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Bookplates and Peacocks
Several weeks ago fellow collector/dealer Denetia Arellanes sent me this photo of feral Peacocks in her backyard.. L.A. has at least 4 distinct populations of feral peafowl thriving within the...
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Keeping Up with Bookplate Inflation
There has been a steady increase in the cost of bookplates sold on Ebay.This is partially fueled by spirited bidding from Chinese , English and American collectors. It's good for sellers and not so...
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Bookplate Exchanges
In last week's blog posting about keeping up with bookplate inflation I neglected to include the following:Bookplate ExchangesGetting together with other collectors and exchanging duplicates is, from...
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This Week in Bookplates 6/29/2014
Bookplate ExchangesGetting together with other collectors and exchanging duplicates is, from my perspective one of the most enjoyable aspects of this peculiar hobby.Skype also enables you to conduct...
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This Week In Bookplates July 6,2014
Many years ago I bought two large loose leaf albums .One for 18th century British bookplates and the other for 19th century items.. Both albums are bursting at the seams but the 19th century album is...
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Two Hours at the Book Trader
Yesterday I visited a local Philadelphia bookshop, The Book Trader. They have been in Philadelphia for over thirty years and it's always nice to see a bookseller survive and prosper. I have only...
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Some Ongoing Rockwell Kent Research
The best and most complete printed resource for information about Rockwell Kent bookplates isRockwell Kent The Art of The Bookplate by Don Roberts. Before it was published in 2003 the most helpful...
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Interview With Bookplate Artist Daniel Mitsui
This interview with the noted bookplate artist Daniel Mitsui was conducted via Email.It was from my perspective a very effective format and I hope to do several more of these interviews with artists...
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This Week in Bookplates July 27th 2014
World's coolest bookstoresBy Frances Cha, CNNJuly 24, 2014 -- Updated 2042 GMT (0442 HKT)http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/23/travel/worlds-coolest-bookstores/ Note from LewI have only been to two of the...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends
Here is a link to a well written, competently researched and thoroughly enjoyable ephemera bloghttp://ephemeraresources.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sarah-sophia-banks-collecting-ephemera.html...
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New Addition to my Collection and Photo Bookplates
I recently obtained this bookplate on Ebay.It complimented the two Lewis Carroll Room plates I already hadIn an effort to obtain more information I discovered that the Cleveland Public Library had...
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In Defense of Pigeons
Members of the pigeon family have been maligned ,shot at, poisoned eaten.and annihilated. Consider this my tribute to some feathered friends.. Pigeon family bookplates, ephemera, and things that...
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Alfred Robert Louis Dohme's Bookplate
Alfred Robert Louis Dohme's Bookplateby Michele Behan As both a book collector and bookplate collector, I always attend book sales with an eye toward interesting bookplates hidden within...
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The Bookplates of Louis Rhead
Louis Rhead (1857-1926) was among other thingsa writer, bookbinder, and book illustrator as well as the designer of bookplates, posters and book covers .Here is a link to hundreds of Rhead...
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Bookplates News and Secure Communication For The Professional
Mystery Bookplates:By all means send me scans of your mystery bookplates for possible inclusion in the blog.I quickly respond to all such inquiries. This one was sent earlier in the week and it is...
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Bookplates and Bookseller Tickets from Canada
Fellow collector/dealer Warren Baker sent me a very well researched catalog of Canadian Bookplates and Bookseller Labels in PDF format I am in unchartered waters right now. I have a PDF document which...
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Library By-Laws and Rules
I attended the First Brooklyn Book and Antiques show on Saturday .The booths were well stocked , the promoter did a bang up job of promoting and I met five dealers who have "bookplates back at...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends 9/21/2014
It's been a productive weekend. On Friday I visited The Rittenhouse Art Show.I went because Marina Terauds exhibits there. More often than not I buy one of her bookplates.I was first made aware of...
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An Article by Mark Schumacher about Amy Sacker
I am always pleased to receive bookplate articles for inclusion in the blog. In this case I am doubly pleasedbecause Mark Schumacher has done extensive research about Amy M. Sacker over a long period...
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Science Fiction Bookplates
In 2007 I wrote about bookplates used by science fiction writers and collectors.http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com/2007/02/science-fiction-work-in-progress.htmlHere are three recently acquired science...
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