31. Warren Post Kortright by Pauline Stone (East Orange, NJ), 1915, 8.3 by 12.7 cm, used. Adhesive on verso along the top and bottom edges only, though the adhesive along the top has faded the paper (see image). Pencil signed by Stone, as well as “Prize Design – 1915.” $10.00 32. Virginia Pettee by George E. Wesson, nd, 8.6 by 11.5 cm, unused but with corner wear and light creases. A fairy-filled plate with a quote from Alfred Noyes, “How short’s the way to Fairyland / Across the purple hill.” $10.00 33. Marion Erskine Platt by Haydon Jones, 1901, 6.4 by 9.3 cm, album mounts. Very good with some glue staining in upper left corner. Haydon Jones (1870-1954), an illustrator and newspaperman, led quite a life, including being captured and imprisoned by Spanish troops in Cuba in 1898 (read about him in Lew Jaffe’s blog at http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com/2014/10/haydonjones.html). Butler p. 93. $20.00 34. Jacob M. Plaut by W.A. McCord, 1907, 8.1 by 12.1 cm, unused. Near fine. Features a Harvard crest at center bottom. $8.00 35. Dorothy Robinson by Mary B. Dodds, nd (“c1901” is penciled on the verso), 9.5 by 7.8 cm, album mounts and some of the glue has soaked though (see image). Good. $6.00 36. Barrett B. Russell, Jr. by Frank Chouteau Brown, 1897, 6.6 by 8.9 cm, album mounts. Very good. An attractive copy of Brown’s “Dream Fairy” plate. Butler p. 56. $20.00 37. Shea, signed “Weldin, Pitts.,” nd, 8.2 by 12.7 cm, used. Very good. A lovely portrait of a young girl reading in front of a bookcase. The illustrator is unfamiliar to me. There was a J.R. Weldin bookseller in Pittsburgh, but I don’t know if this is related. $12.00 38. Letitia Simpson, designer’s mark is illegible (MRH maybe?), nd, 7.3 by 11.6 cm, album mounts. Very good. $6.00 39. L. McL. Todd by “ELT,” nd, 7.6 by 11.1 cm, used. Good with light wear. $5.00 40. Amy Wentworth-Stone, signed with a “W,” nd, 7.6 by 11.5 cm, used. Very good with light corner wear. Wentworth-Stone was a children’s author in the 1930s with books like P-Penny and His Little Red Cart and Let Polly Do It. While the “W” could stand for Wentworth-Stone, my guess is that it’s either Eloise Wilkin or Hildegard Woodward – both were illustrators who worked on Wentworth-Stone’s books. $6.00 41. Edna Browning Wilkins by William Wallace Denslow, nd (c. 1900), 6.6 by 9.9 cm, album mounts. Very good with faint glue staining in the lower left corner. A scarce bookplate from the illustrator W.W. Denslow. While Denslow did well for himself illustrating atlases, doing illustrations and design work for newspapers and magazines, as well as doing hundreds of drawings for Montgomery Ward’s catalogs and dozens of book covers, he is best known as the original illustrator for L. Frank Baum’s Oz series and his works and books are avidly collected. $60.00 42. Samuel Wilson by L. Shepherd, nd, 12.6 by 8.5, album mounts. Very good with faint corner creases. $8.00 43. Frances Woodworth by Jay Chambers, 1902, 7.8 by 13 cm, unused. Near fine. Butler p. 61. $20.00 Sporting & Hobby Bookplates by Robert Ball Ball was an American illustrator who specialized in sporting and hobby scenes. His bookplates were reproduced via photo-engraved plates. While none of the following are dated, they were all created prior to 1965. 1 44. J. Jud Chalmers by Robert Ball, nd, 10.3 by 13.8 cm, unused. Near fine. Features a small airplane, sailboat, and a gull. $15.00 No. 44 45. John Carsten Chapin by Robert Ball, nd, 8.8 by 12.8 cm, unused. Very good with a couple of faint scratches near the top edge. Features a fly pole and accessories, tennis racquet, books, and a cabin. $30.00 No. 45
No. 46 No. 47 No. 48 46. Charles E. Kistler by Robert Ball, nd, 11.4 by 17.5 cm, unused. Very good with some yellowing and edge wear at the top. A bird hunting scene with crossed shotguns and a jug of scotch. $30.00 47. Pansy Ireland Poe by Robert Ball, nd, 10.4 by 13.7, unused. Near fine. Elizabeth “Pansy” Ireland Poe established the Pebble Hill Foundation in the 1950s so her family’s plantation in Thomasville, Georgia, would be preserved as a museum and open to the public. Her bookplate illustrates, in great detail, her interest in horses – especially jumping and polo – and hunting with several small vignettes wreathed in vines and bridles, with firearms and polo mallets. $50.00 48. W.E. Weiss, Jr. by Robert Ball, nd, 9 by 13 cm, unused. Near fine. A lovely bird hunting and angling plate featuring a shotgun, fly rod, trout, turkeys and geese. Weiss, who was involved in the pharmaceuticals industry, was an avid sportsman, but he is now remembered for his art collection. $40.00 Miscellaneous Bookplates 49. Charles Dickens, no designer, nd, 6.4 by 9.5 cm, album mounts. Very good with faint wear. Two different coppers were used by Dickens (1812-1870), this being the latter, more “angular” (Lee) design. Interestingly, Dickens used without entitlement the crest granted to William Dickens in 1625. The New York Public Library states that the crest “was designed for him in 1840 by John Overs, a London cabinet-maker” (http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/lifeofauthor/1detail3b.html). A scarce and important plate in wonderful condition. Lee 144. $350.00 No. 49
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