A reader named Colin sent me photos of a fascinating notebook from his collection: I thought you might like to see a notebook that dates back to 1938 when my parents rented a flat in Sliema, Malta. The rent was £3.10.0 per month [£3.50 in modern money] and the ink has survived amazingly well over … Continue reading Colin’s 1938 Notebook
This has to be the coolest notebook I’ve ever bought. I almost had a heart attack when I stumbled across it on eBay, and it only took me a split second to hit the “Buy it Now” button and grab this beauty for about $45 including shipping. When the notebook arrived in the mail, it … Continue reading eBay Gem: A Decorator’s Pocket Looseleaf Notebook
Former Notebook Addict of the Month Paul has sent me some more tips about interesting notebooks. First is an article from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society about a diary belonging to John Wilkes Booth. It was in his possession when he was captured after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. In the diary, Booth made … Continue reading Historical Notebooks: Diaries of John Wilkes Booth and Theodore Roosevelt
Some interesting thoughts on using non-digital tools for productivity: How Analog Rituals Can Amp Your Productivity :: Tips :: The 99 Percent. But my favorite part is this image!
I LOVE the “Collection a Day” blog. Vintage office supplies are often featured, and the other day she posted these old journals: . A Collection a Day, 2010: Day 228
Here’s something very cool from the British Library, which I noticed my friend at notizbuchblog.de posted about recently. On the library’s website, you can look through some wonderful old books, including priceless items like the poet and artist William Blake’s notebook below: See more at Virtual books: images only – The Notebook of William Blake: … Continue reading Notebooks of William Blake and Leonardo da Vinci
These are just gorgeous! This set of eight books is a treasure. The books are the journals of a kasuri weaver/dyer from Omi, an area of Japan (present-day Shiga Prefecture) which produced some of Japan’s finest hemp and ramie kasuri textiles, known as Omi jofu. The books date from 1859 through the beginning of last … Continue reading 19th Century Notebooks From a Japanese Dyeworks
As for the other kind of Black Friday, if you can’t handle visiting stores today, do your holiday shopping online using these links and a small commission from your purchases will help support this site: Notebook Stories Store — my collection of notebooks and other favorites available via Amazon Amazon — everything else at Amazon … Continue reading BLACK FRIDAY
Here’s another neat-o EBay purchase, a promotional notepad from a typewriter company! Actually, I guess they must have started out as a typewriter company but expanded into general office supplies, given the motto on the cover “Everything for the Office.” Inside it’s pretty simple: just plain perforated pages. There aren’t many pages left in the … Continue reading EBay Find: Scottsbluff Typewriter Company Notepad from 1949
I recently noticed this story about Siegfried Sassoon’s notebooks being archived at Cambridge University. Sassoon was a poet who refused to return to fight after being wounded in World War I. (Read Pat Barker’s novel Regeneration for an interesting perspective on his story.) The archive contains, among other things “Sassoon’s journals [and]Â pocket notebooks compiled … Continue reading Siegfried Sassoon’s Notebooks