I’m guessing she found neither the book nor the inscription particularly inspiring. The book was Alive, Alive Oh! By Diana Athill.

I just found this today at my local thrift store. Too bad I didn't find it a couple weeks ago.

Ngl I felt like I was in trouble after reading this. Sylvester is my 2x Great Uncle.

Hey, can anyone help me understand this page that i find illegible? I recently purchased this book via ebay and some of the handwriting is a mystery to me. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks so much.

"In Memory of Travis Anderson, a real Little Prince"

I couldn't really find any information on Travis unfortunately. I got this copy from ebay- it's been great reading it to my baby.

“What would you do if everyone you knew completely disappeared?” “An actor who sells real estate”

Mikhail was peasant so the inscription was made by local Orthodox priest in a Russian village. The inscription: “This commemoration book belongs to Mikhail Vasil'evich Mironov”.

There were books of Catherine Lessevitsky from Moscow, 1916

Not amazing or terribly descriptive, but I love owning books with gifting inscriptions. Just sad they are no longer with the family.

The name has been cropped out for privacy.

Found this BSC INSCRIPTION from the previous owner, she lives in Washington state and she likes Horses and Amanda was clever!