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Not written this year, or not necessarily, but the best I've come across this year. It's a tradition dating back to my very first post for Books in the City, in which -- with the whole world of books available to me as subject matter -- I chose to celebrate the art of the well-written book dedication. That tells you something about my affection for those little solitaires twinkling and winking at us from the centres of white pages.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm talking about the best dedications, of course, the ones that speak from the heart with the tongue of a writer, that neither surfeit us with lists (how did that start, those endless pages of acknowledgments in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Enovels,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Efor God's sake!) nor starve us of landmarks, the ones that, despite us knowing they are for a certain someone, we discover are magically also for us.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere are this year's finds:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. \u0026nbsp;Yuyi Morales in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3153051\"\u003EThunder Boy Jr\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETo the Western Addition library in SF where, as a new mother and immigrant, I found my first home in the USA. Nancy, I hope you remember me. You changed my life forever when you put books in my hands.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003EA book dedication to a library! I had to start with this one. I've shared dedications to an author's typewriter, and to an airlines whose delayed flight inspired the book in question, but this is the first dedication to a library I've come across, via the San Francisco Public Library's Instagram feed @sfpubliclibrary (Western Addition is one of their branches).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs a librarian, I'm going to say that I'm sure Nancy remembers her.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe post went up as we were counting down to Banned Books Week, which was appropriate given that the author of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThunder Boy Jr \u003C\/i\u003Eis\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003ESherman Alexie, whose\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2265322\"\u003EThe absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eis one of the most challenged books in libraries in his country, the USA. The dedication in that semi-autobiographical work also makes a point about home: \"For Welpinit and Reardan, my hometowns\", it goes, the first being where Alexie grew up, on an Indian reservation in Washington State, and the second the town where he went to High School, his first time off the reservation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThunder Boy Jr \u003C\/i\u003Eis Alexie's first picture book, about a boy looking for a name of his own; Yuyi Morales is the illustrator. \u0026nbsp;Here's a short trailer from the publisher:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;  \u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mlJM4Py_RQo\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. Gloria Steinem in \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3083694\"\u003EMy Life on the Road\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGloria Steinem was asked by her interviewer at the Auckland Writers Festival this year to talk about the dedication to her new memoir, \u003Ci\u003EMy life on the road. \u003C\/i\u003E\"Shall I read it out loud?\" she rejoined. \"I don't want to assume everyone has read my book!\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHer reading of it made exactly my point: great dedications have it all there; they don't need to be commented on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis book is dedicated to:\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;Dr. John Sharpe of London, who in 1957, a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a twenty-two-year-old American on her way to India.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, “You must promise me two things. First you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life\".\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;Dear Dr. Sharpe, I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death: I’ve done the best I could with my life. This book is for you.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781863957922\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781863957922\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"212\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. \u0026nbsp;Jerome K Jerome in \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2516431\"\u003EIdle thoughts of an idle fellow\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EAfter two new books, here's an old one, published in 1886. I knew about this dedication but for the longest time I was mixed up, thinking it was by Italo Svevo, so I could never find it. It could have been by Svevo, who had in common with Jerome K Jerome a love of what in Svevo's native Trieste was referred to with the Austrian term witze, meaning witty paradoxes and contradictions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETHE VERY DEAR AND WELL-BELOVED\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;FRIEND\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EOF MY PROSPEROUS AND EVIL DAYS--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO THE FRIEND \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWHO, THOUGH IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINTANCESHIP\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;DID OFTTIMES DISAGREE WITH ME,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHAS SINCE BECOME\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO BE MY VERY WARMEST COMRADE--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO THE FRIEND\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;WHO, HOWEVER OFTEN I MAY PUT HIM OUT,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENEVER (NOW)  UPSETS ME IN REVENGE--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO THE FRIEND \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWHO, TREATED WITH MARKED COLDNESS BY ALL THE FEMALE\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAND REGARDED WITH SUSPICION\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;BY MY VERY DOG, NEVERTHELESS SEEMS DAY BY  DAY\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;TO BE MORE DRAWN BY ME, AND IN RETURN  TO\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMORE AND MORE IMPREGNATE ME WITH  THE\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EODOUR OF HIS FRIENDSHIP--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO THE FRIEND  WHO NEVER TELLS ME OF MY FAULTS, NEVER WANTS TO  BORROW\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;MONEY, AND NEVER TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETO THE COMPANION  OF MY IDLE HOURS,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETHE SOOTHER OF MY SORROWS,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;THE CONFIDANT OF MY JOYS AND HOPES--\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMY OLDEST AND STRONGEST\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EPIPE,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETHIS LITTLE VOLUME\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EIS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDEDICATED.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EItalo Svevo also had a close relationship with tobacco, but in his case it was the cigarette, and in particular the last cigarette. In his book \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1174480\"\u003EThe confessions of Zeno\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Eone of\u0026nbsp;his alter ego Zeno's neuroticisms is to repeatedly smoke the last cigarette, in order to re-experience the joy of quitting. When Svevo was mortally injured in a car accident, he asked at the hospital if he could have a cigarette. His request was denied. Ah, he sighed, that really would have been the last cigarette.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EIn addition to the dedication, Jerome K Jerome also wrote a fine preface for his book, which I would love to hear read out loud by John Cleese.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EOne or two friends to whom I showed these papers in MS. having observed that they were not half bad, and some of my relations having promised to buy the book if it ever came out, I feel I have no right to longer delay its issue. But for this, as one may say, public demand, I perhaps should not have ventured to offer these mere \"idle thoughts\" of mine as mental food for the English-speaking peoples of the earth. What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct, and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever. All I can suggest is that when you get tired of reading \"the best hundred books,\" you may take this up for half an hour. It will be a change.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. \u003Cb\u003ETony Ross in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2618588\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESticky ends: twenty-six cautionary verses with sticky end\u003C\/i\u003Es\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETo my dear mum and dad -- they always thought that I would come to one. T.R.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bVIa2-H6N2Y\/V_HtiEF9ODI\/AAAAAAAABXc\/lK_XhFMG2gow6lxSujuh5wJbtRm2xjP4wCLcB\/s1600\/Tony%2BRoss%2Bdedication.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-bVIa2-H6N2Y\/V_HtiEF9ODI\/AAAAAAAABXc\/lK_XhFMG2gow6lxSujuh5wJbtRm2xjP4wCLcB\/s320\/Tony%2BRoss%2Bdedication.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. Ogden Nash in \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1494147\"\u003EThe Face is Familiar\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis collection of poems by the man who gave us \"I never saw a purple cow...\" and \"If called by a panther, don't anther\" is a treasure I found in the Central City Library basement. Although the book was first published in the USA in 1940, our copy is the Australian Edition of May, 1943, a fact which some librarian of the past underlined by recovering the book in wallpaper featuring red and blue stripes interspersed with golden crowns. Not that this would have been her only foray into book preservation. Recovering books in serviceable wallpaper was once a thing in public libraries. I imagine this librarian's ghost floating around in our basement checking up on all her handiwork.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PqK3XRjbJMI\/V_HuQ4RLPtI\/AAAAAAAABXk\/YcRQD69DQEUdxEyfyDT5drz7TttSOmhvgCLcB\/s1600\/Ogden%2BNash%2Bwallpaper.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PqK3XRjbJMI\/V_HuQ4RLPtI\/AAAAAAAABXk\/YcRQD69DQEUdxEyfyDT5drz7TttSOmhvgCLcB\/s320\/Ogden%2BNash%2Bwallpaper.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBefore disposing of the original cover, the librarian cut out the blurb on its flap and pasted it into the book, turning the book into a sort of time-capsule:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn re-issuing this book in an Australian edition, the publishers are confident that it will add considerably to the gaiety of this land at a time when our sense of humour is in danger of being submerged in a total war effort.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003EIt goes on to cite a poem in the book, a dig at Japanese expansionist tendencies on the eve of Pearl Harbour, which the Australian publishers - how realistically I don't know - hoped the Australians would still be finding funny in 1943.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the other hand, I myself found a comment apropos of Ogden Nash's death funny enough to note down - or maybe I actually came up with it?\u0026nbsp;It's scribbled in my own hand next to my notes for this post.\u0026nbsp;It'd be nice to think I could be so witty as to quip \"Merde! Improperly prepared!\" in reaction to learning that one of the most famous rhymers in the history of poetry died from eating improperly prepared coleslaw. Googling brings up nothing. If anyone knows the origin of this genial epigram, please let me know!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI was taking notes because I had discovered that a postage stamp honouring Ogden Nash made history by being the first US postage stamp to contain the word \"sex\"- \"although as a synonym for gender\", Wikipedia tells us. Whew!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It appears under the letter O\" the wikipedia pundit continues. With my librarian skills I was able to quickly unearth a reproduction of the stamp, just to check that fact. The pundit had it right.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-T9BSzHt6YN8\/V_Hn2KcYm6I\/AAAAAAAABXM\/4R7uDaVQI5ovPwGIrMc4qzoGPSr2uJIHgCLcB\/s1600\/Ogden%2BNash%2BStamp.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-T9BSzHt6YN8\/V_Hn2KcYm6I\/AAAAAAAABXM\/4R7uDaVQI5ovPwGIrMc4qzoGPSr2uJIHgCLcB\/s320\/Ogden%2BNash%2BStamp.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut I could not believe my eyes when I saw the price of the stamp and realised that this could not have happened in the fifties as I had assumed. In fact, it turned out to be issued in 2002, on the centennial of Nash's birth! What, the word sex made history in 2002? Are we kidding?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Amarillo, Texas newspaper article where I found this information contained, further along, a telling insight. The other set of new stamps to come out that year was \"Discover Canada\", highlighting popular tourist attractions. So, images of Foggy Cove and the Icefields Parkway and Buffalo Jump, vying for attention with Nash's racy poem \"The Turtle\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe turtle lives 'twixt plated decks\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Which practically conceal its sex.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;I think it clever of the turtle\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;In such a fix to be so fertile.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe dedication I found in the book, to Nash's wife, is not scandalous, antic or clever. It's sentimental, a bit reminiscent of the classic era poetry schoolboys of Nash's time (and of my father's, although he was a generation later) used to learn. \"Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by...\" But it's definitely going straight to the book dedication wall in my pool room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFor Francis\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAnd now to settle for the years,\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThat flew like frightened birds;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAs fee for ten of happiness\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EI offer ten of words.\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4804965365126408610\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/day-of-dedications.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4804965365126408610"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4804965365126408610"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/day-of-dedications.html","title":"Day of the dedications"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OJ413AHpYFk\/V-2gxPSoa5I\/AAAAAAAABWs\/s-t7aGtXX5kIcd4mOpGe4InuR_rXcks3gCLcB\/s72-c\/SFPL%2Bdedication.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});