tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post6728428478018426744..comments2024-01-08T19:55:32.324-05:00Comments on Forgotten Bookmarks: ScrapMichael Popekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-56090244634852153682012-11-06T15:40:44.444-05:002012-11-06T15:40:44.444-05:00Thanks, Bob H., for the link to the Folger exhibit...Thanks, Bob H., for the link to the Folger exhibition on grangerized books. In this example, the book seems to serve merely as an album, with no relation between the images and the text, or indeed among the images, as far as one can tell. Instead, it's just a record of the creator's interests, fixed (apparently) on flowers and firearms, and the occasional chicken. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-7272300712174259102012-10-24T21:48:07.439-04:002012-10-24T21:48:07.439-04:00It's so funny how illustrations of GUNS are in...It's so funny how illustrations of GUNS are interspersed with the pansies and the tomatoes! What a rich slice of life Forgotten Bookmarks are!Veronica Waldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367665889716556106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-70790547668087879512012-10-24T12:05:49.287-04:002012-10-24T12:05:49.287-04:00You may be interested in this link to a past exhib...You may be interested in this link to a past exhibit at the Folger Library in Washington, D.C. on "extra-illustrated" or "grangerized" books - apparently it was quite popular at one time<br /><br />http://www.folger.edu/Content/Whats-On/Folger-Exhibitions/Past-Exhibitions/Extending-the-Book/<br />Bob H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10141958218368871542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-80229560298556188652012-10-24T11:17:51.645-04:002012-10-24T11:17:51.645-04:00Looks like these are all images from mail order ca...Looks like these are all images from mail order catalogs. Very cool.K. Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870257466886089803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-12219163300068152662012-10-24T09:01:54.384-04:002012-10-24T09:01:54.384-04:00I will occasionally throw one up on eBay or someth...I will occasionally throw one up on eBay or something, but they don't generally go for much, maybe $20-40Michael Popekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-20503702708928958302012-10-24T08:52:56.852-04:002012-10-24T08:52:56.852-04:00My reaction was the same as Sharon's: How ver...My reaction was the same as Sharon's: How very odd.<br /><br />The pictures don't even tell a coherent story.<br /><br />I love it!<br /><br />Do you sell those altered books?JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736134123414438290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-9390238976081731332012-10-24T07:11:29.288-04:002012-10-24T07:11:29.288-04:00How utterly . . .odd. . . flowers and rifles . . ....How utterly . . .odd. . . flowers and rifles . . .Sharon Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297551991159941966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-18051937681626279192012-10-24T03:03:10.851-04:002012-10-24T03:03:10.851-04:00Very inspiring Very inspiring Lucie Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753103914515820117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-86131688861456418912012-10-23T14:24:29.685-04:002012-10-23T14:24:29.685-04:00Someone's life and soul lie between the pages!...Someone's life and soul lie between the pages! Very touching...rossichkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185784702539084622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-22485957867448019092012-10-23T12:44:33.826-04:002012-10-23T12:44:33.826-04:00Yeah, I actually have a little pile of them.Yeah, I actually have a little pile of them.Michael Popekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-70992574429225749422012-10-23T12:39:19.271-04:002012-10-23T12:39:19.271-04:00Have you come across anything like this before? Se...Have you come across anything like this before? Seems like a very unique way to alter a book. A very cool find :)Robert Zimmermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963505962471384077noreply@blogger.com