One of my employees acquired an old family bible recently at a yard sale. She prefers to read in Spanish, so after buying this old tome, she wondered if maybe I'd be interested in it. The pages were intact, but the leather spine was missing and the two covers were consequently completely divorced from the rest of the book. There were a few color plates among the pages.
There was no publication or printing date, but judging by the style of the cover, I'd have guessed late 19th century. Generally, it's not worth much, particularly in its current condition, according to my ex-FIL, who is a book dealer and collector.
As I was flipping through it, I discovered this little card inside. It reads
Birthday Greetings
Of all the days in the year this is
Your Day. Many Happy Returns,
From your friends at
The Thornton & Minor Sanitorium
I was thinking (honestly, kind of hoping) this was a mental sanitarium. Nope, wrong end.
I think I might frame this and hang it in the bathroom.
