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Charity shop find. I love these old dust jackets. This one appears to be from 1948.
And inside I found tucked a page from a letter dated 1959 and a black & white photo of a man in old timey khaki uniform with floppy beret and a woman holding a bouquet of flowers. Since I'm nosy as hell I had to buy the book 🤣

#virtualtour picture today is from our 2017 trip, when we visited Valley of Rocks in Devonshire. It‘s the setting for the tagged book, and was absolutely stunning. We also saw one of the feral goats that roam the valley.

Inspired by the amazing memoir by Angela Wales, Barefoot in the Bindis, I searched for my copy of Lorna Doone & found I have 2 copies. One is a new version, published in 2003 and the other is the original version (1945) which I will choose to read.
Wales mentions quite a few books in her novel, which she read as a child & I know I have a few of them myself. I may have to listen to the book again to gather a list and post it.

Since it‘s February. #romance I remember my grandmother giving me a copy of this when I was about 12. Never read it though.

Today I spent some time looking through my grandma‘s bookshelves, and I found a few of these small editions. This is the one that came home with me. The book doesn‘t have a publication date, but it was gifted to my great grandma for Christmas 1918. It appears it might be only volume one of a two volume set. Even so, I‘m happy to have a book from her collection.

I have a story! ☺️ Last night, I came across this title. I immediately jumped online to try to find it - my library didn‘t have it (weird?) and amazon and abebooks didn‘t have any editions that ‘spoke to me‘. Well, this morning I got to work a little early so I stopped into a local charity shop. Just to find this BEAUTIFUL edition for 50p. Life can be funny sometimes! 💙

The story of the good John Ridd and his lady love. A very wordy book, very glad I went with the #audio otherwise I may never have finished. I enjoyed John Ridd and his exploits. #LitsyClassics #L #2018christyread #solong

Our tour in Exmoor hasn't allowed much reading time this week. I just wanted to pop in for #Litsypartyofone with a bookish picture from today's touring. We were in the Doone Valley today, and this is the church where Lorna Doone was supposedly shot on her wedding day. After this, I will have to read the book! Lots of posts and pictures when we return.

At some point I will give this #onemoretry. But we don't have a great history together!

#junetunz @Cinfhen

I love coming back to my parents' and picking a read, so many classics to choose from!

I guess the Doone family could be described as #renegades? Certainly outlaws.

This is a (another) book I've tried to read so many times. One day I'll get through it!

@Cinfhen #lyricalapril

Pic: Horner Valley by me'nthedogs. https://flic.kr/p/RxxnL9

This is my copy of Lorna Doone , which I've had for about 35 years. It is a 6th edition and was published in 1873. I bought this book for its cover, which is fabric. I'm not sure if it is silk or taffeta, but it is gorgeous. Unfortunately, the book itself isn't in very good condition, but I just can't part with it! I recently bought a paperback edition so that I can read it. #judgedbyitscover #marchintoreading

These #artdeco beauties were what I was trying to capture earlier when cat interfered 😉
#feistyfeb

Photographing my #artdeco covers for #feistyfeb and almost didn't notice the shadowy #catbomb by my friend Fritz.
(He wants me to clarify that his butt is not that mountainous. It's a trick of the angle. He claims...)
#littenkitten #catsoflitsy

A #classicIhavenotread and probably never will - I just thought it was too pretty to pass up.
Such lovely art deco flowers 😉💕

Sooo many. I've been avoiding the big ones. But I think maybe a Tale of Two Cities might not be that big, if I remember right.

#aclassicyouhaventread #seasonsreadings2016
@NataliePatalie

A classic I haven't read is Lorna Doone. It's been sitting on my shelf for years waiting for me. #seasonsreadings2016 @RealLifeReading