The Bank of Bygone Bookmarks

If you've ever wanted to know a bit more about me, the bookshop and Forgotten Bookmarks, there's a great piece up on narrative.ly by Shannon Firth:

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The Tabard Inn Library

Today I learned about the Tabard Inn Library.

The Tabard Inn Library was founded in 1902 by Seymour Eaton. It was administered by the Booklovers Library, another Eaton enterprise. Eaton was a remarkable entrepreneur and promoter who was also an author, journalist, and educator. He was the author of the "Teddy Bear Books".

The Tabard Inn Library was a membership library with stations in the form of revolving bookcases located in drug stores and other commercial establishments throughout the United States. In an initial advertisement for the library, Eaton indicated that 10,000 of these bookcases would be manufactured at a rate of 25 and then 50 a day.

I found that site after finding one of the bookplates:

It was in a copy of "The Minx" by Mrs. Mannington Caffyn, published by Stokes, 1899.

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Notes and Scribbles

As I'm sure most of you know, the book has finally come out, and I've been making a few appearances here and there. I've posted these links on Facebook, but I realize that not all of you read the feed over there, so I thought you'd might like take a look:

An essay on the e-books and the experience of books and reading from The Wall Street Journal's 'Speakeasy' blog:

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/10/27/im-a-used-bookseller-and-im-not-afraid-of-e-books/

'The Weirdest Things Found Inside Books' from The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-popek/objects-found-inside-book_b_1070447.html

A short profile of me and the business:

http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/My-Other-Life-2253883.php

For reading this far, here's a treat:

Inscription:

From her daughter, who knows her fondness for "child rhymes."
Christmas, '98

From "Riley Child-Rhymes: With Hoosier Pictures" by James Whitcomb Riley. Published by Bowen-Merrill, 1898.

Speakeasy And Carry A Big Book

Thought you all might be interested in this essay I wrote for the Wall Street Journal's 'Speakeasy' -

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/10/27/im-a-used-bookseller-and-im-not-afraid-of-e-books/

Dave's Cupboard

Looks pretty good, eh? That's the end result of the "Blonde Brownies" recipe I posted here the other day. Dave over at Dave's Cupboard gave it a try, and the results are fantastic.

This and That

First of all, hello all you Redditors and Metafilterites. The blog has been making the rounds this weekend, I hope all the new visitors take a nice look around.


As you have noticed, this weekend's giveaway has a record number of comments. I believe we had a contest a few months ago with 20 entries, but this one is well over 100.

Someone pointed me in the direction of an Abebooks post on our favorite subject.

Finally, one of our readers wanted to share one of his own forgotten bookmarks:
Here's the original post on Flickr: Leaf in a Book
The pic for all of you to enjoy:

People Leave Stuff In Other Places

In record sleeves, for example. Check out the finds at the excellent WFMU FM blog.

From Our Friend in South Bend

Looks like a neat find:

http://www.libraryforlife.org/blogs/lifeline/?p=6508

Thanks for sharing your FB, Melissa.

For Further Reading...

Abebooks.com, a huge retailer of used and rare books, gives us a quick story on our favorite subject.