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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 3, 2023 15:01:20 GMT
I often think bookplates can be an art form in themselves. Share interesting bookplates here. Perhaps you use a bookplate yourself, if so then why not share it. I don't, as I read 90% electronic books for ease of use. It would be nice to buy new physical books all the time, but it is just not practical; we probably have 5,000 books in the house, so I can be excused for not buying new books. A bookplate is a nice idea though. This thread was inspired by the Brian Lumley bookplate (which I like) shown by Dem in this thread by Humgoo: vaultofevil.proboards.com/thread/8333/list-paperback-imprint-checklists
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 3, 2023 15:08:11 GMT
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Post by dem bones on May 4, 2023 7:08:42 GMT
PH's bookplate, from a copy of David St. John's The Sorcerers (New York: Weybright and Talley, 1969)
------ Franklin Gregory's The White Wolf, Random house 1941.
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Post by Swampirella on May 4, 2023 10:36:38 GMT
These are wonderful, Dem! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by dem bones on May 4, 2023 18:12:50 GMT
These are wonderful, Dem! Thanks for sharing. It was Humgoo posted the Haining beauty, Swampi, not me. I've this stuck inside my copy of Haining's The Fortune Hunter's Guide, Sidgewick & Jackson, 1975 (maybe it is in all of them). On reflection, not sure if it qualifies as a "bookplate," but it's definitely ... something. Now this one I treasure. Again, no bookplate, just a simple sticker on back inside cover. Hugh Lamb [ed], A Wave of Fear, W. H. Allen, 1973.
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Post by Swampirella on May 4, 2023 18:49:01 GMT
These are wonderful, Dem! Thanks for sharing. It was Humgoo posted the Haining beauty, Swampi, not me. I've this stuck inside my copy of Haining's The Fortune Hunter's Guide, Sidgewick & Jackson, 1975 (maybe it is in all of them). On reflection, not sure if it qualifies as a "bookplate," but it's definitely ... something. Now this one I treasure. Again, no bookplate, just a simple sticker on back inside cover. Hugh Lamb [ed], A Wave of Fear, W. H. Allen, 1973. Oop, my typical unobservantness! Sorry, thank you Humgoo!
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Post by Knygathin on May 5, 2023 7:01:47 GMT
Does someone have a copy of Walter de la Mare's bookplate? It is reproduced on the dust jacket of Strangers and Pilgrims, and is really lovely.
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Post by jamesdoig on May 5, 2023 21:40:06 GMT
Does someone have a copy of Walter de la Mare's bookplate? It is reproduced on the dust jacket of Strangers and Pilgrims, and is really lovely. This reminds me there's an excellent long article on de la Mare by Michael Dirda in the latest New York Review of Books (reviews Strangers and Pilgrims and a few others)
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Post by Knygathin on May 7, 2023 11:28:26 GMT
This reminds me there's an excellent long article on de la Mare by Michael Dirda in the latest New York Review of Books (reviews Strangers and Pilgrims and a few others) Thanks. It has this portentous observation as teaser: "If the name Walter de la Mare elicits any recognition at all, itās probably because your tenth-grade English class used an ancient textbook that reprinted āThe Listeners,ā an eerie, tantalizing poem that begins, āāIs there anybody there?ā said the Traveller,/Knocking on the moonlit door.ā You might even have been givenāby an elderly relative, no doubtāa copy of de la Mareās most famous book of childrenās poems, Peacock Pie. Among much else, it includes the story of Jim Jay, who āgot stuck fast/In yesterday.ā No matter how hard his friends pulled, Jim slowly slipped away from the present. When last glimpsed, he had become a mere speck and soon would be āpast crying for.ā āDo diddle di do,/Poor Jim Jayāāthere, summed up in a nonsense rhyme, is the fate of most authors, no matter how revered or honored in their time." www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/03/09/devilish-agencies-at-work-strangers-and-pilgrims-walter-de-la-mare/
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 10, 2023 11:42:11 GMT
Does someone have a copy of Walter de la Mare's bookplate? It is reproduced on the dust jacket of Strangers and Pilgrims, and is really lovely.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 10, 2023 11:51:42 GMT
Here is the bookplate of Jules Lermina. A French writer influenced by Poe. Brian Stableford has translated some of his work. He also appears to have written a novel in the Tarzan style, that predates Tarzan. The bookplate is by Henry AndrƩ.
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Post by Knygathin on May 11, 2023 23:04:11 GMT
Nice! The woodsman, or poet (Mare himself ... ?), observing the play of the nymphs.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 6, 2023 18:41:50 GMT
Bookplate and an ad Found inside copy of Edward S. Knights, Essex Folk, Heath Cranton Ltd, 1935 E & H Heron, Ghost Stories, Pearson, 1916
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Post by dem bones on Jul 23, 2023 17:25:38 GMT
So it's not a bookplate, but what a wonderful prize! Hope Boys Will Be Boys gave B. J. Miggley as much pleasure as it has me.
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Post by humgoo on Jul 25, 2023 3:50:59 GMT
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