I have some big bookmarks. So big that they’re actually hard to use. You can’t tell from the picture but this one is 14″ from top to bottom, so I had to find a really big book to put it in.
There’s a lot going on here. Some metal filigree. Textile. And a Turkish evil eye ornament at the bottom. So I’m guessing this came from Turkey, as I have a few bookmarks from there and I had an uncle who was Turkish. But I don’t remember now when I got it.
Book: Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History by Frank D. Robinson
Alex Good 
Can we post fan fiction about how you might have got it?
Alex Good and The Evil Eye of the Turkish Uncle is my working title.
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Another bestseller!
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I’m guessing you’d use bookmarks like that for when you’re reading the Encyclopedia…
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An excellent use to put them to! Hope your efforts at reading the complete Britannica are coming along.
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I read an American version back in my teens. Could have used a book mark then!
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Ah, the American version. Is that the one with the hollowed out pages that you can conceal your handgun in? You just pull out the G volume for “gun” and you’re ready to go!
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No, that was the Deluxe Special Edition. We couldn’t afford that, so we just had to get the regular one with all the words inside.
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More educational, but not as useful for defending one’s home. I guess there’s always a trade-off.
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Well, you “could” use the regular edition as an oversized throwing star, just one with only 4 corners….
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John showed how useful a good book can be.
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I got one of those when I went to Turky. I thought they were called Evil Eyes which didn’t make sense when they’re supposed to be good luck, but they’re really called nazar boncuğu and are to protect you from the ‘evil eye’ – the evil eye being someone who curses you by means of a malevolent glare!
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Turkey with an e 🙄 sorry.
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Also, it’s a beautiful bookmark!
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It’s certainly a deluxe bookmark! It’s huge and the combination of all the different elements is crazy. I don’t think I have any others quite like it.
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Yes, I thought that was weird too! It’s called evil eye but it’s actually a charm. They are popular with tourists. I think they sell a lot in Spain too.
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