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La Bibliotheque (The Library)
This section also contains medical and law boxes.
See also La Bibliotheque 1, 2,
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If you are a great reader, as I am, (my password for one of the Internet
bookstores is "voracious reader"), then you will enjoy owning one of these
boxes. I'm a big fan of old mysteries, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
are great favorites of mine. Spending an hour or two with them is just
like visiting with old friends, soul satisfying! So, imagine my delight
when I found not only Agatha Christie commemorated by a Limoges box but
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective, Sherlock Holmes, as well.
This being a library, we have books other than those mentioned above,
so thumb through some of our other volumes and see if there isn't something
that will pleasure you. Or a friend!
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A. The "Murder on the Orient Express" Box. A porcelain
edition of a very famous book, almost as good as owning a first edition.
Well, not quite. Even if you haven't had the pleasure of reading this
incredibly complex mystery certainly you are familiar with it from Hollywood's
star-studded film of the same name. The box has all of the tools of Poirot's
trade painted on the inside including one that he never used himself,
a tiny removable revolver. Retail: Upwards of $199.00. Our price: $169.90.
Insider's Special: $129.90.
B. The Sherlock Holmes Deer Stalker Cap Box. Like his
famous headgear, even to the "County Check" fabric. Inside, his pipe,
three dimensional and removable. Retail: Upwards of $199.00. Our price: $169.90. Insider's Special: $129.90.
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C. The RN's Box. For Registered Nurses, a Book of Nursing Protocols. This is the first box I have ever seen for the Nursing Profession and it has one of those little nursing caps resting on it, the kind that RN's all used to wear. Do you know, some of my earliest memories are of one of those little caps sitting on the head of a nice lady who was taking care of me. I was in the hospital having my tonsils taken out. I was perhaps 5 years old but I can still remember how nice she was and how she held me when I cried and how she fed me lots of ice cream and Jello, two of my then favorite things. My throat was so sore and she was right, they went down easily and the Ice Cream was sooo soothing to my very sore throat. She and the Ice Cream were the best things about the whole time I was in the hospital and in those days it was for a week and that was just for a tonsillectomy. When I had my appendix out, many years later I was in the hospital for more than two weeks. Today they operate on you and send you home within a couple of hours. Medicine has made such advances since the early part of World War 2 and then the space shots. Things that we never dreamed of being possible have been accomplished and all because of the needs that those two events brought about. At the risk of sounding like a Pollyanna, I shall say, Some good comes from everything. Inside, painted,that dreadful shot needle and a stethoscope in metal that is removable. The clasp is unimportant to the box. Retail: About $151.00. Our price: $135.90.
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D. Le Livre de Medecine Box. For those with M.D. after
their name this is a most appropriate gift. It's an illustrated text,
those are someone's lungs you see on the left hand page. I can only assume
that the text on the right is descriptive of same. That's a dimensional
stethoscope resting on the open pages. Inside, the dreaded SHOT needle!
Non dimensional, thank heavens. Retail: Upwards of $195.00. Our price:
$175.90.
E. The Have a Seat, Won't You Box? And the answer is generally,
Well, if I must? The Dentist Chair Box. It isn't that you don't like
him,
you just don't like what he does is the problem. I have yet to meet anyone
who willingly gets into this chair. It may be a recliner but it is also
one that is often declined. The reason that I bought this box was not
to commemorate dentists particularly but because the customer wanted
to
remember her years as a dental assistant. She loved the dentist for whom
she worked for so many years. Well, I also loved my dentist of 35 years
but my mouth was enough commemorative for him, I thought. She wanted
a chair that had all of the equipment with it. I drew the line at that.
Who needs or wants to remember the drill? Ugh! Open wide, please! Retail:
About $173.00. Our price:$156.90.
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F. For Legal Eagles, The Scales of Justice
Box.
Another instance of Elayne taking license with her placement of boxes,
but necessary. Sorry. What can one say about the Scales of Justice except
that these are evenly balanced. The weights are painted along the bottom
of the box and a tiny cherub is at the apex of the scale. The interior
of the box is gold washed and it could easily hold a man's studs or cuff
links or collar stays. It's a rather nice way of saying Thank You after
he wins your case. Retail: Upwards of $173.00. Our price: $147.90.
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G. A Box for The Graduate! Suitable for graduation from any school ranging from nursery school to getting an advanced degree like a doctorate! A stack of three tomes, leather bound with gilt bindings, and sitting atop the stack --a mortar board with tassel! Inside, a dimensional and removable Diploma! and it has space for a bit of personalization. The clasp is a quill pen. Retail: $215.00. Our price: $193.90.
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