These are four bookmarks from a set of 30. There are a lot of sets sold like this and if you like the particular theme (I have sets of old maps and paintings by Van Gogh) I think they’re pretty nice.
Book: Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century by Orville Schell and John Delury
Things are getting warmer in these parts, the snow is all melted and this little pewter bookmark struck me as something seasonal.
Book: Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Some friends just returned from a cruise on the Danube, and brought me back a little gift that they knew I’d appreciate. This is a bookmark of the Hungarian House of Parliament.
Book: Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Greg King and Penny Wilson
I keep thinking Brass Butterfly was the name of a proto-metal band in the ’60s, or a kung-fu master in a martial arts film of the same era. Around here though they’re bookmarks.
Book: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
But why an “S” bookmark? Well there is a reason, but it may have to remain one of life’s sweet mysteries, dear readers.
Book: The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
A lot of these paperclip bookmarks are silly, novelty items. Here are a couple I posted pics of a while back. I think this one really takes the cake though. I don’t know who even would come up with the idea. But it looks funky!
Book: The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe by Josh Mitchell
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
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
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
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
Alex Good 