American Trade Bindings and Beyond

We are two catalogers sharing fun finds as we catalog. Mostly this will be about American Trade Bindings and the artists behind them, but we'll have a few other things sprinkled in along the way

September 2014

  • Helpful links

    Here’s a list of resources we find the most helpful when doing our binding research and other cataloging research too. This includes binding designers, publishers, date estimation, series information, etc…: 19th century American children’s book trade directory by the American Antiquarian Society Amy Sacker website by Mark Schumacher Art of American book covers, 1875-1930 by… Continue reading

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It’s gardening season! How fun is this spiritualist newspaper?! I love saving stuff like this for the end of the week so I have a nice Friday pick me up. I highlighted my two favorite tips from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission when it comes to building and putting up bird houses. That second part of the last tip would be fighting words to some people 😂 I love a good book that has even better hidden treasures hidden inside. Normally, when we get books that have been inscribed, people tended to inscribe them in the front of the book. This particular book has them scattered throughout, so it’s like a treasure hunt! Abbie Mitchell was an opera singer who performed in Porgy and Bess in 1935. J. Rosamund Johnson was a composer and singer and the brother of the author of the book he inscribed. Alberto Mayo and Joseph James would later marry. Joseph sang and Alberto accompanied him on the piano. Joseph eventually became the first president of the NAACP in San Francisco. Joesph was also in Porgy and Bess and was in the chorus of the film Green Pastures. I couldn’t find anything about Alberta besides that she played the piano. William L. Patterson was a political activist and head of the International Labor Defense. Louise Thompson Patterson was a social activist and college professor. She and William Patterson were married. I really want to know if people really rolled their eyes around in salt or boric acid… Todays fun find: an ad in front of a book from the Daily News about placing want ads. Apparently, it must’ve been much easier to adopt a child back then than it is today. On this edition of things found in books (or in this case a pamphlet), a coupon and advertisement for evaporated milk. These two were tucked into a pamphlet published in 1932. Happy New Year! Starting this brand new year off on the right foot by cataloging this beauty from 1688! I love it when I find little references to popular culture. The publisher referenced the Barnum Museum (which opened in Philadelphia in 1849) to help locate them on the cover of this score. The museum ended up burning down in 1851. The article about the fire in the New York Times says that the book and music stores were able to save most of their items. Edward L. Walker was mentioned in the article, so they were still there at the time of the fire.
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