Cartes Postales: An Album for Postcards [Hardcover]

Chronicle Books (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1999 | Series: Hit the Road

Now available in two sizes, these exquisite facsimiles of antique postcard albums unearthed at a Parisian flea market take us back to an era when postcards were small treasures from faraway lands. Featuring Art Nouveau textured and padded covers and original floral line art inside, these two Cartes Postales albums offer the perfect home for special postcards and photographs. Each can hold both 3-1/2 x 5-inch and 4 x 6-inch postcards or photographs; the small version holds 64 photos, and the large up to 192 photos. Die-cuts hold each photo neatly without adhesive. These are truly special keepsake albums for travelers, collectors, and photographers alike.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811822850
• ISBN-13: 978-0811822855
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 8.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Really beautiful but..., December 10, 2006

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Scheherezade for 1,001 nights (the lovely place where the good apples come from WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cartes Postales: An Album for Postcards (Hardcover)

Hi.. My husband and I saw these (they also have a pretty version that is a tall format) in a museum gift shop and we were immediately attracted to the beautiful covers. He offered to buy me one, then he realized that from what he could see the postcards would rub against each other, (when the album pages were closed) as the cards face each other in the album. Those of you that have bought it haven't mentioned that and while that may not matter for modern postcards it surely would not be good for vintage ones that were delicate or glittered, etc.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a genteel way to share a trip or memory, April 26, 2004

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Peter McReynolds (California U S) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cartes Postales (Hardcover)

A handsome and handy way to keep and share memories of other places or even other times. A wonderful idea almost perfectly resurrected from oblivion. The book's unique shape offers personality. The die-cut pages hold postcards well and are a good, neutral color allowing any postcard to look its best. I have only two caveats. First, those wonderful-looking covers are plastic, not leather, and plastic can crack at the corners in an unattractive way. (Leather ages gracefully.) Second, I don't know if the pages are acid-free, so I don't know if this book offers archival storage. If it does, the publisher is missing a chance to tout the book's quality. If it does not, the user must consider the danger of using the book for really good cards, e.g. old, rare or hand-painted postcards. But then, the price is nice and reasonable. My first copy was a welcome gift; I plan to buy more.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deceivingly attractive, April 15, 2009

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Stephen G. Burns (Silver Spring, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cartes Postales: An Album for Postcards (Hardcover)

This product, while it charmingly recreates an art nouveau album, is not for any serious collector. It does not appreciably protect the postcard by any means and mounting cards is difficult in the slits cut into the album pages which do not fit all smaller sizes of postcards well and are troublesome when trying to mount cards on both sides of the page. If you fill the album, it will not lay flat but fans out and is not particularly attractive.

This may be fun to show a few cards of recent sentimental value or a recent trip, but don't use it if you care for the long term condition and integrity of your postcards, particularly older ones.