Bookish Ephemera

My Ebay listings ended successfully and over fifty percent of the sales were from outside the U.S.
Buyers from China  and Saudi Arabia were particularly active.
I  have thousands of duplicates from around the world for possible Exchange or Sale so send me your want lists
Bookplatemaven@hotmail.com

Here are a two duplicates for possible exchange.
The first is from the library of a lawyer interested in fox hunting and music and the second one is by Mark Severin

Issue # 10 of Counter Print arrived last week and much of it is devoted to bookish ephemera.

Each of the articles is well illustrated.
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There is a six page  article by Tim Sumner about book bags

A four page article by Keld Bech about Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum

A four page  article about ephemera found in books by Michael Popek

A four page article I wrote about bookplates

Last but not least a four page article by Greg Kindall about bookseller and book  binder's trade labels

You can order a copy at
www.counter-print.co.uk

Here is something I picked up recently for my bookish ephemera collection

Here are some aluminum advertising book marks from my bookish ephemera collection.
 I assume they were used in the early 20th century.

More Bookish ephemera

If you send me scans of bookish ephemera from your own collection I will add them to this blog posting.

See you again next Sunday