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Some Recent Bookplate Purchases, Exchanges and Discoveries
Stanley Kauffmann (1916 -2013)"Mr. Kauffmann started with The New Republic in 1958 and contributed film criticism to that magazine for the next fifty-five years. He had one brief break in his New...
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Leather Bookplates Used by the Macdonald Bindery
"JAMES MACDONALD (1850-1920) was born in Scotland and trained as a bookbinder. In 1873 he came to the United States and worked with William Matthews, one of the pre-eminent binders. He left Matthews...
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This Week In Bookplates 10/12/2014
The Harvard College ,University Bookplate Collection of Hamilton Vaughan Bail Hamilton Vaughan Bail(1891-1997), who graduated from Harvard in 1911, amassed one of the largest collections of...
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The Raunchy Rabbit Bookplate Contest
The Raunchy Rabbit Bookplate contest is up and running. Think of an appropriate caption for this bookplate and send it to Bookplatemaven@hotmail.comOnly one entry per person will be considered.The...
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Raunchy Rabbit Reminder
I found this adorable image on the link shown below.If you are a rabbit lip reader you will note that Mr Rabbit is telling you not to procrastinate .Enter the Raunchy Rabbit contest while it is on your...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends
Back in January I wrote about the printer and bookplate engraver Robert Sneider.http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com/2014/01/robert-sneider-engraverprintermedalist.htmlIn response to that blog posting...
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Haydon Jones
My Great Grandfather , Haydon JonesBy Andrew JonesToday, we would probably call him a sketch artist… but back in the days before newspapers gained the technology to reproduce photographs, Haydon Jones...
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Severed Heads on Bookplates plus a New Contest
NEW CONTEST Announcement Submitted by Anthony PincottI cannot recall ever seeing a crossword devoted to bookplates, so the one that appeared in The Bookplate Society’s Summer 2014 Newsletter seems to...
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Judaica Bookplates For Possible Exchange
I have a number of duplicates for possible exchange.Here they are:Please send scans or descriptions of your duplicates to Bookplatemaven@hotmail.comThe Elkan Adler plate has a stain on the reverse...
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How Could I Not Buy This Stuff ?
And The Winner isRoseanne SimonThe Raunchy Rabbit Contest ended last night . I want to thank all of you who submitted entries. Here is the winning...
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The California Bookplate Project- Sheldon Cheney
I intend to focus on California bookplate artists. and create a central clearing house for information about.their bookplates My hope is to attract some other bookplate enthusiasts who can assist me...
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Christmas Cards by Bookplate Artists
I'll be taking a train to New York City this morning to visit Santa at Macy's .My grandson Jack is four years old and in all probability he won't be a true believer by next Christmas.Over the years...
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Santa in New York and More Christmas Cards
I came back from New York City without seeing Santa Claus. There was a three hour wait at Macysand all adults present were not that patient.The back up improvised plan was to visit a toy shop and that...
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Odds and Ends plus a few more Christmas Cards
"Clarence Hamilton Kennedy(1879-1952) was an entomologist and an artist. (He designed his own bookplate).. He was the first person to carry out a comprehensive census of dragonflies in the western...
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The California Bookplate Project Olive Percival
Olive Percival, A Renaissance Woman By David W. Lowden Olive May Graves Percival (July 1, 1869 - February 18, 1945) was...
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LOOKING BACKIn 2014 I began a series of bookplate artists checklists . Of all the articles I've written this year they give me the most satisfaction . Few if any of the checklists are complete so these...
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Happy New Year
To all of you out there I wish you a happy , healthy and prosperous new yearThe following list of upcoming shows was sent out by the Ephemera Society of Americahttp://www.ephemerasociety.org/January...
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The Bookplates of Ellen Terry,Gordon Craig and Henry Irving.
Ellen Terry (1847-1928)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Terry"Dame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.Born into a family of...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends 1/11/2015
Congratulations to Paula Jarvis Her new newsletter Printed and Bound is informative and beautifully laid out.The current issue can be found on The Book Club of Detroit website.I was interested in...
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Important Announcement- The Bookplate Society Auction, over 2,500 items
LOT # J021 (Page 11)Lot # J026 (Page 11)As wintry weather causes most of us to stay warm at home, here is news of an amazing event to keep you well occupied. Over 2,500 bookplates – British, American...
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