London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1887. Presentation copy. Inscribed ('from Grandpapa'), dated (September 1985) and signed in ink to a young Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930), biochemist and professor, with his scientific bookplate ('In Limine'). More
Portland, The Anthoensen Press, [c.1950]. Number 147 of 300 copies (250 of which were for sale). Eight leaves of illustrations include one tipped-in bookplate. More
London, George Newnes, Ltd., 1900. With the armorial bookplate of James Howard Johnson, great-grandson of George Fife Angas (and the local binder's ticket of F. Binns & Co., Charles Street, Adelaide). Not least, Western Australia (pages 63-66). More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. The background to this biography of George Fife Angas (1789-1879) is not without interest, and it is to be gleaned from the entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' on Henry Hussey (1825-1903), 'evangelist, millenarian, printer and historian ... Hussey's printing and publishing encouraged him..... More
The plates are in uniformly fine condition. 1. An unattributed plate for W.H. Langham, president of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, and bibliographer of The Hassell Press. Peake 3088. 2. A plate by C.H. Crampton for J.K. (Jack) Moir, literary..... More
The plates, in uniformly fine condition, are by: Blake Twigden for Pat Corrigan (Peake 1150); Marie-Claire Ralph for Glen Ralph's Wilmar Library (Peake 4416); Derek Riley for Edwin Jewell (Peake 2796); the same artist for 'Mildura' (perhaps a winery? - not in Peake); Peter Chapman for James Hardie Library (not..... More
The plates, all in fine condition, are for: (1) C.M.A. Brown (not in Peake); (2) E.L. Cook (Peake 1095); (3) Sydney Hagley (Peake 2288); (4) Ernest Samuel Marks (Peake 3463); (5) Enid Robertson (not in Peake); and C. Thomas (Peake 5163). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate..... More
The plates are for: (1) J.K. Moir, by C.H. Crampton (Peake 3757); (2) C.M.A. Brown (not in Peake); halftone reproductions of plates for (3) John L. Preece, by Henri van Raalte (Peake 4366); (4) Harold J. Howes, by Harold Byrne (2631); (5) Lorna Robin King, by William Hunter (Peake 2966);..... More
The plates are for Dr Frederick Lucas Benham; Adrian de Crespigny; W.E. Fuller (not in Peake); Joanna Elder Giles (not in Peake); George H. Harris; R.F. Irvine; Fred Johns; Paquita Mawson; Dr George Mackaness; N.H. Mitchell (not in Peake); William C. Quin; Catherine Stow; and Paul Stratmann. Provenance: H.B. (Harry)..... More
The plates are for Dr Frederick Lucas Benham; R.H. Croll; R.G. (two different designs); George H. Harris; R.F. Irvine; Fred Johns; Norman McDougall; Noel Pearson; William C. Quin; and Paul Stratmann (two different designs). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. [12 items]. More
London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. The bookplate of the 'Societas Medica Londinensis' on the front pastedown is inscribed in ink 'Presented by the Authors'. Above it is the ownership signature (April 2011) of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018). More
Peake 237. Barbara Constance Barnett was the wife of noted authority on bookplates and Japanese woodblock prints, Percy Neville Barnett. This plate is featured on page 172 of his 'Woodcut Book-Plates' (Beacon Press, 1934). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Sydney, [The Author], 1950. Number 76 of the standard issue of 200 copies signed by the author; a further 100 copies in two deluxe editions were also published. More
The bookplates, in uniformly fine condition, are all recorded by Peake. They are for the artist himself (signed); Philip Neville Barnett (signed); Mollie and Gerald Walters (signed); Alison Ellis (signed); Lyster Ormsby (signed); and Arthur Robinson. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. [6 items]..... More
Peake 5415 (dated 'c1924'). Some institutional collections list this bookplate under the name 'Mollie Gerald Walters'. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
The illustration on the front panel of the card ('Mountain Country - Australia') is signed in the image 'Sylvia B'. The bookplate is Peake 313 (not recording the artist or a date). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 465. Number 7 of 24 copies printed by hand from the original woodblock on untrimmed fine Japanese paper, signed and editioned in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin. A fine copy of the standard version (a photomechanical reproduction with a dry adhesive verso) is also present. Offered..... More
Peake 3347. Offered together with a duplicate typescript checklist of Birmingham's bookplates (12, with eight of them dated, mainly from the late 1920s). Karna Marea Birmingham (1900-1987) 'studied under Julian Ashton. Due to failing eyesight little work was done after 1938' (Peake, page 13). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller..... More
London, James Nichols, 1902. With the bookplate of Dr Frederick Lucas Benham (and the cancelled stamp of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia). James Bonwick (1817-1906), 'teacher, author, historian and archivist ... More than sixty publications can be attributed to him and they reveal the major characteristic of his..... More
The letter (octavo, on the letterhead of Trenance, Bonython's country house in the Bugle Ranges) reads in full: '25 March 1959. Dear Mr Muir, I believe you collect book plates. I send you mine. I meant to do so quite ten years ago. Yours truly, E.G. Bonython'. Eric Glenie Bonython..... More
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1942. One of only 150 copies, printed by John Gartner; the first publication of the Australian Bookplate Club. Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954), horticulturalist, naturalist, author and book-collector, with his signature on the title page. He has also signed the list of members at the end..... More
Wellington, The Beltane Book Bureau, 1948. NZ Collectors' Monographs Number 4; this unsigned edition was limited to 500 copies. Loosely inserted is a 1950 typed letter signed by David H. Graham, Lower Hutt, explaining the origins of an accompanying leaflet, 'Ex Libris. A Note describing the Bookplate of David H...... More
Sydney, [The Author], 1932. Number 163 of 300 signed copies of the standard edition; there was also a deluxe edition of 120 copies. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood..... More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More