Rescued Items

There was a household junk collection in our suburb the other week. I went for a walk and a nosey, and found some pretty awesome stuff.

Firstly (and bestly) I picked up these two little books:


The one on the top is a slightly mouse-chewed copy of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species and was published in 1956. It's absolutely no use to me but it does feature lots of rather excellent illustrations.


The other book is First Aid, from the Junior Red Cross. It was published in 1953 (just a teensy bit out of date...) and also contains some lovely illustrations.




I really love the pictures at the start of each chapter. I'd like to post them all, but I guess that would just bore you to tears. So I won't. Still, they are lovely, and not at all gruesome or gorey.
I also found:
- A copy of The Readers' Digest Guide to Sewing
- Several other less exciting books, including a thesaurus and a novel
- An ENTIRE BOLT of gorgeous sheeny purpley fabric. Who on earth would throw out something like this?! Not sure what I'll do with it yet - it's a bit dark for curtains, so maybe a dress. xx