Interesting finds in the trunk

of my MIL's car. 

Most of the stuff was junk and Romance Novels. However, I picked up a hardbound book and took it inside the house to look at later.

Was I ever surprised!

I actually opened it up and started reading it in the middle of the book because I recall seeing the movie as a kid. [The 1959 version]

Then I decided to look inside the front cover.

It had the most beautiful hand writing I've ever seen, the book was given as a gift on January 1st 1888 to Miss Emilie.

That peaked my interest. In 1880 it was entered into the Library of Congress.

So I checked the back of the book and saw the list of books for sale from Harper's and Brothers with prices.

I know understand why my hubby always insisted that I go clean out the trunk. Well, I did score a couple of treasures. [maybe]

I'm not sure they are worth anything.

The other treasure I was handed from the guys was this a Campbell Soup shaker:

I cleaned it up and wished that I'd checked to see if the mate was in her trunk too. Oddly enough, it was full of Pepper and it smelled good. [I dumped it]

However, now I have a couple more things to add to my oddities for Still Life Photography.

I may get a less fragile copy of the book from the Library and read it.