Peake 3888 ('Eagle on rock', 1932). An untrimmed remarque proof, numbered (4/6) and signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin (and almost certainly printed by him). Noel Wood (1912-2001) was born in Strathalbyn, South Australia. Soon after producing this artwork, he lived on Kangaroo Island (1933-35) before..... More
Peake 3887 ('Pegasus', 1933). The small plate is numbered (9/15) and signed in pencil by Thake in the bottom margin. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 3885 ('Tree embracing maps of Canada & Australia', 1943). A proof copy, signed in pencil in the bottom margin by the artist. Offered together with a photocopy of a 1943 autograph letter to Muir from this Canadian artist, primarily regarding the bookplate. It appears Smith produced it as a...... More
Peake 3883 ('Bookstalls with church tower behind'). A signed proof copy, inscribed by the artist 'Opus 22', dated 1980. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 3878 ('Two whales', 1980). Numbered (32/100) and signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin; printed on blue paper. More
Peake 3874 ('Galleon and seagull', 1932). London-born John Charles Goodchild (1898-1980) emigrated with his family to South Australia in 1913; he served on the Western Front with the 9th Field Ambulance, AIF. He established himself as an artist, educator and arts administrator in Adelaide after the war. He studied in..... More
Peake 3873 ('Devil's face', 1934). A remarque proof, signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin. John Barclay Godson (1882-1957), artist and art teacher, was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1914. He was a founding member of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society. In 1933, Geoffrey Ingleton..... More
Peake 3891. Provenance: Marcie Muir (1919-2007); by descent. More
Peake 399 ('River scene with sampan'). George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey (1847-1931) was an important landscape artist and author, with a strong interest in the European discovery of Australia. Frederick Lucas Benham was a South Australian doctor and collector of books, pictures, coins, and medals (among other things); he was..... 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
Peake 492. London-born Frederick Christian Britton (1889-1931) arrived in South Australia in 1910. He was an artist and arts educator, not least the first principal of the Adelaide School of Arts. Lucy Birks was a daughter-in-law of Charles Birks of the eponymous Adelaide department store (founded in 1876, it merged..... 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
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 The Right Honourable Charles Moore, Lord Tullamoore (1712-1764, later 1st Earl of Charleville), Samuel Muir, and Robert Muir. The latter two have the motto 'Duris non frangor'. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. [3 items]. More
The plates are for: 1. Hannu Paalasmaa by Rudolf Riess (signed); 2. 'L.M.N., Her Book' (etched, possibly an amateur effort, on a mount inscribed in ink 'Lily from Lydie'); 3. Earl E. Fisk, by Haldane McFall; 4. Gwenyth Thomas; 5. 'Bidon de Lyon'; 6. G. van Houten, by Wim Zwiers;..... 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 are for Lucy Birks (Peake 492), George H. Harris (Peake 2378), and Norman McDougall (Peake 3560). External dimensions 132 × 106 mm, 108 × 61 mm, and 115 × 95 mm, respectively; the Birks plate has two light corner creases; the Harris plate has a few tiny marks;..... More
Peake 524. Clive Raymond Wallis (1909-83), 'Etcher, produced prints in the 1930s and '40s solely for private circulation. Most were erotic and either German expressionist or American "Ash Can" in style' (Design & Art Australia Online). Sydney Stansell Blake was a Sydney accountant. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher..... More
Peake 3886 ('Three figures from "Bounty" mutiny', 1947). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 4187. The design features Fort Denison, Sydney. George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey (1847-1931), better known as a landscape painter, may have won a prize for this plate in 1927 (see Peake, page 14). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 3276. The design, an Indigenous child standing behind a pink flamingo (both on one leg), features a motif that is synonymous with the artist Sydney Long (1871-1955). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. 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 letter, dated 22 January 1944, begins by referring to an article recently published in the 'Argus' (11 December 1943) in relation to the important bookplate collection of Victor Singer (1877-1943), a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who had recently died in Melbourne. The article (mistakenly identifying him as R.A...... More