's time to share what may be my favorite vintage item in my household.

I always stop in antique stores and look through the books. Sometimes there are boxes and piles of them, but I know what I like and I know what I'm looking for. I love Christmas novels. Once while shopping I saw an old volume with the title "This Way to Christmas." I pulled it out and opened it at the middle. The story was obviously charming. Then I flipped to the title page to see the date. 1916. But look! There facing the title page was a beautiful frontispiece by Norman Rockwell. This would have been very early in his career.

Then I continued flipping towards the front of the book and my jaw dropped. The previous owner had left his bookplate in the book.

I enlisted a professional to research and appraise it, and this was indeed, a book which belonged to Valentino. The famous heartthrob silent film actor had a very extensive library. How this book got to my small town I'll never know. It is well worn and obviously well read. The story is absolutely charming, and it's even more fun imagining The Sheik himself reading the same book.

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What has the elf been up to?

He left another gift last night, some jingly bells. The kids wasted no time in making noise with them.



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