Confessions Of A Bookplatejunkie
Blog URL http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com
Located Philidelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Tags Bookplate, Ephemera, Antiquarian Books
Quieky blog about bookplates, ephemera , old books and the joy of collecting
Latest Blog Posts
- Theatrical Bookplates Part One on Nov 22, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_EldridgeIf I find a bookplate related to any aspect of the film or stage professions I usually buy it. If you immediately recognize more then three of these celebrities it means you are either much older than I a...
- Back From The Boston Book Shows on Nov 17, 2009 in Veronica Gale Sammel Lois Gilbert
I am a creature of habit , going to the same book shows every year, staying in the same hotels, eating in the same restaurants etc..This year in order to economize I tried a bed and breakfast in Brookline , Mass. It turned out to be a good choice...
- Zombie Bookplates on Nov 16, 2009
Fake (posthumous) bookplates have been around for a long time. Auction houses and executors of estates increasingly print them to market books from the libraries of famous people.The Andy Warhol bookplate is a good example of this very questionable...
- California Birds, Bookplates and Booksellers on Nov 8, 2009
Richard Wagener is one of the premier wood engravers working in the United States today. "He characterizes the bird he chose for his personal ex libris as the eccentric Emu"I like bookplates from California in general and this simple design from a Sa...
- Let The Buyers Beware on Nov 6, 2009
I have neither time nor inclination to alert all the "dealers" who misrepresent provenance. I have seen an increase in misrepresentations lately. If a dealer can not cite specific references to back up a claim do not buy from him. Here is how this de...
- Collector Profile Robert J. Weinberg on Nov 1, 2009
Bookplate Collector Profile - Robert J. WeinbergOne day in the 1960's, I was at my mother's house. She was a member of the Book of the Month Club. I opened one of her books and noticed a bookplate with her name on it given to her by the BOMC. I thoug...
- The Search for Cleon on Oct 24, 2009 in Cleonike Damiankes Wilkins
Click on Image To EnlargeSeveral weeks ago when I asked for information about the artist Cleon who designed the bookplate for Chester Odiorne Swain,Tom Boss called to say he had seen some book jackets designed by an artist with that name in Jackets R...
