Braungart, Richard.

Das Moderne Deutsche Gebrauchs-Exlibris.

Munchen: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1922. 1922. - Square octavo, printed gray paper covered boards titled in black on spine & in black & green within decorative green & black frame on front board. Rubbed, bumped & soiled with pencil notations on front board & small area of staining to rear board; the spine is darkened with the head chipped. 101 pp. plus publisher's catalogue. Profuse B&W illustrations. Top inch of the text block is detached; stains to the front edges of 3 leaves; occasional light soiling. Good working copy.

First edition. The text is in German.

From the library of Fridolf Johnson, with his pencil signature. Good .

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Book number: 7107

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; GERMAN; RICHARD BRAUNGART; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; REFERENCE; FRIDOLF JOHNSON. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). DAS MODERNE DEUTSCHE GEBRAUCHS-EXLIBRIS. Braungart, Richard.

Clements, William L. (1861-1934). American businessman & collector of historical works who founded the William L. Clements Library.

Original Armorial Bookplate of William L. Clements, the American Businessman and Founder of the University of Michigan's William L. Clements Library.

- William L. Clement's original 3-3/4 inch high by 2-3/4 inch high engraved armorial bookplate. A banner at the top of the image proclaims "In Time" above a winged hourglass. Below the image of flying time is a shield decorated by 3 doves on one side and 3 pennants on the other. The shield is itself framed on each side by a doe climbing up towards the hourglass. "Clements" is engraved under the image. Very faintly yellowed and soiled along the right edge. Near fine.

The American businessman William L. Clements (1861-1934) was a collector of historical works. He founded the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. A successful businessman involved in manufacturing and banking, Clements was a major donor to the University and served as its regent for 24 years. Very good .

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Book number: 97267

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKPLATES; AMERICANA; ECONOMICS; BUSINESS; LIBRARY; EDUCATION; WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; BOOKPLATE; EX-LIBRIS; BANKING; MANUFACTURING; BUSINESSMAN; ARMORIAL.

(Hanrath, Joh. J).

Exlibris Wereld. Driemaandelijks Tijdschrift Van de Exlibriskring Der W.B. -Vereniging. Twintigste Jaargang - Nr. 4 - Winter 1977.

(Amsterdam): Exlibriskring der W.B.-Vereniging, 1977. 1977. - Oblong octavo, stapled self-wraps. pp. 49-64. B&W textual illustrations. Very good.

Quarterly newsletter in Dutch. Very good .

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Book number: 7109

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; PERIODICAL; QUARTERLY; NEWSLETTER; DUTCH; ILLUSTRATIONS. (Books-on-Books) . (Bookplates). EXLIBRIS WERELD. Driemaandelijks tijdschrift van de Exlibriskring der W.B.-Vereniging. Twintigste jaargang - nr. 4 - Winter 1977. (Hanrat

Henriksen, A. D.; and Nielsen, Kay P.

Danske Laege-Exlibris.

Kobenhavn: H. Hagerup's Forlag, 1943. 1943. - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are soiled with the corners lightly creased. 89 & [4] pages plus colophon. The book is unopened, except for the last 2 leaves which have been somewhat roughly opened with a tear to the front edge of 1 of them. Illustrated in black & white with 1 plate & 50 full-page reproductions of Danish bookplates. The contents are very good.

A printed sheet of extracts from reviews of the book is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 7547

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; DANISH; ILLUSTRATOR; KAY P. NIELSEN; A. D. HENRIKSEN; DANSKE LAEGE-EXLIBRIS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Johnson, Fridolf).

Contemporary Ex Libris: An Exhibition. September 20-October 10, 1984. Organized by James P. Keenan. Introduction by Fridolf Johnson. (Catalogue).

Boston, MA: The Boston Athenaeum, 1984. 1984. - sc Quarto, cover sheet, vii & [24] pp. [mechanically reproduced], printed on one side only & stapled in top right corner. Good.

Fridolf Johnson's introduction is reprinted from his book "A Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present" [NY: Dover, 1977]. Good .

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Book number: 26703

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; BOSTON ATHENAEUM; REFERENCE; JAMES P. KEENAN; FRIDOLF JOHNSON. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). CONTEMPORARY EX LIBRIS: An Exhibition. September 20-October 10, 1984. Organized by James P. Keenan. Introduct

Kobler, John. (d. 2000). Biographer of Al Capone.

Dramatic Bookplate "from the Crime Library of John Kobler" Signed "Cs" in the Plate.

Circa [1945]. [1945]. Circa [1945]. [1945]. Very good. - sc 12mo [4-3/4 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide], bookplate. A dramatic black-and-white engraving, within a 1-inch margin, of a man hanging on a gibbet with a towering cloud over sharply peaked roofs in the background & an upturned face in the foreground. The image is headed "Borrower Beware" with "From the Crime Library of John Kobler" printed below. The signature "CS" appears in the plate. The margins of the bookplate are somewhat soiled, else very good. John Kobler worked for various news organizations as a reporter before editing the crime reportage of PM, a 1940s New York tabloid. In World War II he was a civilian intelligence officer posted to North Africa, Italy and France. He returned to freelance for The New Yorker, Colliers, Vanity Fair and The Saturday Evening Post. His first book, published in 1938, was "The Trial of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray" about a notorious 1927 murder case. "Some Like It Gory" [1940] and "Afternoon in the Attic" [1950] were collections of essays about bizarre crimes and creepy characters. His best-known book was "Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone", a biography published in 1971 and reissued in 1992. Very good .

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Book number: 99324

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; REPORTER; CRIME REPORTER; TRUE CRIME; JOHN KOBLER; BOOKPLATES; CRIME LIBRARY OF JOHN KOBLER; BIOGRAPHER OF AL CAPONE.

Delano de Lannoy, Mortimer (1869-1920).

A Rare Armorial Bookplate Designed by Mortimer Delano de Lannoy.

1902. 1902. - An 8-1/4 inch high by 6-1/4 inch wide armorial bookplate illustrated with a zinc etching designed by Mortimer Delano de Lannoy. A central coat of arms with 2 unicorns flanking a shield topped with a unicorn's head protruding from a crown with banners and escutcheons along the top. The owner's genealogy is etched within decorative banners on both sides, with crossed swords pictured at the bottom of each banner. A decorative black frame surrounds the central image with a list of cities and regions in France & Belgium between 3 shields. Two more escutcheons in the form of shields are pictured at the bottom framing a banner within which is etched "Bonnes Nouvelles / Ex-Libris 1902 / Delano de Lannoy". Several of the shields are decorated with crowned lions. Fine.

Mortimer Delano de Lannoy (1869-1920) held the title of "Poursuivant-of-Arms". With Reginald Harvey Arnold, he was the author of "Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen", Part 1: "Dress for Gentlemen" by Delano, and Part 2: "Essential Customs for Gentlemen" by R.H. Arnold (published in 1891). Fine .

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Book number: 98941

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKPLATES; RARE ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE; DESIGNED BY MORTIMER DELANO DE LANNOY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; ZINC ETCHING; 20TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ESCUTCHEON; GENEALOGY; COAT OF ARMS; SHIELDS; UNICORNS; CROWNED LIONS; HELM; MANTLING; CROWN; CREST; SUPPORTER

Lee, Brian North.

Early Printed Book Labels: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels Printed in Britain to the Year 1760.

(Pinner, Middlesex, U.K.): Private Libraries Association and The Bookplate Society, 1976. 1976. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt, in original glassine. 185 pp. Illustrated with B&W examples of the book labels. The glassine is lightly soiled, else near fine.

First edition, limited to 2200 copies, of which 700 were for sale. Fine .

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Book number: 6228

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; BOOK LABELS; GIFT LABELS; BRITISH; ENGLISH; BRIAN NORTH LEE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; REFERENCE. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). EARLY PRINTED BOOK LABELS: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels

Kronhausen, Phyllis and Eberhard; editors.

Erotic Bookplates.

NY: Bell Publishing Company, (1970). (1970). - Octavo, boards, in dw. Boards are slightly soiled; dw is rubbed & soiled. 10 pp. plus nearly 200 B&W illustrations. Very good.

Reprint edition. Very good .

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Book number: 6455

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). EROTIC BOOKPLATES. Kronhausen, Phyllis and Eberhard; editors.

(Skrzypek, Zofia).

Racwicz '86": XI Ogolnopolska Pokonkursowa Systawa Ekslibrisow.

(Leszno [Poland]): Dom Kultury W Rawiczu, [circa 1986]. [circa 1986]. - Octavo, stapled printed white wraps. Rubbed & lightly soiled & spotted with small stain to rear wrap. 55 pp. Color bookplate of Wiktor Dziulikovski tipped in on inside front wrap. Also with profuse full-page B&W illustrations. Very good.

Inscribed on the inside front wrap to Dr. Samuel X. Radbill. Additionally signed by what appears to be the compiler of the catalogue in the rear.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 7123

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; POLISH; FACSIMILES; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURES; ZOFIA SKRZYPEK. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). "RACWICZ '86": XI Ogolnopolska Pokonkursowa Systawa Ekslibrisow. (Skrzypek, Zofia).

(Skrzypek, Zofia).

Racwicz '87": XII Ogolnopolska Pokonkursowa Wystawa Ekslibrisow.

(Leszno [Poland]): Dom Kultury W Rawiczu, [circa 1987]. [circa 1987]. - Octavo, stapled printed white wraps with device in black on front wrap. Lightly rubbed, soiled & spotted with the corners of the rear wrap lightly creased. 56 pp. Color bookplate of Wiktor Dziulikowski tipped in on inside front wrap. Also with profuse full-page B&W illustrations. Very good.

Laid in are B&W proofs of three bookplates for Dziulikowski.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 7138

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; POLISH; FACSIMILES; WIKTOR DZIULIKOWSKI. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). "RACWICZ '87": XII Ogolnopolska Pokonkursowa Wystawa Ekslibrisow. (Skrzypek, Zofia).

Treier, Albert, Dr.

Das Exlibris in Der Leopoldina: 104 Alte Deutsche Bucheigenzeichen Mit 69 Abbildungen. Festgabe Zum 75. Geburtstag Von Kommerzienrat Dr. Ferdinand Gademann (15. April 1955).

Schweinfurt [Germany]: Veroffentlichungen des Historischen Vereins und des Stadtarchivs Schweinfurt, 1955. 1955. - Octavo, printed white wraps. Very lightly foxed. 68 pp. Profuse B&W illustrations. Some very light foxing. Very good.

Laid in is the author's business card with "Gute Erholung!" typed along the top edge, along with a four-page brochure about Treier's book "Alte Schweinfurter Bucherzeichen". The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 7117

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; GERMAN; LEOPOLDINA; FESTGABE; FERDINAND GADEMANN; ILLUSTRATIONS; ALBERT TREIER. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). DAS EXLIBRIS IN DER LEOPOLDINA: 104 alte deutsche Bucheigenzeichen mit 69 Abbildungen. Festgabe zum 75. Geburtstag

Waehmer, Kuno.

Bucherzeichen Deutscher Arzte: Bilder Aus Vier Jahrhunderten. Mit Einem Vorwort Von Max Sauerlandt.

Leipzig und Wolgast [Germany]: "Der Kentaur" Verlag, 1919. 1919. - Square octavo, color pictorial cream wraps. Spine & extremities darkened; wraps soiled & darkened with the edges & corners creased. 129 pp. plus colophon. The top third of the text block is detached; the pages are darkened & some page corners are lightly creased; there is a small chip out of the bottom edge of each of the last 11 leaves. Full-page & textual B&W illustrations & tipped-in B&W plates. Good working copy.

Limited edition of 850 copies. Good .

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Book number: 7139

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; GERMAN; REFERENCE; KUNO WAEHMER; MAX SAUERLANDT; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; TIPPED-IN PLATES; LIMITED EDITION. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). BUCHERZEICHEN DEUTSCHER ARZTE: Bilder aus vier Jahrhunderten. Mit einem Vorwort von

von Zur Westen, Walter.

Exlibris (Bucheignerzeichen). Zweite, Vermehrte Auflage.

Bielefeld und Leipzig [Germany]: Velhagen & Klasing, 1909. 1909. - Octavo, limp white & maroon cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on front cover. 145 pp. Foxing to inside rear wrap. 1 B&W plate on heavy stock with tissue guard, 4 color plates of which 1 is tipped in on tan stock, & profuse B&W textual illustrations. Very good.

Second, enlarged edition. The text is in German.

The B&W plate is a copper engraving struck from the original plate for an exlibris of Bartel Beham [1530]. One of the color plates is a lithographed exlibris by Emil Orlik. Very good .

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Book number: 7115

Catalogue: Bookplates

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; WALTER VON ZUR WESTEN; GERMAN; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILES; BARTEL BEHAM; EMIL ORLIK. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). EXLIBRIS (BUCHEIGNERZEICHEN). Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. von Zur Westen, Walter.