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American Name Labels , Part Three
I am somewhat overwhelmed by this project because I never fully realized how many of these 18th and early 19th century labels I had accumulated . When completed this will be a good resource for...
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American Name Labels, Part Four
Benjamin Vinton French (1791-1860)http://markdionne.com/ged/individual.php?pid=I1373&ged=dionne-mason.gedAlexander Fridge (1765-1839) ?Founder of B&O Railroad ?I made pencil notations without a...
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American Name Labels Part Five
I found two more examples which are similar to the Ann Franklin label mentioned in part three. My assumption about the printer of the Ann Franklin plate may have been clouded by wishful...
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American Name Labels, Part Six
It is my hope that someone will eventually use the information from this six part series , do more thorough research and write a book about American Name Labels. If you want to send me additional...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends
From time to time I like to look at Google's stats for my blog viewers , sorted by country.These were compiled for this month as of September 8th. China is always under reported in the stats but it...
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Cowboys On Bookplates.
Ken Maynard, American Film Actor and StuntmanBorn: July 21, 1895, VevayDied: March 23, 1973, Woodland HillsMovies: Blazing Guns, Fargo Express, Mystery Mountain, Lightning Strikes West, MoreSiblings:...
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This Week in Bookplates 9/23/2012
I have used the phrase "the wonders of the internet" several times this year. In each case a relative of a bookplate designer has come forth with new information about the artist . Barbara Coyle, grand...
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Jessie M.King Bookplates
The Art Nouveau style characteristic of renowned Scottish artist Jessie Marion King (1875-1949) is instantly recognizable and will be familiar to anyone interested in the illustration of children's...
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Threats and Warnings on Bookplates-Part One
A Curse On Bookplate Thieves( Copied From http://www.litterascripta.com/bibliomania/curses.shtml )"It was traditional, particularly before the invention of the printing press when...
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Threats and Warnings on Bookplates-Part Two
If you have additional bookplates with threats and warnings please send me scans and they will be added to this posting. Bookplatemaven@hotmail.comPierre Paul Plane...
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Some Interesting Bookplates
Fellow Collector Yosef Halper visited Philadelphia last week and we exchanged duplicates.One of the items I got was a bookplate for Simcha Ambache.He was a Palestinian born consulting engineer with...
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Dealer/ Collector Profile, Anthony Tufts
Tony and Anne TuftsI am a book dealer located in Exeter New Hampshire. Lately I find myself doing less with books and more with ephemera , prints and bookplates. Two years ago I bought my first...
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Two Interesting Bookplate Links For Wednesday
I have accumulated some interesting Blog postings about bookplates and will post a few each day so as not to overwhelm you.James Spackman writes about the way he designed this bookplate...
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I am always interested in adding bookplates by Robert Cairns Dobson to my collection.If you have any duplicates for sale or trade please contact me.Bookplatemaven@hotmail.comHere is a link with many...
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A Herd Of Rabbits, Part One
There is something magical about most Rabbit bookplates.Here are some of my favorites . More Rabbits will be coming soon. Stay Tuned. Elly De Koster etched the plate shown above in 1986 (opus 23)Nancy...
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A Herd of Rabbits , Part 2
Judging by the number of Emails I have received thus far Rabbits seem to be universally loved(.except for Mitt Romney.)So let's continue..Woodcut by Andy EnglishBuchanin Winthrop's Bookplate depicts a...
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A Herd of Rabbits, Part Three
Just when I thought the series was completed I unearthed some rabbit bookplates for magicians and magic collectors plus the one shown above which I had overlooked...That officially wraps up this...
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A Few Smiles From Bookplates
This universal bookplate was done in the 1960s by Robert Williams .Here is another one that amuses me.The Nourmahal was a motor yacht ordered by William Vincent Astor from Friederich Krupp...
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This Week in Bookplates 11/18/2012
The Boston shows were , as usual, both productive and exhausting. I purchased several "mystery bookplates" and hope you recognize some of them..The John Kobler bookplate shown below will go with my...
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Finding Fingerprints and DNA on Bookplates
You start with one bookplate depicting a fingerprint and then you find another and pretty soon you have five .It did not occur to me that this was worthy of a blog posting until I stumbled upon this...
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