| 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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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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