Thu 22 Jan, 2009
A collection of book trade labels from the "Seven Roads Book Trade Labels" Flickr group (image from user Auntie P).
Today I came across a Flickr group called “Seven Roads Book Trade Labels“. Something I’ve always looked at and liked, but didn’t know anyone collected – those book trade labels you see in the backs of (mostly) old books. Printers, binders, publishers, retailers and so forth. Any of the folk that helped bring that particular book into your hands. These appeal to me as someone who likes bookish things, old things, and things that are a bit different. There’s some fantastic designs there from all around the world; from uninspiring “Price: $1.50″ type labels to intricate pieces of art in themselves. The group was started by the blogger The Exile Bibliophile and he has a post on his blog here.