Bookplates Are Steeped In History

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: February 6, 1994| Author: Ann McCutchan | Copyright information

My favorite secondhand bookstore is pushing gummed bookplates as gifts. "Put them in books you're proud to own, like the old days," says Bess, the owner, flicking a feather duster over many copies of The Bridges of Madison County.

Bess grew up in the 1920s, right in the middle of the so-called "Golden Age" of American bookplates, a time when modern printing techniques and sophisticated design joined to produce a rich variety of quality printed material.

Born into a family of...

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