Heyoka’s Workbench

Traces

I have a penchant for old books, the older the better. And one thing I find particularly fascinating about them are the traces they bear of their former owners. Like this inscription in a 1910 copy of a book by Otto Julius Bierbaum.

The message (in German) is written in a dated script I could hardly decipher:
A happy return home wishes Mizzi Tasch. – Vienna 21, Langenzersdorf, Tulzgasse …

Photo: “Handwritten inscription in an old book”