Wishing Everyone a safe and Happy Holiday ~
time for reflection, for sharing, and for love.
Post Card from December, 1909 ~ A Bright and Merry Christmas.

The true story of Alfred Kienitz ~ his escape from Germany ~ risking his life to assist family, friends and even strangers to escape the clutches of Communism.
Written by his daughter, Doris Kienitz, East Germany and the Escape, Kitchen Table Memoirs.

A Memoir Available at The Neat Little Bookshop in both soft cover and hard. Please call or email to reserve your copy. 905-577-5635, lbwalker@shaw.ca

~ FriesenPress, First Edition, November, 2011

Postcards from 1900 - 1910

Proving that children really did have a l-o-n-g walk to school back then!

"Owning a first-edition book is like having a baby and not being able to cuddle it," says George Murray of J. N. Barfield* Books in New York City.

"A scratch, a rip, or smudge diminishes a first edition's value as an investment." For those who wish to own fine books and read them, too, leather-bound volumes offer handsome rewards. Barfield's collection dates from about 1870 to 1929, when bookbinding went the way of the stock market, never to rebound. The shop welcomes and educates browsers.
~ BOUND TO BE ENJOYED, Country Living Magazine, Dec. 1991.

*J. N. Bartfield Rare and Fine Books, New York

Early Postcards although sent with warm sentiments were poorly crafted with no embellishments. Later as the quality of paper and printing methods improved, cards became decorative works of art.

Postcards from the Past

"The Cayuga Bridge Company was incorporated in 1836 and the bridge was completed soon afterward. A bridge was also built at Seneca. The Cayuga company was a joint stock operation, financed by shareholders, who profited from the tolls which were collected. The government set limits on the tolls: total annual amount collected could not be more than 20 per cent of the total cost of the bridge."
In 2011, as the plans for a new bridge to replace the old in Cayuga are revised and revealed, we read with interest the chapter on the history of roads and bridges in Haldimand County.
Available at The Neat Little Bookshop The Early Years by Cheryl MacDonald, author and historian. $20.