American book-plates, a guide to their study with examples ... With a bibliography by Eben Hewins ... Illustrated with many reproductions of rare and interesting book-plates and in the finer editions with many prints from the original coppers both old and recent (1905)
Allen, Charles Dexter, 1865-1926, Norwood Press. (1905) bkp CU-BANC, Hewins, Eben Newell · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 35
that 12 American Book-plates. some interest does attach to the plates used by cer-tain men of fame in historical annals—from theirrightful place within the covers of the very booksread and handled by these illustrious owners. Let it be remembered that but a small partof the many books published… … binding. Surely, no one can quarrel with thecollector who removes the book-plate, found with-in it, from such a worn-out specimen, even if theremoval necessitates the ruin of the cover. Butto remove a boc!)k-plate does not necessarily meanto ruin the cover; it requires some skill and con-siderable…
Bookplates, American · Bookplates -- Bibliography
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