Plank George Wolfe Blatchly John (2 results)
Published by The Bookplate Society,, 2002
- First Edition
Seller: Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB, Saxmundham, United KingdomClaude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketFIRST 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 Eng…land 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.
Published by The Bookplate Society, London, 2002
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaKay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller
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Add to basketWith 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.
