A bookplate designed by Astra Lacis for the pioneering bibliographer of Australian children's books
Peake 3891. Provenance: Marcie Muir (1919-2007); by descent. More
Original Prints and Drawings
An etched bookplate for Frederick Lucas Benham MD
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
A small collection of six Australian bookplates
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
An etched bookplate for Lucy Birks
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
A small collection of twelve Australian bookplates
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
A small collection of ten (mainly) Australian bookplates
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
A small collection of thirteen Australian bookplates
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
A group of three engraved armorial bookplates relating to Clan Muir, all featuring the moor's or saracen's head crest (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries)
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
A small collection of seven European and American bookplates
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
A group of eight bookplates for Australian bookmen: authors, booksellers, publishers, trade identities, literary patrons and bibliographers
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
A group of seven modern Australian bookplates
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
Three bookplates by Fred C. Britton
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
A bookplate for Sydney Stansell Blake
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
A woodcut bookplate for Noel Pearson
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
A two-colour bookplate for Sydney Long
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
A woodcut bookplate for Mollie and Gerald Walters
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
A bookplate for Bruce Tosswill, featuring Ginger Meggs
Peake 5221. James Kemsley (1948-2007) produced the Ginger Meggs comic strip between 1984 and 2007. The cricket theme is very much a reflection of Bruce Tosswill's interests. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
A bookplate for F.C.V. Lane
Peake 3063 (misspelling the artist's name as 'Micklin'). A pencilled note on the verso indicates that the design (a riverside scene and a swimmer) was adapted from a wood-engraving in 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. It also identifies the plate as a wood-engraving, but judging by Charles Nicklin's advertisements in..... More
A bookplate for John Gartner
Peake 2015 (giving the date 1944). The design references Gartner's Hawthorn Press, and features a book with the title 'Murder in Cat Alley'. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
A hand-coloured woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)
Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. The name 'HARRY' is pencilled in along the bottom..... More
A woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)
Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is usually seen hand-coloured. The plate is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. George David Perrottet..... More
A hand-coloured woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)
Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. George David Perrottet (1890-1971), 'although technically an amateur artist..... More
A hand-coloured woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)
Peake 1057. The bottom margin is signed in pencil by the artist. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated..... More
A three-colour woodcut bookplate (with additional hand-colouring) for J. Vils-Pedersen
+ HOSOKAWA, Peter F.: A five-colour woodcut bookplate for Arvid Vilms, signed by the artist. External dimensions 108 × 84 mm; with the discreet date-stamp (1980) on the reverse (showing through slightly, and impacting a little on the signature pencilled in the bottom margin); in excellent condition. The Frederikshavn-Kunstmuseum has..... More
A pair of bookplates for the pioneering bibliographers of Australian children's books
The bookplate for Marcie Muir is by Astra Lacis (Peake 3891). The bookplate for Kerry White is not in Peake, but the initials 'B.G.' in the plate confirm what the artwork immediately suggests - the artist is Bob Graham, the 'prolific and multi-award winning writer and illustrator of children's books'..... More