A group of 17 bookplates by Adrian Feint (nine of them signed), including his plates for Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (the future queen consort, better known as the Queen Mother)
All plates are recorded by Peake, and are in fine condition.
The plates (16 wood-engravings and one etching) are for: 1. Elizabeth, Duchess of York (hand-coloured, signed, hinged onto stiff paper); 2. Edward, Prince of Wales; 3. Alice D. Gould (signed); 4. Mary Wilson Blackwood (printed in blue, signed); 5. Gretchen Borsdorff (signed); 6. Freda Nesbitt (signed, printed in two colours); 7. Frank E. Lane (signed); 8. Nola McGregor (signed); 9. Joy Garden (signed); 10. C. Nigel-Smith; 11. H.B. Muir (signed); 12. Elizabeth Watson Diamond (printed in brown); 13. Diamond (printed in blue); 13. Agnes M. Hayes; 14. Florence Lynch; 15. E.G. Boreham; 16. Barbara Rixson; 17. Thelma Cecily Clune (engraved, featuring the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction). Offered together with: 1. 'Printer's device of the Hawthorn Press, engraved on wood by Adrian Feint, December 1942' (wood-engraving and letterpress on a french-folded sheet, numbered 46/50 and signed by Feint; in excellent condition, still in the original envelope addressed to Harry Muir by John Gartner, of The Hawthorn Press). 2. An example of the cover label for his booklet 'Bookplate 100' published in 1930 in a limited edition of just six copies (a wood-engraved bookplate, printed in red; inscribed and signed by Feint beneath the image). 3. 'A Chronological List of Bookplates by Adrian Feint' (duplicate typescript with three manuscript corrections; foolscap folio, 6 pages, rectos only, listing 195 bookplates). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir, bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. [A quantity].
Item #132825
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00