Comments on: Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie

Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie

mediareport — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:20:10 -0800

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:36:48 -0800

This is excellent! There are so many to point to, but I really like the "Boyce Nute is the boss of this book" teddy bear, the old guys in the library, and the whole curse post. Especially the Web .000001b version of the dirty googlebomb.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:50:18 -0800

I love this. Bookmarked. I'm sitting here in a pile of drool. Bookplates are the hotness. Thanks.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:57:58 -0800

Do you know G.H.Newton? You tell that asshole...

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:02:41 -0800

(you can't link directly to images at Blogger, y'all - dumb, but true)

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:34:29 -0800

Oops, the talking bear is in this post, four series down; the old men in this one.

By: canine epigram

canine epigram — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:46:54 -0800

Where are good places to buy bookplates?

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:06:29 -0800

Great post.

By: sindark

sindark — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:22:51 -0800

It seems to me that a simple stamp - which could easily have a pattern like those on bookplates - would be a lot simpler than mucking about with paste and slips of paper. That said, the general concept is a great one, and this link has some very fine examples.

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:53:31 -0800

I added their RSS feed to bloglines a few days ago. I love bookplates. I found them via www.sfsignal.com.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:13:24 -0800

This is Good! Best of the Web!

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:22:11 -0800

It seems to me that a simple stamp - which could easily have a pattern like those on bookplates - would be a lot simpler than mucking about with paste and slips of paper. A stamp wouldn't show up on marbled, illustrated or simply dark-colored endpapers. That accounts for an awful lot of books.

By: figment of my conation

figment of my conation — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:31:09 -0800

Where are good places to buy bookplates? posted by canine epigram http://www.bookplateink.com/ Which is a spin off of this company: http://www.antioch.com/features_bookplate.html Both wonderfully eccentric companies that make quality products.

By: gorgor_balabala

gorgor_balabala — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:45:29 -0800

Fascinating -- Beautiful -- Although he freely admits that his scanner's colors are off and the best places he can think to buy a new one are Radio Shack and Staples. At least he was sensible enough to be frustrated by the staff.

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:01:41 -0800

Thank you mediareport.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:33:01 -0800

Wonderful. Thanks, mediareport, and to figment of my conation for the links to modern bookplate makers. It does my heart good to see that people can still make a living this way.

By: tim_in_oz

tim_in_oz — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:23:34 -0800

Great post. My wife made me a bookplate for a birthday a few years ago. A kind of aubrey beardsley-esque anthropomorphic monkey playing with a large cog. Bookplates are about as cool as smoking hats.