"Recent American Ex Libris" THE CORNHILL BOOKLET
[Bookplates] Stone, Wilbur Macey.
Boston: Alfred Bartlett, September, 1901. First printing. 16mo, 43-62pp; buff beige wrappers printed in black and vermilion. A discussion of contemporary bookplate designs and their designers with illustrations. Among the designers highlighted: Jay Chambers, Homer W. Colby, William Edgar Fisher, Elizabeth Hollowell, Mrs. Annie B. Hooper, Theodore Hapgood et al. Fragile wrappers almost detached; 1/2" triangular piece lacking bottom tip rear panel. An interesting source on turn-of-the-century bookplates and their artists. (Item ID: 9579)
$35.00
