#maybe I should post the pic in my secondhand group and see if the owner's out there somewhere

[pastafossa]

Hit up a used bookstore today. I'm looking for old illustrations, basically, to collage into my junk journal style binder. Hopefully coming from books that would otherwise wind up in the garbage.

Had two interesting finds today!

The first: a book from the 70s about healthy herbs. Whoever owned it underlined a TON of stuff under slippery elm and mallow root (sore throat maybe?). They also left behind two things: a pressed leaf, and a fairly recent looking baby photo, used as a bookmark! Maaaaybe not the best choice for a bookmark. Has some nice illustrations!

Second: an even older book about herbal remedies, that appears to have once been a Catholic school library book in Buffalo, NY, though originally printed in London! It's still got its library card with names and everything, and some sort of like... Mary prayer card (idk, I'm not a Catholic, I just write one). I'm not sure how old it is (I think from 1950, the printing date is like... roman numerals?), but let's just say kids at the school were reading this book before my parents were even born. Interestingly, the only page with a fold or note in it is, again, slippery elm (follklore: ends pregnancies; coincidence at a catholic school?). It's got beautiful illustrations though, in between hilarious rants about girls PAINTING THEIR NAILS GREEN HOW SCANDALOUS and some... interesting remedies that I wouldn't really trust anymore. 😂

#i love old books because i love seeing what people were focusing on #the first book someone REALLY I'm guessing #wanted to treat a sore throat issue #although idk why the baby pic. but the leaf is cool! #maybe I should post the pic in my secondhand group and see if the owner's out there somewhere #the second book's library card was neat! #and the remedies were either hilarious or terrifying #i did bust up when she was just SHOCKED SHOCKED I SAY over some girl's green nails #either way it was a win i think #good stuff for my journal that might otherwise have gone unused!