Plank George John Blatchly (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. viii 96p large format paperback, orange cover, like new condition, Woudhuysen ex libris, all pages clear and bright, binding firm and tight, excellent copy; this is one of a limited edition of 250 copies and includes its unused rare bookplate Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Language: English.

FIRST EDITION limited to 250 copies (50 only for sale); lg.8vo., pp.viii,96; illustrations of nearly a hundred bookplates designs & several book illustrations; new in illustrated stiff paper covers. A fascinating and thoroughly researched account of this little-known book artist. Born Gettysburg in 1883, he sailed in 1914 to England where he stayed until his death in 1965. Initially much influenced in his bookplate work by Gordon Craig, his book illustrations included Vita Sackville-West's The Land & Family History (jacket), Benson's The Freaks of Mayfair and work for H[ilda] D[oolittle], Molly Keane & Marianne Moore. Illustration Bookplates BOOKPLATES.

With a foreword by John Craig. Pp. 96, appendices, index; impl. 8vo; pictorail brown stiff paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, fore-corners a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, fore-corners of a couple of leaves lightly creased; The Bookplate Society, London, 2002. Edition limitied to 250 copies (50 for sale). *Loosely inserted is a [reproduction?] of a bookplate Plank designed for William and Lesley Jowitt which is referenced in the text and features on the upper wrapper (and on page 56). American artist George Wolf Plank (1883-1965) is chiefly remembered for his long association with Vogue Magazine.