Awesome find at Ellie’s book shop

While waiting to pick up my lunch at the K-Town grill, I happened upon the following book at my friend Ellie’s book store (which is right next door):

This book is a collection of toasts/poems, compiled in 1904 (105 years old as of this writing!) by Ambrose Bierce and George Sterling; published under the pseudonym: “Clotho”. According to the handwriting on the inside, it was given as a Christmas gift in 1910 to someone named (or nicknamed hopefully) ‘Butts’. Just thinking about the story it could tell if it could talk is overwhelming… this book has “lived” my lifetime 3.6 times over! What a serendipidious discovery for a brewer