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"The Guarani was my first book I have read by my own free will
-Adriana Gomes Monteiro
12 years old"

There isn't any date but I am imagining this is an old inscription and this girl is probally older than me today.

Book: O Guarani - José de Alencar

<div class="md"><p>&quot;The Guarani was my first book I have read by my own free will
-Adriana Gomes Monteiro
12 years old&quot;</p>

<p>There isn&#39;t any date but I am imagining this is an old inscription and this girl is probally older than me today.</p>

<p>Book: O Guarani - José de Alencar</p>
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First literature experience by this girl

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A few inscriptions by a woman named Mary Rooke, one dated 1729

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Found this in southern France a few years back, does anyone know what it says?

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From one troubled soul to another.

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I found this inscription last night in my late mother’s copy of Khalil Gibran’s  ‘The Prophet’.  

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Found this in a second hand poetry book.

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Celebrated Crimes of the Russian court p.1895

<div class="md"><p>Celebrated Crimes of the Russian court p.1895</p>
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A slight update

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I hope you had a grand birthday, Olsen.  I’ll keep the adventures going for you…

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found in a book from goodwill

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Robert Kardashian says follow the truth

Previous owner (Ray Dobbins AKA Jim Flannigan, NYC, 1947-2021) wrote a play about Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy (Alexandria, 1863-1933) called "Read My Hips" (performed in London c. 2005). He inscribed a line from a Cavafy poem on the rear endpaper of this book.

Charity shop find. What a lovely friend to have 

Heartfelt inscription in my thrifted poetry book

The top inscription (1871)
Idk if I’m just terrible at reading or this handwriting is super hard to read😅

<div class="md"><p>The top inscription (1871)
Idk if I’m just terrible at reading or this handwriting is super hard to read😅</p>
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Can anyone read what this says please?

A Gift For Christine

I know this is not what this sub is intended for but the other book-related subs don't allow pictures. I tried to shine a light under it and read what it's covering but I can't make it out as it's directly obscured by that "Copyright ... Zürich" line. Has anyone ever seen this in a book? Is it possible that it was added as a means to write the copyright info in English? I'm just curious about this practice in general.

<div class="md"><p>I know this is not what this sub is intended for but the other book-related subs don&#39;t allow pictures. I tried to shine a light under it and read what it&#39;s covering but I can&#39;t make it out as it&#39;s directly obscured by that &quot;Copyright ... Zürich&quot; line. Has anyone ever seen this in a book? Is it possible that it was added as a means to write the copyright info in English? I&#39;m just curious about this practice in general.</p>
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Why are the last two lines printed on a seperate piece of paper and glued to the page?

Thrift store find. I guess Kathleen wasn’t very impressed.

Found in a charity shop

I bought a book about environmental crimes and found annotations from one of the involved members

Can someone read this person’s name? I found it inscribed in a recent book I acquired.

Clarke to Lanier to Anderson to Norton

note inside a used book i bought

This note I found in a book that was donated to my workplace to read to animals

Whose notes?

Today while organizing my bookshelf I found a book that I had forgotten about. 
A few years ago, while working for a post and beam company I met Anita Shreve’s husband . Sadly, she had passed away a few months before I was hired. 
When I learned whose home we were finishing, I bought a copy of the Pilots Wife to get a feel for the absence of the author. Although I never would have read the PW, I could enjoy the concept and I felt closer to the  work we were doing on her home.
One day, I told her husband that I had read and enjoyed his wife’s writing.
He seemed touched but a little surprised that a Timber Framer had read a romantic suspense story from the late 90’s.
As I was leaving the job site for the weekend he came outside (He had already moved into the home while we finished the siding and trim work).
He handed me this copy of Stella Bain. Saying that he thought this was a good one for me to read.
We finished the work at their home shortly after this but before I started reading the gifted book.
It was only after I started reading it that I noticed the notes scattered throughout the book.
I’m curious as to whose notes they might be? 
Her’s? 
Her editor’s?
It looks kind of like it’s being adapted.
Can anyone tell from the notes? 
Let me know! Thank you.

<div class="md"><p>Whose notes?</p>

<p>Today while organizing my bookshelf I found a book that I had forgotten about. 
A few years ago, while working for a post and beam company I met Anita Shreve’s husband . Sadly, she had passed away a few months before I was hired. 
When I learned whose home we were finishing, I bought a copy of the Pilots Wife to get a feel for the absence of the author. Although I never would have read the PW, I could enjoy the concept and I felt closer to the  work we were doing on her home.
One day, I told her husband that I had read and enjoyed his wife’s writing.
He seemed touched but a little surprised that a Timber Framer had read a romantic suspense story from the late 90’s.
As I was leaving the job site for the weekend he came outside (He had already moved into the home while we finished the siding and trim work).
He handed me this copy of Stella Bain. Saying that he thought this was a good one for me to read.
We finished the work at their home shortly after this but before I started reading the gifted book.
It was only after I started reading it that I noticed the notes scattered throughout the book.
I’m curious as to whose notes they might be? 
Her’s? 
Her editor’s?
It looks kind of like it’s being adapted.
Can anyone tell from the notes? 
Let me know! Thank you.</p>
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Notes in book. Author’s? Editor’s? Screenplay writer’s?

Inside my used copy of the Tao Te Ching

The first signature is from Arthur H. Klobe. He was a Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. 1st Army and a participant in the Normandy landing.
 
I don’t know anything about who “McKeever” is nor anything about the notes at the end. I’m sure I’ll end up researching them eventually.

<div class="md"><p>The first signature is from Arthur H. Klobe. He was a Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. 1st Army and a participant in the Normandy landing.</p>

<p>I don’t know anything about who “McKeever” is nor anything about the notes at the end. I’m sure I’ll end up researching them eventually.</p>
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Notes from three different people in one book

Strange, unfinished message in a paella cookbook

Found in a copy of ‘The Bell Jar’ from a thrift store. I hope Amanda came through ok

I found this one from on a local bookstore's page but couldn't get it because someone had purchased it already. But I saved the picture anyway for I love this inscription.

<div class="md"><p>I found this one from on a local bookstore&#39;s page but couldn&#39;t get it because someone had purchased it already. But I saved the picture anyway for I love this inscription.</p>
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The unbearable lightness of being

Found in the booksale of a local stationery store.

Since the very first books were printed, people have been adding writing of their own. A name in the front flap, annotations in the margin, declarations of love, notes of sympathy, or messages to future readers (us). The words inscribed in books give us a small, sometimes tiny, but always *human* glimpse into the lives and thoughts of people from days gone by. 

BookInscriptions is dedicated to the preservation of these wonderful and often forgotten looks into society’s past. Come and share all of the writing you find, no matter the subject, sender or recipient. If it’s written in a book, it belongs here. 

Here are some other subreddits you may enjoy:

/r/FoundPaper

/r/books

/r/BookPorn

/r/BookCollecting

/r/BookHaul


<div class="md"><p>Since the very first books were printed, people have been adding writing of their own. A name in the front flap, annotations in the margin, declarations of love, notes of sympathy, or messages to future readers (us). The words inscribed in books give us a small, sometimes tiny, but always <em>human</em> glimpse into the lives and thoughts of people from days gone by. </p>

<p>BookInscriptions is dedicated to the preservation of these wonderful and often forgotten looks into society’s past. Come and share all of the writing you find, no matter the subject, sender or recipient. If it’s written in a book, it belongs here. </p>

<p>Here are some other subreddits you may enjoy:</p>

<p><a href="/r/FoundPaper">/r/FoundPaper</a></p>

<p><a href="/r/books">/r/books</a></p>

<p><a href="/r/BookPorn">/r/BookPorn</a></p>

<p><a href="/r/BookCollecting">/r/BookCollecting</a></p>

<p><a href="/r/BookHaul">/r/BookHaul</a></p>
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<div class="md"><p>Cool writing found in books. </p>
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7,277 Subscribers

I found this inscription last night in my late mother’s copy of Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’.