| This delightful vintage promotional bookmark and bookplate combo came into my collection via a bulk lot I purchased from eBay. I consider it a treasure! I love bookmarks, bookplates, and black and white illustrations! Bookmarks often serve more than one purpose and this is a great example of that — a bookmark and bookplate all in one! I am so glad that the original owner did not cut-off the bookplate! I much prefer having it intact. George W. Jacobs & Company were publishers as well as booksellers and stationers, and eventually just the latter two. I have not been able to find out much about their history online but I did find a reference that indicated they moved from other premises to 1726 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, in 1925. So, this bookmark was issued sometime after that. And as the bookmark says, "Be happy, books will help." Indeed! By the way, the Ex Libris we see on this detachable bookplate and very often on bookplates in general, means "from the books (of)". |  Bookmark & Bookplate. c.after 1925 |
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 Bookmark — front — c. 1931
 B. H. Blackwell in 1925. Credit: P Leslie I have always loved travel books, fiction and non-fiction, especially vintage ones. As a bookmark collector, I also adore bookmarks about travel books, especially vintage ones! This bookmark in my collection I love for many reasons — stunning 1950's design, a person reading a book is featured in a lounge chair on a flying carpet, a great quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson (he was an avid and frequent traveller and travel writer), and oodles of vintage travel books listed on the back of the bookmark. These books were all published by Arthur Barker Ltd, London in the years between 1955-1957, hence my guess at the date of the bookmark. The full Stevenson quotation, which comes from his book of essays Virginibus Puerisque, 1881, is: "Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour."
'Discovered these glorious bookmarks and bookmark cards on the internet today, published by Blue Island Press here in Australia. You can view them all 👉🏼 HERE. Blue Island Press supports The Indigenous Literacy Foundation through the sale of the bookmark cards. They donate 5% of the sales each year to the foundation. These are two of my favourite bookmark cards. Must go to one of the stockists and buy them for my bookmark collection.  Bookmark Card — Melanie Hava, ‘Brolgas the Waterhole’, 2015  Bookmark Card — Artwork by Yuluwirree (Debbie Scott) — 'Songlines in the Sky' Such a lovely bookmark! Great design, lovely illustrations, and informative about an interesting subject! What's not to like! The bookmark, on front and back, tells us what Snickelways are — and isn't that a cute and curious name! — and where to find them in York, England. It also promotes the book "A Walk Around the Snickelways of York" by Mark. W. Jones, first published in 1983. The book has since been republished many times and is now up to its 9th edition! Goodreads says this about the book: "An amusingly written walking guide to York's alleys, ginnels and snickets. Beautifully illustrated with pen and ink drawings and clear maps, this best-selling guidebook has sold almost 90,000 copies. Invaluable for anyone wishing to explore York's hidden secrets on foot." It certainly would be lovely to meander in and around these Snickelways! Meanwhile, we can enjoy the bookmark!
 Book Cover - First Edition, 1983 India Post has issued several themed bookmark sets featuring some of their stamp issues. This is a great philatelic product, merging two collecting and collection interests — stamps and bookmarks. Some time ago I received this wonderful set of 10 bookmarks on 'Temple & Temple Architecture, India' in an exchange with another bookmark collector. The icing on the cake is that I am also very interested in the subject matter of temples and the country of India, having traveled there three times, including visiting many temples and other sacred sites whilst there. So, I very much treasure this set being in my bookmark collection. There is lots of information on the bookmarks themselves, so I will leave it to them to inform you. NOTE: The back of each bookmark is blank. All bookmarks are the same size, 8" x 2". Click or tap on each bookmark to enlarge it.  Bookmark container - front
Babe was certainly an all round sportswoman! Great to see her featured on this bookmark issued in the 'American Women A Celebration' series.
This bookmark came into my collection as part of a bundle of bookmarks I purchased on eBay. A gem I am happy to have
 Delighted to receive these ten bookstore bookmarks from my bookmark friend Alice Lowe from San Diego, CA, USA. Thanks so much Alison!
As my blog and website followers know by now I'm sure, bookstore bookmarks are my favourite collecting category, so these are all very welcome additions indeed! City Lights Bookstore (San Francisco) and Powell's Books (Portland, Oregon) are special treasures as I got to visit and buy books from both bookstores when I was in the US several years ago. I had wanted to visit both these stores for a very long time and it was a delight to get to do that. Alice Lowe is "a freelance writer, avid reader and Virginia Woolfophile in San Diego, California." Her blog 👉🏼 Alice Lowe — still writing is great! By the way, Alice tells me she is presently doing a piece about bookmarks. Looking forward to reading that Alice.
Today I honour and celebrate the life and service of Harriet Tubman (c.1821-1913) a woman who has long been a heroine of mine. The two postage stamps have been in my philatelic collection for decades, part of my vast collection of stamps depicting women and women's lives. Harriet Tubman was the first African American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. The 13-cent stamp was the first in the Black Heritage series, initiated in 1978. More recently, I purchased the Black History Speaks bookmark and is indeed a treasured bookmark in my collection. Black History Speaks is an element of Black History Month, an annual observance originating in the United States , where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada and more recently has been observed in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. Harriet Tubman, known as the “Moses of her people”, worked tirelessly to help others create a new life. Born a slave, she escaped to freedom in 1849. Harriet soon returned south to assist her family to freedom, thereby beginning a career as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. Known as “the Moses of her people,” she helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom to Canada through the network of routes and safe houses. During the Civil War she assisted the Union Army as a spy, scout and nurse. Her good works continued throughout her life, including joining the cause for Women's Suffrage. In her eighties Harriet contributed money to found a home to care for aging African Americans. A photo of Harriet Tubman is shown on the far right of the image below. 
I love the quote and image of Virginia Woolf on this bookmark. And the flecked paper.  Bloomsbury Books, Ashland, Oregon, USA |
the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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