Bookmarked

Just a pile of bookmarks from a week or two of sorting.


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The Answer

Bookmark, woven silk over cardboard. Printed by Carroll Good, Inc.

Found in "When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus" by Eleanor Porter. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

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Compliments Of

Handsome embossed bookmark, advertising F.D. Wilcox of Deposit, NY.

Found in "An Original Belle" by Edward P. Roe. Published by Dodd, Mead, 1885.

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Old New York

Bookmark featuring the skyline of New York, as drawn by Edwin Meeker.

Found in "George F. Johnson and His industrial Democracy" by William Inglis. Published by Huntington Press, 1935.

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Marked

Handmade silk bookmark.

Found in "The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant." Published by D. Appleton and Co., 1898.

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In The Weeds

Bookmark.

Found in "Wild Flower Families" by Clarence M. Weed. Published by Lippincott, 1908.

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For Easter

Easter bookmark, gift inscription is dated April 6, 1944.

Found in "Dawn of the Morning" by Grace Livingston Hill. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1939.

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The Little Librarian

"The Little Librarian" bookmark, advertising the Clover Book Shop of New York City. "One of the many charming Ars Sacra cards designed by the famous artist-nun B. Hummel.

Found in "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Published by D.C. Heath and Co., 1917.

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Reading Is Fun

Bookmark advertising the 1979 Reading Is Fun Day, with help from Maurice Sendak's "Wild Things."

Found in "I Can Read with My Eyes Shut" by Dr. Seuss. Published by Random House, 1978.


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Smarter Folks

Souvenir bookmark from the Woodland Museum of Cooperstown, NY:

Some tear off a corner,
for they do not care,
Smarter folks will place me
as a bookmark there

Found in "Murder in the Cathedral" by T.S. Eliot. Published by Harcourt, Brace, 1935


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Mother's Day

Bookmark:

A Bookmark for Mother

Laden with love

This bookmark goes to the dearest of mothers,

From one who knows.

 - To Mother

From Jerry and Fred

On the reverse side is written "Mother's Day 1927."

Found in "The Rumford Complete Cookbook"by Lily Haxworth Wallace. Published by The Rumford Co., 1925.

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Unfinished

Bookmark, no writing or printing on reverse.

Found in "Unfinished Tales" by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

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Are You Lonesome Tonight

Weekly Reader Book Club bookmark.

Found in "The Lonesome Egg" by Charles House. Published by W.W. Norton, 1968.

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Marked

Wooden Chinese bookmark.

Found in "Reveries of a Bachelor" by IK Marvel. Published by Scribners, 1896.

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Seeing Double

Two bookmarks supporting the Bernard W. Gimbel Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center.

Found in "The Life and Works of Beethoven" by John Burk. Published by the Modern Library, 1943.
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Enchanted

Bookmark from the Enchanted Doll House, Manchester Center VT.

Found in "Sylvia's Farm" by Sylvia Jorrin. Published by Bloomsbury, 2004.

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Homemade

Homemade bookmark.

Found in "The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise" by Victor Durham. Published by Saalfield, 1910.

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Wedding Day

 Bookmark:

Our Wedding Day

This day has been so special because of family and friends like you.

Your presence here has helped us make our dreams come true.

We both are truly grateful for everything you've done.

And this remember as our hearts unite as one.

Tanya and Brad
August 16, 1997

Found in "The Complete Guide to the Battlefields of Britain" by David Smurthwaite. Published by Mermaid Books, 1984.

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Word To The Wise

Bookmark, small illustration at the top, text reads:

This card is meant to keep your place in this book. Please use it.

The true book-lover does not turn down leaves, nor bend them and does not leave a book lying open on its face, nor break its back in opening it.

I love my books. "A word to the wise is sufficient." 

Found in "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Hidden Staircase" by Carolyn Keene. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1930.

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Deva Victrix

Bookmark featuring East Gate (and the Eastgate Clock), Chester, Cheshire. Looks like it was hand painted.

Found in "The Religion of Evelyn Hastings" by Victoria Cross. Published by Mitchell Kennerley, 1905.

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