A Vintage Folk Art Handmade Fabric Activity Book c. 1960. Each cloth page provides learning tools for a young child. Button which button, a working zipper (with "cowboys and indians" era figure in a teepee) and other dexterity tools. Collection Jim Linderman
Handmade Folk Art Book by Darlene Olds 1934 Child's Drawings. Crayon on manila paper signed and dated. "Built" over the pages of a printed book 89 pages.
Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Manilla paper was developed in the 19th century and used as a cheap material for children's art projects. This handmade book was bound with a piece of string. I believe the Sunday school kids were "helped along" with numbers already scored, which was cut then laid out and glued by children.
19th Century Ten Commandments handmade book Collection Jim Linderman
Thanks to Curley's Antiques
See also the companion Blog old time religion
Women on the subway, particularly prior to the acceptance of ipod plugs, will bury their nose in a book so as to avoid attention from creeps. They often use homemade book covers as well, to mask the title from straphanging men who either claim to have read the book or ask if it is good. (ummm...guilty)
Never, however, have I seen a book which has had a fake cover applied by someone permanently, in particular in such a curious manner. Some goofball, in the early 1980's, covered this paperback in a design of his own making composed of shopping bag paper, a cutout from a men's magazine, and a handwritten spine. He even wrapped her arm around it. She doesn't even appear to have red hair. Certainly not the book I would choose to read in public, but I would liked to have seen his whole library. Book courtesy of William Smith, Hangfire books. (He has better ones, and his website is great)
"Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig. Vintage Books edition 1981 with handmade applied cover. Collection Jim Linderman
