A Major Addition To My Bookplate Collection
By Larry Nix
Bookplate collecting is a serious endeavor which is normally undertaken by serious collectors. I don’t consider myself a serious collector of bookplates so it is surprising that I have made 18 previous posts to my blog about bookplates(this one makes 19).
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/search/label/bookplates
I have also ended up with a fairly significant collection of bookplates for institutional libraries (as opposed to personal libraries). I added a major addition to that collection last year when I purchased an album of over 300 bookplates from a dealer at a stamp show. The dealer who knew about my interest in library history had previously offered to sell the album to me, but the price was more than I was willing to pay. He finally got tired of lugging the album around and made me an offer that I could not refuse. The album includes only part of someone’s former collection. The bookplates are for libraries starting with A and going through libraries starting with M. The bookplates are tipped or pasted into the album and I still need to safely remove them. Most of the bookplates are unused and were probably acquired by exchange with libraries or other collectors. The image of the page from the album for the Bangor (ME) Public Library shown above is indicative of that approach. A few of the bookplates in the album were removed from books. A bookplate from the library of the Bureau of Statistics and Labor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, also shown above, is an example of those bookplates. The Massachusetts bookplate was added to the library on April 2, 1906. I have no clue who compiled this collection of bookplates, but it is a fair assumption that it was a librarian. I previously obtained a collection of library bookplates that was assembled by Essae Martha Culver who was executive secretary of the Louisiana Library Commission and later Louisiana State Librarian. Some examples from the Culver collection are located HERE . It is always nice to make a connection with a previous or current collector of librariana.
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/search/label/bookplates
I have also ended up with a fairly significant collection of bookplates for institutional libraries (as opposed to personal libraries). I added a major addition to that collection last year when I purchased an album of over 300 bookplates from a dealer at a stamp show. The dealer who knew about my interest in library history had previously offered to sell the album to me, but the price was more than I was willing to pay. He finally got tired of lugging the album around and made me an offer that I could not refuse. The album includes only part of someone’s former collection. The bookplates are for libraries starting with A and going through libraries starting with M. The bookplates are tipped or pasted into the album and I still need to safely remove them. Most of the bookplates are unused and were probably acquired by exchange with libraries or other collectors. The image of the page from the album for the Bangor (ME) Public Library shown above is indicative of that approach. A few of the bookplates in the album were removed from books. A bookplate from the library of the Bureau of Statistics and Labor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, also shown above, is an example of those bookplates. The Massachusetts bookplate was added to the library on April 2, 1906. I have no clue who compiled this collection of bookplates, but it is a fair assumption that it was a librarian. I previously obtained a collection of library bookplates that was assembled by Essae Martha Culver who was executive secretary of the Louisiana Library Commission and later Louisiana State Librarian. Some examples from the Culver collection are located HERE . It is always nice to make a connection with a previous or current collector of librariana.
Note from Lew- I want to thank Larry Nix for sharing information from his blog
Library History Buff
Library History Buff
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-major-addition-to-my-bookplate.html
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Here are two recent purchases and some mystery bookplates
- Judson Laire was an American actor best-known for starring as Lars Hansen in the early CBS television series, Mama from 1949 to 1957, as well as several daytime soap operas including Love is a Many Splendored Thing and The Edge Of Night.Wikipedia
- Born: August 3, 1902
- Died: July 5, 1979
The image used by H.A.Dade could be mistaken for an alien from outer space but it turns out he wrote
Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee
Who was it made for?
Alden Jewell's bookplate is listed in
Theatrical Bookplates by A.Winthrop Pope
It is dated 1908 and the artist's initials appear to be MP
If you have any mystery bookplates send your scans to Bookplatemaven@hotmail.com
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