The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas, 1849-50
Dean and Son, UK, ~1960

Tales from the Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio, written 1351-53
translated by Richard Aldington, 1930
Garden City Publishing, US, 1930

It’s OK to have a cartoon crush in your 50s when the character is also in her 50s, right?

Malenky, Vidma and I are all lounging directly in the path of the cool air from the air-conditioner (Vidma is under the chair I’m sitting on)

Rabbit, Run
John Updike, 1960
The Franklin Library, US, 1977
signed by author on third leaf