Author: Edward Almack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Author: edward almack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: James P. Keenan
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780760746967
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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The world is full of people who love books. People who not only love to read, but who love to possess and collect books. Since the fifteenth century truly devoted collectors have commissioned their own bookplates, known also as ex libris. Some are straightforward ? a simple label bearing the owner?s name. Others are impressive works of art in miniature. Whether plan or fancy, book plates give an owner a special sense of proud proprietorship. Even more important, they assure that if a cherished book is lent, it has a decent chance of being returned. They are an indulgence of the rich and famous, certainly. And, ?The art of the Bookplate? includes many owned by prominent people such as George Washington, Charlie Chaplin, John F. Kennedy, Joan Crawford J.P. Morgan, Walt Disney, Grace Allen, Otto Bismarck, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Houdini, Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, and Anita Loos. But other bookplate patrons are unknown to us, like Mabel Bishop, whose charming ex libris shows a young woman tending her garden, or Lucius Fisher, whose bookplate, naturally enough, features a fish. In this delightful book James P. Keenan, Director of the American Society of bookplate collectors & Designers, shares many of his favorite bookplates. He explains the history behind each, and discusses the artists ? some as famous as Rockwell Kent and Claes Oldenburg, others as unknown or not ex libris owners are passionate about keeping their book collections intact. As one very old bookplate proclaims, ?Steal not this book for fear of shame. For here you see the owner?s name.? The Art of the Bookplate is a book to be treasured and, of course, kept in your possession. --

Author: Martin J. Hopkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300171631
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Endlessly diverse and appealing, bookplates are small decorative labels pasted inside a book's cover to express personal ownership. This volume explores the various sources of "ex libris" inspiration, including designs by C.R. Ashbee, Eric Gill, and Rudyard Kipling.

Author: Wilbur Macey Stone
Publisher: New York : Tonnelé
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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A collection of essays on bookplates by various authors.

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486998789
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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This unique homage to bookplate art illuminates over 320 of the craft's finest examples. A breathtaking variety of black-and-white designs embrace a multitude of styles: woodcuts, engravings, lithographs, typography, and more.

Author: Charles Geoffrey Holme
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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"Teaches how to draw and paint pictures, and shows illustrations of the best pictures by artists of the present and the past"--Coventry Public Libraries

Author: William John Hardy
Publisher:
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Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: Annie North Bedford
Publisher: Golden/Disney
ISBN: 0736439765
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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This Little Golden Book was originally published in 1948 and stars Dopey, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, and Doc from the classic film Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! Find out how Snow White's friends the Seven Dwarfs--Sleepy, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy, Grumpy, Doc, and Dopey--find their delightful little cottage in this classic Disney Little Golden Book. Originally published in 1948, this story features beautiful vintage artwork that will delight girls and boys ages 2 to 5, as well as collectors of all ages!

Author: John Meriton
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1014

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"Analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera of the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly 800 titles described in detail, including histories, tales, verse collections, primers, alphabets, and allowing accurate identification and verification with other collections. Includes reproduced illustrations from all books described"--Provided by publisher.