THE BOB DYLAN BOOKMARKS

    The bookmarks presented here are promotional or bonus items that usually came with a book, but not only: they were also made to promote an album, an event, a shop... There are also (see bottom of the page) some home-made bookmarks, made for fun or for $ale...

    They are sorted in four categories: First the Books, then the Albums, the Special Events, the Shops, Others and the Home Made bookmarks...

    Special thanks to Hanns-Peter Bushoff who sent a lot of bookmarks scans from his impressive collection.  

 

BOOKS BOOKMARKS:

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      SONG AND DANCE MAN III (Michael Gray)

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      INTIMATE INSIGHTS FROM FRIENDS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS, Omnibus Press

THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS by Anthony Varesi

Genesis Publications for DYLAN IN WOODSTOCK by Elliott Landy

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       DYLAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - THE RECORDING SESSIONS by Clinton Heylin

Below: China (2017): THE LYRICS 1961-2012, 'The Potato Chip 'bags: -see here for more about this very special item-

            

            

 

       Below: Korea: THE LYRICS 1961-2012, 3 volumes:

        Volume 1, front  
        Volume 1, back

        Volume 2,front   
        Volume 2, back

        Volume 3, front  
         Volume 3, back

Canada: BLOWIN' IN THE WIND LES PARCOURS DE BOB DYLAN, by Michel Jacques	France: D'OÙ VIENS-TU DYLAN? by Louis Skorecki	France: PLAYLIST by Charles Berberian
Holland: IN DE STUDIO, EPO 2011	Holland: ATLAS, 2010, front	Holland: ATLAS, 2010, back
Greece: LYRICS 1962-2001	Poland: DUSZNY KRAJ.	Romania: Humanitas fiction for SUFLARE ÎN VÂNT
Spain: LA BIOGRAFÍA by Howard Sounes front	same, back	Spain: PETANDO NAS PORTAS DE DYLAN (Galician book)
Spain: ANOS DE JUVENTUD by Paul Williams Ediciones Robinbook front (with Jim Morrison on back)	Spain: Ediciones Malpaso (Catalan language)	Turkey: HAYIRSIZ PEYGAMBER, Paris Yayinlari 2020 (Wicked Messenger)

     Below: Holland, 2016. LIBRIS is a collaboration between several independent bookstores in Holland. During 2016's gift season from mid November to late December customers - also online - got a free special gift with every purchase. To celebrate Dylan's Nobel Prize wining, it was a small bag with a Dylan quote from Lay Lady Lay: 'Whatever colors you have in your mind, I'll show them to you and you see them shine'. The associated bookstores could draw attention to this action with a special bookmark, and individual stores could have their own name and address printed on it: there must be a lot of different ones existing.
Thank you to Hans Bosch for the images and explanations

Holland, Libris, front
Holland, Libris, back
Holland, Libris, alternate back (with name and address of a bookshop)

ALBUMS BOOKMARKS:      top of page

France (2005): Sony Musique for CHRONICLES exclusive CD  front	back
MODERN TIMES (2006) front	back #1	back #2
I'M NOT THERE (2007) original soundtrack front	back
TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE (2009) front	back
TROUBLE NO MORE, Germany (2017) front	back

MORE BLOOD MORE TRACKS, Sony Germany (2018)  front

same, back

SPECIAL EVENT BOOKMARKS:      top of page

The Bridge School 18th Annual Concerts (2004) front	-back	Live Nation.com, 2007 concert
Germany, 1997 Tribute Concert. front	back	Châtillon, Italy, 18 June 2008 concert
Netherlands 15-25 March 2006 book week. (info Ger Hemel)	Spain, 2012: Catalunia. This bookmark was created for the concert of Gerard Quintana's group "Els Miralls de Dylan" at the Ateneu Barcelonès, 29 June 2012. (info Xavier Cunillera)
The Brazil Series (2010), Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark front	back #1	back #2

 

SHOPS BOOKMARKS:      top of page

ROLLING TOMES #1	#2	#3
front	back	Japan: Book Union (a chain of stores) offered you this 'gift' item when you bought something in their book shop in Autumn 2012. It is a 13,5 cm x 4,5 cm Bob Dylan bookmark, made from glossy thick card. The two pics are: RECORD COLLECTOR'S MAGAZINE, issue October 2012 and CD Tempest, Japanese limited edition (Sony SICP 3663). The bookmark was released separate from the Tempest CDs.

OTHER BOOKMARKS:      top of page

Hibbing Public Library  front

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   Below: Set of Dylan quotes bookmarks, as decribed by the seller (Azeeda): "A charming set of three laser engraved bookmarks. The bookmarks are 191mm high by 45mm wide and come in a set of three. They are 1.5mm thick and are made out of a high quality birch plywood from sustainable sources.
Each of the bookmarks has a slightly different shaped 'top' for a little variation, although each have a hole to thread through some twine or rope. We recommend using Dette's 2mm Satin Rope; this is available in a range of beautiful colours.
Each bookmark is laser engraved and cut and so may have a delightful 'smoky wood' aroma on receipt - unfortunately, this will fade fairly quickly. You may choose to give the bookmarks a very light sanding / buffing to remove any signs of the laser engraving method but many people leave them untouched for that authentic look."

quote #1: "Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be"	quote #2: "I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it acccepts me"
quote #3: "He not being born is busy dying"	quote #4: "You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more"
quote #5: "If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them"

 

HOME MADE BOOKMARKS:      top of page

Oil pastel and sharpie on doubled cardstock, leather tassel and beads (glass and metal) from craft store, covered with plastic wrap to protect the drawing. (eBay information)

Blonde On Blonde (probably sacrilegious cut-out of the LP cover!)

       
       A Baby Stop Crying 7" was sacrified to make this original bookmark. .