Author: Brian North LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book-plates
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Bookplate Collecting in Britain
Author: Brian North LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book-plates
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Bookplate
Author: The Art of the Bookplate
Author: James P. KeenanPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780760746967
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
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. --
French Book-plates
Author: Walter HamiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Dated Book-plates (Ex Libris) with a Treatise on Their Origin and Development
Author: Walter HamiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Franks Bequest
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and DrawingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collectors
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Book-plates
Author: William John HardyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Examples of Chinese Ornament
Author: Owen JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Added title page in colors, with ornamental border.
Catalogue of British and American Book-plates (ex Libris) Collected by the Late Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Author: Ellis (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates, American
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Book-plates of To-day
Author: Wilbur Macey StonePublisher: New York : Tonnelé
ISBN:
Category : Bookplates
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A collection of essays on bookplates by various authors.