"In 1966 artist Tom Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques to create an entirely new version. He found his threepenny novel in a junkshop on Peckham Rye, South London. This was an 1892 Victorian obscurity titled A Human Document by W.H Mallock and he titled his altered book A Humument. The first version of all 367 treated pages was published in 1973 since when there have been four revised editions. A Humument is now one of the best known and loved of all 20th Century artist's books and is regarded as a seminal classic of postmodern art".
Appropriation of original work is something that a lot of art journalers do, with many examples published on the internet. Some images from my own journals using this technique are shown below (from 2010-11). I made the journals from recycled paper, scraps and paper carrier bags, and sewed them together with the coptic binding method.
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