I just recently found this package of children’s bookmarks. I have no idea when or where I got them, but I think they were printed in Japan. They depict Mr. and Mrs. Noah and some of the animal pairs that were on the ark. I also included the package they came in, but I don’t know what the lettering on the side of the ark says. Any help? I also wonder why Noah and his wife are so cheery and who they might be waving at.
Book: The Harper Collins Study Bible
Well, I don’t know if it’s a magic carpet. But it’s a Turkish carpet. Close enough!
Book: 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson
Nice pairing of bookmarks with a similar theme.
Book: Pure Wit; The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish by Francesca Peacock
A nice mixture of wood in this bookmark. I have a number of wooden bookmarks, most of which aren’t very practical because they’re so thick. But they look nice.
Book: Not Alone by Sarah K. Jackson
I’m not sure, but I think this came from a Joan Miró exhibition. Or maybe it just makes me think of Miró.
Book: Network of Lies: Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter
Another nice travel bookmark, albeit from another place I’ve never been. This is a picture of a tapestry from Copenhagen’s Rosenborg Castle.
Book: Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Judd Trichter
Is this a dagger you see before you? No, it’s a bookmark from Scotland. I’ve been to Scotland, and picked up several bookmarks there, but this wasn’t one of them. It came from a friend.
Book: Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind by Harold Bloom
As you know, I like to get bookmarks from every place I visit. I’ve never been to Rapa Nui (formerly known as Easter Island), but my neighbours did and they thoughtfully picked me up a keepsake. The next best thing to being there.
Book: The Hitler Conspiracies by Richard J. Evans
This is a sturdy metal bookmark with what I think is a traditional Japanese theatre mask as the emblem. But I might be wrong with that identification. Whatever its origin, it certainly looks fierce.
Book: The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones
You don’t have to spend money to start collecting bookmarks. You can pick up lots of them for free at bookstores and libraries while you’re at the checkout. And if you hold on to them you’ve got a little piece (OK, a very little piece) of history. As an example, here are some bookmarks I’ve picked up over the years commemorating the 2003, 2004, and 2008 Governor-General’s Literary Awards. Two of the 2004 bookmarks are shown so you can see both sides.
Not that I think arts awards mean anything, because I sure don’t, but dated bookmarks like this do add something to every collection.
Book: Complete Works by William Shakespeare (ed. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen)
