The Biblio File: images of bookplates, for bibliophiles

David Levine on writers: André Malraux

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear.  

Lit Toons: Cartoons with a bookish bent

First Lines: Mary Shelley

You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on October 4

Roy Blount, Jr.  (1941)

Mary Elizabeth Braddon  (1837)
Jackie Collins  (1937)

Anne Rice  (1941)
Damon Runyon  (1880)
Edward L. Stratemeyer  (1862) 

The Biblio File: images of bookmarks, for bibliophiles

And you read your Emily Dickinson
And I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with book markers
That measure what we've lost