BORNEMAN, Henry S

Pennsylvania German Bookplates. A Study

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania German Society, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Illustrations include 24 full-page bookplates in color. A detailed study attractively presented. This copy is INSCRIBED by the printer on the front endpaper: "for Frederic G. Melcher/with affection & homage/of your friend, the printer,/Richard Ellis/10th Sept. 1959." Melcher was a giant in the book industry and is particularly known for his contributions to the children's book genre, including the creation of the Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal. Near Fine .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018934

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: Bookplates: Signed, Americana, Inscribed, Association Copy Books on Books Pennsylvania German Literature Illustrated Books Bookplates

(BOOKPLATES) GRAF, Heinrich (editor)

Gelegenheitsgraphik

Munich, Heinrich Graf, 1923 - 1925. First Edition. Wraps. Four quarto (7-5/8" x 10") volumes consisting of 4 vellum-backed cloth folders with printed paper labels on the front covers and each holding a paper folder consisting of a color title page and a colophon page containing within engraved bookplates, each SIGNED by the artist. There are a total of 40 SIGNED original engraved bookplates by artists such as Willy Geiger, Erich Buttner, Rudolf Hesse, Hermann Bauer, Eduard Winkler, Richard Klein, Seche, Karl Ritter, and others. Of a total of only 30 copies, this is #VIII of 10 numbered copies SIGNED by Graf and is the Austrian painter and graphic artist Leo Adler's copy with two of the colophons inscribed to him by Graf and with the first three colophons incorporating Adler's engraved bookplate as part of the page. The fourth portfolio does not have an inscription or engraving and is marked #X instead of VIII. An extra signed engraving is included. Occasional foxing. Near Fine and very scarce, especially when complete .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018388

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: German Expressionism, Bookplates, Signed Books on Books Signed Illustrated Books Bookplates