This is another see-through plastic bookmark that I think works really well. Books on top of books on top of books!
Book: Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary by Henry Hitchings
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Bookmarked! #133: Prince Edward Island
No, I’ve never been to P.E.I. You should know by now that I haven’t been many places. I’ve stood on the New Brunswick side of the Confederation Bridge over the Northumberland Strait though and looked at it. That should count for something.
Book: The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
Bookmarked! #132: Bookstores No More XVII: Bryan Prince Bookseller
Bryan Prince Bookseller was an independent bookstore in Hamilton that opened in 1989 and closed doors in 2018. The bookmark I have isn’t in the best of shape, but it’s all that’s left now.
Book: Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis by Robert D. Kaplan
Bookmarked! #131: Bookstores No More XVI: The Children’s Book Store
I don’t know much about the Children’s Book Store. I’m pretty sure I was never in it so I don’t know where I got the bookmark. I also don’t know what happened to the store as it’s not at this location anymore and probably no longer exists. At least I couldn’t find anything about it online.
I love the way the bookmark lets you make a list of the books you’ve read on the back. Things like that were lots of fun when I was a kid.
Book: Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School by Amos Kamil with Sean Elder
Bookmarked! #130: A Trip to the Taj
Nope, I’ve never been to the Taj Mahal. Or India. But some friends brought me back this fancy keepsake that looks so nice in its package I don’t dare take it out.
Book: Thomas Kyd: A Dramatist Restored by Brian Vickers
Bookmarked! #129: Book Pile
A very special bookmark this week from the fabulous Fraggle! It’s a handpainted comic scene with a feline taking a catnap on top of a pile of books (which I’ve reviewed). Not a very comfortable perch for that kitty, but they always seem to make do.
Book: American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy by Eunji Kim
Bookmarked! #128: Celeb Sex Shenanigans
I’ve talked before about these promotional bookmarks that used to be quite common and that you don’t see as much of anymore. This is a good example, and it’s from the early days of my collection. I don’t know when I picked it up, but the first edition of The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People came out in 1976. The keyhole shape was a sly idea.
Book: The Film Encylopedia by Ephraim Katz
Bookmarked! #127: Do Not Disturb
We’re keeping it small and simple this week!
Book: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Bookmarked! #126: English Country Estates
This week’s bookmarks are brought to you by the fabulous Fraggle, who sent them all the way from the north of England. Gibside and Wallington Hall are both heritage sites and I was thrilled to see that the National Trust still have these embossed leather bookmarks in their gift shops. Because what’s a nicer keepsake than a bookmark? I still have a bunch of them from my visit to the UK in the 1970s (see some from Scotland here), but I don’t think I was ever in Northumberland or Tyne & Wear.
Book: A History of Britain: The British Wars 1603 – 1776 by Simon Schama
Bookmarked! #125: Eek! A Mouse!
I’ve posted a lot of cat bookmarks over the years. Time to even things out a bit with this stylish silver piece from Gibraltar.
Book: A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present by Glenn Adamson
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