P. N. BODFISH DRY AND FANCY GOODS (1886).
Bookmarker, printed in colours, gold & black on thin cream card; reverse blank; copyright 1886 by L. Prang & Co, Boston. Length 15.4 cm. Width 5.5 cm. More
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LILIES BOOKMARKER WITH BEATITUDES FROM MATTHEW 5-3-11 (c.1912).
Printed in green, yellow & brown on celluloid, with page tab. The bottom edge carries the legend 'David C. Cook Publishing Co., Elgin, Ill.' Length 13 cm. More
THE CHEAT (c.191-?).
Bookmarker in the shape of the 'Red-Hot Brand used by Tori, the Jap, with which, in his fury, he branded Edith Hardy in "THE CHEAT"', printed in reds & black on buff card; reverse side printed in black with a quotation from the film and date of commencement (6th March)..... More
Laurence Olivier's HENRY V (circa 1944).
Bookmarker in the shape of a cross, printed in brown & orange on cream card, promoting the film; reverse side printed in brown and red, with words to be presented for a Distinguished Season at Hoyts Plaza theatre [Melbourne]. Length 14 cm. Width 10 cm. Lightly browned. More
DALGETY & COMPANY LTD.
(c.1930s-40s), Bookmarker, (c.1930s-40s), printed in colours on white card, with port scene of liner, small craft, and natives and passengers on shore, with advertisements for four shipping lines, and the Athenaeum Library [Melbourne], advising one to 'Read, Mark, Lean and Enjoy that book called life by travel with the world..... More
EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY BOOKMARKER: CARLYLE.
Bookmarker (c.1920s-30s) printed in red & black on cream paper, with a woodcut portrait of Carlyle and a quotation, being the inscription on the decorative frontispiece to volumes in the History section of Everyman's Library; reverse side carries information about the series (Over 850 volumes). Length 16.6 cm. Width 6.3..... More
EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY BOOKMARKER: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.
Bookmarker (c.1920s-30s) printed in red & black on grey paper, with a woodcut portrait of Sir Philip Sidney and a quotation, being the inscription on the decorative frontispiece to volumes in the Fiction section of Everyman's Library; reverse side carries information about the series (Over 880 volumes). Length 16.5 cm...... More
EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY BOOKMARKER: MILTON.
Bookmarker (c.1920s-30s) printed in red & black on cream paper, with a woodcut portrait of Milton and a quotation, being the inscription on the decorative frontispiece to volumes in the Biography section of Everyman's Library; reverse side carries information about the series (Over 880 volumes). Length 16.6 cm. Width 6.3..... More
HOLIDAY HAUNTS. STATION: LLANGOLLEN.
Bookmarker (c. 1925-30) printed in dark brown on cream card, with a horizontal oval view of The Vale of Llangollen, North Wales; reverse side carries the coats of arms of London and Bristol and a description of The Vale of Llangollen. Holiday Haunts Series: Station Llangollen. Length 18.2 cm. *One..... More
HOLIDAY HAUNTS. STATION: PENZANCE.
Bookmarker (c. 1925-30) printed in dark brown on cream card, with a horizontal oval view of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall; reverse side carries the coats of arms of London and Bristol and a description of St. Michael's Mount. Holiday Haunts Series; Station: Penzance. Length 18.2cm. *One of at least four..... More
MR POILU.
Bookmarker, (c.1916), printed in black & colours on white card, with Hodder and Stoughton details of 'Mr Poilu: Notes & sketches of the fighting French' by Herbert Ward, with illustration by the author of 'Mr. Poilu' and edition details; reverse side blank. Length 18.5 cm. Width 7.6 cm. Lightly creased..... More
FRANK R. LAWRENCE.
Cream silk-ribbon bookmarker (1901) printed on one side in red & blue with a pair of crossed and draped flags (American and Canadian) above clasped hands and Masonic symbol, with crossed words 'Frank R. Lawrence' in the centre followed by 'Rochester, N.Y. June, 1900. Toronto, Ont. June, 1901'. Length (without..... More
J. MERRILL & SON:
Booksellers and Stationers, 37 Merrimack Street [Lowelle, MA.]. Bookmarker printed in greens and black on a gold background on thin white card (margin off centre); reverse blank. Length 12.2 cm. Width 5 cm. *One of a series. More
J. MERRILL & SON:
Booksellers and Stationers, 37 Merrimack Street [Lowelle, MA.]. Bookmarker, printed in greens and black on a gold background on thin white card (margin off centre); reverse blank. Length 12.2 cm. Width 5 cm. Verso lightly browned. *One of a series. More
PEDESTRIANS! CROSSINGS ARE FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
Bookmarker (c.197-?) printed in black on white card with pedestrian crossing and warning to pedestrians that 'Crossings are for your protection . . .'; reverse side carries seven road safety hints. Length 16.4 cm. Width 5 cm.; issued by the Victorian Road Safety Division. With horizontal creases. More
NEW BRIDGE, HARTFORD, CONN.
Blue silk-ribbon bookmarker (1908) issued at the 'Dedication of the New Bridge, Hartford, Connecticut, October 6, 7, 8, 1908'. Lithographed on one side in black with a frame containing two photographic portraits, presumably of designer and engineer, above a view of the bridge ('Largest Stone Arch Bridge in the World')..... More
ORIENT LINE BOOKMARKER.
Bookmarker (c.1950s), printed in brown, green, red & black on white card, with line drawings of five ships ('Ormonde', 'Orford', 'Orion', 'Orontes' and 'Orsova'), under the heading "EXTENDING A POPULAR SERVICE"; reverse side carries advertisement for Athenaeum Library, Melbourne; with page flap crease at shaped top, slightly creased. Length 19.7..... More
GITANES CAPORAL.
French cigarette company bookmarker [Paris] printed in colours on stiff card; reverse side with illustration and text for 'Ravis de Rallye Gout Anglais. Length 17.2 cm. Width 5 cm. Width 1 cm. Creased tear from bottom edge. More
DECEMBER. Issue II(c).
The Walter Crane Series of Bookmarkers. Recto: illustrated by Walter Crane with a couple seated together (he holding sprig of mistletoe over her head) drinking wine (Walter Crane's signature above the woman's left hand), within a decorative frame and with text below; Verso: Society particulars with its Centenary 1914 roundel..... More
ROCHESTER INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Silk bookmarker (1909) with small illustration of the Convention Hall, titled along with the date 'Oct.11-23,'09' within a ribbon banner, and with the main illustration of a large building, followed by the words 'Enlarged Store Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company', woven in black & grey on a cream ground, the..... More
SOZODONT BOOKMARKER: Falls of the Neversink New York.
Advertising bookmarker, (c.1891), printed in colours on thin white card; reverse bears a rhyming promotional message and copyright date. No. 8 of First Series of Twelve Varieties. Length 12.7cm. Width 5 cm. Reverse lightly browned. More
GLEBE PURE CANE SUGAR BOOKMARKER.
Bookmarker, printed on both sides in yellow, blue and red on thin white card, with page flap, and quotes from 'The People's Friend, Weldon's Ladies' Journal, and the 'Westminster Budget'; n.d.; Length 11.8 cm. Width 8.3 cm. More
MAY CHRISTMAS DAY BE A JOYFUL ONE.
Cream silk-ribbon bookmarker (c. 1880-1910), printed in colours on one side, depicting a gloved hand holding a rose, the bottom edge folded into the traditional bookmarker point with tassel; a trifle soiled. Length (without tassel) 24.5 cm. More
RELIGIOUS CROSS.
Pink ribbed ribbon bookmarker (c.1870-1880) with large perforated card with deep punched out decorative border and a central punched out cross (card length 19.5 cm. x width 15.4 cm.; ribbon length 36 cm. x width 15.4 cm.). Intended for use in a family bible, the ribbon of this example is..... More
WALTER A. WALLING, Registered Pharmacist, Providence, R.I.
Bookmarker, printed in greens & black on a gold background on thin white card; reverse blank. Length 12.2 cm. More