individual

17. [Japanese Bookplates] Nippon Exlibris Association.
Membership Solicitation with Six Color Woodcut Bookplates.
Olayamaken, Japan: Nippon Exlibris Association,
1967. A short mimeographed membership solicitation letter
accompanied by six calendar sheets, each with an original
woodcut bookplate affixed to it. The calendar sheets are,
according to the letter, sent to members monthly and
“member artists always offer their best works” for the calendars.
The plates are top-mounted with the artist printed
underneath the plate. The artists include Yutaka Okubo,
Hiroshi Nishihara, Umetaro Azechi, Doshun Mori, Okiie Hashimoto,
and Yasushi Omoto. Letter and calendar sheets are
fine in the roughly opened mailing envelope. $30.00
No. 17
No. 18
18. Kent, Norman, ed. American Artist, May
1965. New York: Billboard Publishing Company,
Inc., Vol. 29 No. 5, Issue 285, May 1965. Wraps,
22.3 by 29.5 cm, 84 pp., illus. Light cover and corner
wear with a
few scuff marks, chipping at the foot of the spine, and chipping and a 2
cm split at the head of the spine. A surprisingly scarce issue that features
a well-illustrated eight-page article on “The Art of the Bookplate”
by illustrator, author and bookplate collector Fridolf Johnson. Also
includes articles on David Blower, Norman Kramer, Robert Laurent,
Richard Kazlow, and “Gauguin Woodblocks Rediscovered” by Herbert
Lass. $20.00
19. [Miniature Book, Miniature Bookplates] Arellanes, Audrey Spencer,
intro. Some Minor Book Plates. Los Angeles: Printed by Dawson’s Book Shop by W.M. Cheney, 1975, limited edition of
“somewhat under 200 copies.” Grey cloth with gilt spine titles,
3.3 by 4.3 cm, ix 23 pp. plus colophon, illus. Fine. After the introduction
by Arellanes, there are reproductions of twenty-three
miniature and micro-miniature bookplates designed by William
Cheney. A scarce volume. $160.00
20. [Universal Bookplates] New York Public Library. Six Vintage
Boxes of Universal Bookplates from the New York Public Library.
No. 20
No. 19
New York: New York Public Library, nd. Six
designs on gummed paper, all measuring
7.6 cm by 10.2 cm, in their original 50-
count boxes. Designs include “The Printseller”
by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux, “Peony”
by Simon de Passe (missing one plate),
“Signs of the Zodiac” reproduced from Lucidarius,
“The Rendez-vous of the Cats” by
Monet, “Zebras” by Hans Erni (missing one
plate), and “Aurelius Quotation” as engraved
by George Bickham (missing one
plate). Plates are fine, light wear to the
boxes. $25.00