I love Kevin's information and the idea for a new illustated book.

THANKS
Arianne Laidlaw

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kevin, it sounds like you may have the makings of a new illustrated MT book
> on your hands.
>
> On Nov 13, 2017 9:23 PM, "Kevin Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> > The Mark Twain Scrapbook is nicely written up in a book on scrapbooking
> > that
> > I reviewed in the Forum a few years ago. As claimed in the
> advertisements,
> > it was a clear improvement over the practice of having to apply your own
> > paste. That could get messy. I have over 50 examples--all different cover
> > designs and sizes--and this includes some unused ones. The pages do often
> > stick together, but this should not comes as a surprise for a book kept
> > over
> > 100 years in a barn, house, or attic without the benefit of humidity and
> > temperature control. I'd get a bit sticky myself, probably within days.
> But
> > I have many more examples whose pages have not stuck together, and the
> glue
> > is remarkably stable. The glue used in some self-adhesive photo albums of
> > the 1970s is notoriously unstable and often reacts very badly and
> destroys
> > whatever is stuck in the album. Not so with the Mark Twain Scrapbooks.
> >
> > The thing was a success and was produced from 1877 to at least 1901 (the
> > date of the last catalogue I have listing them).
> >
> > Kevin
> > @
> > Mac Donnell Rare Books
> > 9307 Glenlake Drive
> > Austin TX 78730
> > 512-345-4139
> > Member: ABAA, ILAB
> > *************************
> > You may browse our books at:
> > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Zehr
> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 12:46 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Mark Twain Scrapbook
> >
> > Mark Twain scrapbooks are not in the rare category of Twain collectibles,
> > as far as I can determine, and Kevin Mac Donnell can attest. They come
> in a
> > variety of covers and sizes, with the "Mark Twain" trademark prominently
> > displayed inside the front cover. They come up on ebay once in awhile and
> > I've purchased three over the years, none which were expensive.  They
> were
> > available from the 1870s into the 20th century.  The examples I have were
> > used and are interesting artifacts to peruse, the owners inserting news
> > items, bad poetry and personal items.  An unused example would
> undoubtedly
> > be more expensive, but undoubtedly less interesting.
> > Martin Zehr
> >
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> > On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 3:17 AM, Arianne . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank y ou so much.  One of his scrapbooks plays a large part in
> > > my interest in Twain.  I've never checked, but I wonder if any blank
> > > ones ever come up for sale.  I imagine plenty of used ones might.  I
> > > assume the collection of scrapbooks    held by the Mark Twain Project
> > > in Berkeley contain examples of scrapbooks the family created before
> > > the patent and some they made after.
> > >
> > > THANKS!
> > > Arianne Laidlaw
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Robert M Ellsworth <
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> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Here is a direct link to the Google Patents page for the
> > =91Improvements
> > > =
> > > > in Scrap-books=92 patent, from which you can download a PDF copy if
> the
> > > > =
> > > > online documentation is too hard to read (as it very often is!)
> > > >
> > > > https://www.google.com/patents/US140245
> > > >
> > > > The idea is rather interesting: he covers the whole page with =
> > > > water-soluble glue or mucilage, and a user moistens just the area
> where
> > > > =
> > > > something is to go, presumably most easily with a small brush or blot
> > of
> > > =
> > > > paper.  Contemporary ads appear to show something between the
> treated =
> > > > gummed pages, perhaps material to which the gum left exposed between
> =
> > > > pasted items won=92t self-stick in humid locations.  Presumably there
> > is
> > > =
> > > > some care to provide =91adhesive=92 that will not stick until
> desired,
> > =
> > > > perhaps dusting with (dyed) cornstarch or similar material to form
> what
> > > > =
> > > > parents with diapered children might know as =91a barrier layer=92.
> > > >
> > > > The accounts I=92ve read say that he made ample profit from this =
> > > > invention, and my guess is that the name recognition was a large part
> > of
> > > =
> > > > the attractiveness.  Perhaps it would still be, if anyone decided to
> =
> > > > =93re-introduce=94 these with modern materials =85 I can think of a
> few
> > > > =
> > > > improvements just looking at the patent drawings.=
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Arianne Laidlaw A '58
> > >
> >
>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58