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Bookplate Odds and Ends.
One of the bookplate images sent by Tracy Munn On at least five occasions grand children or great grandchildren of bookplate designers have spotted a blog posting I've written and have sent me...
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English Theatrical and Cinema Bookplates- Part One
This is the first installment of an ongoing listing of bookplates used by English theatrical and cinematic entertainers . It also includes writers, producers and directors.. The brief biographical...
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English Theatrical and Cinema Bookplates-Part 2
This is the second installment of this ongoing project. If you have any theatrical bookplates which you want included in this posting send your scans toBookplatemaven@hotmail.comPrince Frank Littler (9...
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English Theatrical and Cinema Bookplates-Part 3
My input for this project is just about complete. As I get additional items they will be added to the blog postings.I hope that other collectors will find the time to to send scans of bookplates which...
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Bookplate Odds and Ends 2/19/2015
Monday February 23rd is the deadline for submitting your first round of bids for the Bookplate Society web auction. A day or two after this we shall be seeing the bidding status available online...
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This Week in Bookplates 2/26//2015
A Major Addition To My Bookplate CollectionBy Larry NixBookplate collecting is a serious endeavor which is normally undertaken by serious collectors. I don’t consider myself a serious collector 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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This week in Bookplates 3/4/2015
Timothy Jones, Esqr. By John TitfordHow many collectors may have been confused by such a plate? It could so easily be mistaken for an eighteenth-century item, but it was engraved by E.D.French in 1893....
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Fellow collector/dealer Gabe Konrad has just released a 23 page well illustrated catalog of bookplates, bookseller labels and books about both subjects. It is an excellent reference for both beginning...
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Bookplates about Cars Part One
I have a group of bookplates relating to transportation . Within that group are a number of car and truck items.This is one that arrived yesterday.Ref.Page 19Tales of Studebaker: The Early Years By...
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Bookplates About Cars-Part 2
Think Smallby James P. KeenanIt was the late 1950s and the Madison Avenue advertising agency of Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) initiated the most remarkable “Think Small” ad campaign for Volkswagen. Imagine...
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Bookplate Owners
I enjoy finding biographical information about bookplate owners almost as much as acquiring them. Here are a few examples:The New York lyricist Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984) collaborated with many...
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Back From New York City
Yesterday, I went to three different book shows in New York City. Here are a few of the items I purchased .Ref. P.356 The annual Biography and Obituary for the Year .... Vol.1-2The William Beloe plate...
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Gordon Collett Checklist
Chronological list of BookplatesBy Gordon Collett A picture of Gordon Collett at work on a trompe l’œil bookcase mural.I have been interested in pen and ink work since a child., In fact I sold...
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Andrew Kay Womrath
I just finished reading a delightful book, The Great Beanie Baby Bubble by Zac Bissonnette.Along the way I made note of the following on page 89 :" My downfall was the Checklists"one early collector...
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Reefer Madness
For those of you who were young in the 1960's can you fully comprehend that 1965 was fifty years ago ? I have trouble with such reality..I was not a bookplate collector back then but I did collect...
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Bookplate odds and ends 5/17/2015
Let The Buyer BewareShown below is President Herbert Hoover's bookplate." The artist Henry B. Quinan made the original drawing for Mr. Hoover's bookplate and incorporated into the design the wonderful...
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Bookplates In Israel by Yosef Halper
The emergence of modern Zionism in the late 19th century, ushered changes in to the Jewish world which were immediately reflected in bookplate themes. Until the first half of the Eighteenth Century,...
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Physicians With Interesting Bookplates
I have always been drawn to physician's bookplates . They often depict a medical specialty with striking clarity.Occasionally they are humorous .If you have similar items send scans to...
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Upcoming Jewish Bookplate Auction Lots
Dear Mr. Jaffe, We're glad you'll be putting together a post on your blog about the upcoming auction of two lots of bookplates from Robert Weinberg's collection. I have included in this email...
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