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THE
BOOKPLATE ANNUAL
FOR 1921
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FOR 1921
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CONTENTS
The Bookplates of Fkank Brangwyn, R. A., hy llaldane Macfall .... 11
A Bookplate Problem 23
The Sixth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Bookplates 25
Bookplate Treasure Trove, hy Gilbert S. Perez 33
The American Bookplate Society 37
List of Members op the American Bookplate Society . . .... 45
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Stanley Harrod, by Stanley Harrod frontispiece
Charles Holme, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 10
EsTELLA Canziani, by Frank Brangivyn, R. A 12
Charles Holme, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 14
Mario Borsa, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 15
Edith Hope, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 17
A. G. TosATTO, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 18
Helen P. Wilson, by Frank Brangwyn, R. A 20
Steven Day 22
Eleanor Ter Bush, by W. E. Fisher 26
Bobby, by Carl S. Junge 28
Williams Club, by Arthur Engler 30
Hamilton Gault, by J. A. C. Harrison 31
A. Canovas del Castillo 32
Justine, by W. E. Fisher 34
Buddy Lankes, by J. J. Lankes 35
Applewaye, by J. K. Finch 36
George W. Fuller, by George W. Fuller 38
Andreas & Etta Carson, by G. S. Junge 40
Fannie & Carl Junge, by C. S. Junge 42
Alfred Fowler, by Antonio de Guezala 43
James Guthrie, by James Guthrie 46
Edward Francis and Sally Field Stevens, by E. H. New 48
Edgar Kowalski, by J. J. Lankes 50
Leroy, by Carl S. Junge 52
George Sarton, by E. M. Sarton 53
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THE BOOKPLATES OF FRANK
BRANGWYN, R. A.
By Haldane Macfall
Of all living artists, Frank Brangwyn
stands out as being of the widest range in
the activities of the craftsman — he is a mas-
ter of crafts. No painter is less hampered
by the parochial idea that a work of art
must be a picture in a gold frame or that a
painting in a gold frame thereby becomes a
work of art. He will create for you a work
of art whether you desire a fan, a jewel-case,
decorations for the altar or walls of a cathe-
dral, a painting for your dining room, a dec-
oration for your business office, a lithograph
for a poster, a mace for a mayor, or — your
bookplate. And each in its realm he raises
to the masterpiece, the one as deliberately
wrought to achieve its aim as the other.
How he has escaped the modern dullard con-
cept of the schools and studios that a work of
art must be an oil-painting in a gilt frame,
heaven only knows; but he has escaped it;
and by consequence he stands out in the art
achievement of his age as a great European.
Now, it were easy enough to take the pose
of being ready to 'knock off any old thing,'
from a cathedral to a parish pump, whilst
you wait ; but to be master of the craftsman-
ship of each activity that lies within the
realm of an artist is another affair. Brang-
wyn is a complete master of each craft. He
has the consummate tact to know the limi-
tations of a craft — the limitations that hedge
a craft in its capacity to utter an artistic
impression. But many an artist has recog-
nised the limitations of a craft only to re-
main a mediocrity, Brangwjoi has this
higher attribute — an attribute that at once
lifts him amongst the masters — that whilst
he knows and respects the limitations of a
medium, he also knows with an luierring
daring of artistic courage the wide range to
which that medium can be thrust without
breaking — a courage only granted to men
of the foremost achievement, who are thus
able to launch upon wide conquests where
lesser men of exquisite gifts it may be, stand
hesitant on the brink of great adventure
only to shrink back from the big things ow-
ing to a timidity of pedantry. Brangwyn
has broadened the acreage of art as much as
Whistler narrowed it. We needed Brang-
wyn after Whistler to prove to us that what
Whistler said could not and should not be
done, could be done — if not by Whistler.
There is no man living who knows more
of lithography or of etching than Brangwyn,
just as no man living knows more certainly
than he the almost limitless adventure of
painting in oils. He has a very instinct for
the right handling of a medium, unencum-
bered by pedantry; he knows the fitness of
the instrument. And we see this mastery in
his handling of the bookplate as in all that
he does, a mastery compelling the mediimi
to give of its best but never forcing it beyond
its strength. It behooves us all, therefore,
to note carefully his handling of a book-
plate: it is a lesson in vigorous expression,
a lesson in decoration, a thing that holds the
THE BOOKPLATES OF FRANK BRANGWYN, R. A.
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essence of a label for the books of an indi-
vidual owner.
Brangwyn, knowing that a bookplate is
simply a label of possession, and compelling
it as such to be a decoration to a book, evi-
dently prefers the rich 'fat' blacks of a
woodcut to a more elaborate craftsmanship.
He has, it is true, made more than one fine
bookplate in etching, but he comes ever back
to the woodcut or the broad pen line that af-
ter all is nearest to the woodcut. And in
the woodcut his sense of decoration, which
sings out in all he does, his fine vigorous
draughtsmanship, his large feeling for ar-
rangement, do him yeoman service. He
avoids the academic and the archaic. In his
design is no hint of that tedious aping of
Diirer, or of the antique skill, whether of
Honolulu or Samoa or Timbuctoo, which
makes so many 'serious' bookplates a mel-
ancholy debauch of artiness and mimicry of
the dead. There is no echo. He abhoi*s
pseudo-naivety. He is a modern; and he
gives us a little masterpiece of black and
white which it is a joy to possess and to paste
into a beloved book so that it shall put a
fitting seal on our personal claim to the book.
We never tire of it. It becomes a part of
us. He catches something of our personal-
ity and he gives us a tally on our individ-
uality as book-lovers.
Brangwyn makes a bookplate with such a
musical sense of black and white within the
narrow confines of his label that one feels
convinced he would bring distinction even to
a postage stamp. Indeed, only amongst so
phiUstine a community as the bureaucracy
of government officials could any other man
but Brangwyn have been allowed to design
England's postage stamps. The man never
seems to be able to go wrong — seems incap-
able of a commonplace. Take up an article
or a book on bookplates that is fully illus-
trated, and note how the blocks by Brang-
wyn sing out! Why? Well, how is one to
give the just reasons? One cannot discover
the scent of a flower by tearing it to pieces
and examining it under a lense. But in a
Brangwyn bookplate one can see certain
qualities that go to make up the sumptuous-
ness of its design — the fat black line and
mass, the full spacing, the rhythmical ar-
rangement, the essential richness of the sim-
ple woodcut — that richness of the old wood-
cut before the more elaborate engraving on
wood came to displace it and, in displacing
it lost much of its mellow breadth and sim-
plicity. But there is nothing perhaps more
telling than the absence of all pedantry or
antique aim from BrangwjTi's design: he is
a modern who masters the past, not one who
is enslaved by the past. He despises no art ;
he masters the bookplate — he does not pa-
tronise it. He masters the bookplate with
as deliberate purpose as he masters etching
or lithography; and he refuses to strain the
mediinn beyond its powers as resolutely as
he refuses to be cramped by it.
The charming design of the bookplate for
Miss Helen Wilson wherein the nude girl is
kissing the boy, shows this consummate grip
of the handling of the blacks of the woodcut
and the play of the cutting tool on the wood.
It also reveals that gift of composition, the
right and full filling of a space, that is so
constant a factor in the art of the man. The
suggestion of the white flesh of the girl, as
against the leafiness of the trees and the
clothes of the boy, is very telling. In strong
contrast is the pure reliance on the rhythm
of line in another bookplate, one of the two
bookplates for Mr Charles Holme, in which
the tree has grown and burst the encasing
confines in which its roots have grown. We
see, whether Brangwyn cuts on the wood or
designs for another to cut upon the wood,
how thoroughly he understands the wood-
block.
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Now, when I sj)oak of Decoration 1 do not
mean that abomination of desolation, that
dull mechanical hardness which is perhaps
best described as 'school-of-artiness' — I
mean a far different thing, I mean that bal-
anced design and sense of arrangement that
make a painting a spaced and ordered thing
whether it be a landscape by Corot or Turner
or Claude, or a portrait by Hals, or a scene
by Veronese. The Japanese and Chinese
genius excel in it amongst the Easterns. It
is a far more instinctive, far more difficult,
far more complex, and immeasurably more
tuneful and rhythmical faculty than that of
any mechanical arrangement. Writers on
ail; generally hedge the artist about with
limitations, and talk fearfully in panics of
bated breath of the 'pictorial' invading the
'decorative' and debauching 'design' —
they caution us against over-stepping the
'borderland' — this is all 'school-of-arti-
ness' and has nothing to do with art. The
pictorial is the decorative or it is a vvilgarity,
and both are 'design' or they are nothing.
The essence of a bookplate is that it should
be an artistic thing, a source of pleasure to
the beholder, and hold a personal note that
pronounces the ownership of the book. It
is simply a well-bred way of saying 'This is
my book. '
It would be difficult to imagine a more
beautiful employment of architecture and
landscape in so limited a space as the John
Gilmer bookplate — a perfect form of decor-
ation to its very lettering. The use of the
pen line in the second John Gilmer bookplate
of the riverside booksellers near Notre
Dame again shows us Brangwyn's grand
style and decorative sense in treating our
everyday life.
We find the orchard scene of the figure
gathering apples in Brangwyn's bookplate
for Miss Edith Hope a complete picture,
quite as decorative as the remarkable and
powerful 'decoration' of the richly spaced
black and white in the bird and mask of the
well-known bookplate of A. G. Tosatto. In
this Tosatto bookplate we not only have the
rich woodcut blacks, but an added beauty of
handling in which the wood yields the tex-
ture of the feathers of the bird, the texture
of the sculpture, and the texture of the foli-
age, the whole a sumptuous design in its
whites as well as its blacks, rich and musical
as the notes of a 'cello.
The second design for a bookplate for
Charles Hohne of storks amongst reeds, like
the first bookplate of Charles Holme, with
its beautiful de(;orative use of the tree that
bursts the confines in which it grew, and like
the Borsa bookplate of the nude girls pip-
ing to the terminal god, is a fine example of
the pen line employed in making the book-
plate designs. But here let us again note,
in the presence of these several handsome
designs for bookplates by a master hand,
how much finer are the rich blacks of the
woodcuts for a book label than the blacks of
any other medium to that end in Brang-
wyn's art.
Amidst the frantic din of what is fatu-
ously called Criticism to-day, when each
man is a pontiff and law unto himself, when
science and mathematics and cubes and
Blast have invaded the garden of art and
are trampling its flowers under foot, when
the melancholy jargon of noisy self-asser-
tion is mistaken for culture instead of being
recognised as the hee-haw of Bedlam, when
every youth on leaving the university, un-
able to qualify to be a curate, sets himself
up as a dictator of taste, it is interesting to
sit apart from the squalid squabbles and tear
the shallow souls of the disciples of the new
gospel to pieces, and, sitting calmly apart,
to try to think of the significances in art —
for the great periods of achievement in art
have ever ended in these noisy fatuous an-
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archie debauches of misundei*standing of the
significance of art. Looking placidly and
aloof at the achievement of our age, one can
test its values with the aid of a little imagin-
ation. If Rembrandt were alive one can see
him eagerly adding to his beloved collection
the lithographs, etchings, paintings, and
bookplates of Frank Brangwyn, one can see
that he would eagerly purchase the superb
etching of Dixmude Mill, just as one feels
sure that Brangwyn would treasure Rem-
brandt's etching of Omval rather than the
over-rated and questionable Three Trees.
So, likewise, were Rembrandt collecting
bookplates to-day, we should find in his pos-
session the masterwork of such as Brang-
wyn with but scant room for the mechanical
stuff that all too often makes the bookplate
a thing of dreariness and yawn.
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A BOOKPLATE PROBLEM
The American Antiquarian Society has a
number of seventeenth century dated Amer-
ican bookplates the authenticity of which is
unquestioned and which are as interesting
as they are rare. But a far greater biblio-
graphical interest is produced by the earliest
plate in the collection possible to be Ameri-
can, that of Steven Day / January 11 / 1642
which is here reproduced in the exact size
of the original.
The late Frank Evans Marshall, the well
known collector of Philadelphia, wrote of
this bookplate: 'This I take to be the plate
of the Cambridge printer.' Wm. C. Hazlitt
in his Roll of Honour 1908, page 58, de-
scribes it as 'A printed label, bearing the
name with the date, January 11, 1642, with-
in a curious type border. This is supposed
to have been executed for his own use by the
prototypographer of New England, and is
the earliest example, if so, of an American
ex-libris.' Governor John Winthrop in
his History of New England has the follow-
ing concerning the early printer : ' A print-
ing house was begun at Cambridge by one
Daye, at the charge of Mr. Glover, who died
on sea hitherward. The first thing which
he printed was the freemen's oath; the next
was an almanac made for New England by
Mr William Pierce, mariner; the next was
the Psalms newly turned into metre.' I,
348.
When we consider that there is no known
copy of the 'freemen's oath,' and no known
copy of The Almanac for New England, then
this modest bookplate presents a fascinat-
ing problem in bibliography and becomes a
most interesting little bit of paper as per-
haps the second piece of American printing
now extant, being only preceded by the Bay
Psalm Book.
In considering this problem the first ques-
tion to arise is the spelling of the name Stev-
en Day, as long-time usage has accustomed
us to the use of Stephen Daye when refer-
ence is made to the Cambridge printer.
Samuel Abbott Green in Ten Fac-Simile
Reproductions Relating to Neiv England,
1902, notes several facts of value. There
are but two known autograph signatures and
in each of these instances both the given
name and the surname are written differ-
ently. In the obligation entered into with
Glover in 1638 it is written Stephen Daye;
but in February 26, 1655, he wrote his sig-
nature Steven Day.
Matthew, his son and successor who print-
ed the Almanack for 1647, gives it Day. In
the text of the bond with Glover the name
is each time spelled Day, and in the obliga-
tion dated February 20, 1617-18, the name is
twice given Stephen Day.
In a paper found among the Dunster Mss.
(folio 15) in the Harvard University ar-
chives the name is given Steven Day, while
in the Suffolk Deeds it appears Stephen
Day; and in two depositions found among
the Middlesex County court files 1656 it is
three times given Steven Day.
Furthermore, the name of the printer is
not given in any publication now extant
which came from his press. These things
all being considered, it would seem quite
probable that the Cambridge printer would
have spelled his name Steven Day upon his
bookplate if he had one.
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A BOOKPLATE PROBLEM
The second thing to be considered is the
type ornaments which border the plate, and
here the darkness deepens as they are not
found on the title page of any publication
known to have been issued by the Day press.
The argument from what is not found is un-
satisfactory at the best but it is all that is
known at present.
The problem is not solved ; the case is not
proved. The bookplate appears to be Amer-
ican and there is no positive evidence that
it is not. The general concensus of opinion
is that it is indeed the bookplate of the Cam-
bridge printer. If that is the case, this lit-
tle piece of paper is the earliest known
American bookplate and it is also the second
printing in the English Colonies now known
to be in existence. Is it not a most interest-
ing bookplate problem?
THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF CONTEMPORARY BOOKPLATES
The American Bookplate Society's Sixth
Annnal Exhibition of Contemporary Book-
plates was first shown at the Grolier Club,
New York, from February first to nine-
teenth, 1921. As in former years all entries
have been limited to designs made during
the preceding year, 1920 in this case. The
exhibition comprises one hundred and thir-
ty designs by fifty-three artists, the niunber
of bookplates from abroad being larger than
usual.
Mr Charles B. Falls and Mr E. B. Bird,
both illustrators and designers of note, were
the judges. The Certificate of Merit was
awarded to Mr Carl S. Junge for the per-
sonal design for Bobhy; to Mr William Ed-
gar Fisher for the portrait bookplate for
Eleanor Ter Bush ; to Mr John A. C. Har-
rison for the armorial design for Hamilton
Gault ; and to Mr Arthur Engler for the in-
stitutional design for the Williams Cluh.
The Certificate of Honorable Mention was
awarded to Mr William Edgar Fisher for
the personal design for Justine and to Mr
J. J. Lankes for the personal design for
Buddy Lankes.
The collection forming the exhibition is a
cosmopolitan gathering which includes types
of bookplates in vogue in all parts of the
world. Practically all methods of execu-
tion are illustrated and the artistic standard
of the whole is unusually high — surely an
indication of returning normalcy, devoutly
to be wished!
A catalogue of the exhibition follows:
Alexander, W. W.
Eaton, Florence Mary
Saturday Club, The
Wilson, A. Curry
Avril, Paul
Snyder, Robert McClure
Ayearst, Morley J.
Ayearst, Morley
Langslow
McMichael, Walter
Skinner, May Hurd
Bird, E. B.
Lloyd, Mary Eleanor
Blackburn, Oscar T.
Beynolds, Cassius and Aimee
Walker, Jessie M.
Blank, F. C.
Frazee, Ida Cony
Gillette, King Camp
Nickerson Loan Library, William E.
Breton, D. A. Renshaw Le
Breton, Edmond J. L©
Child, W.
Wallace, W. F.
Clute, Beulah M.
Dore, Harry Ellsworth
Deleu, M.
Deleu, M.
Engler, Arthur
Adams, Francis George
Drouillard, Florence Jane
Lion, Oscar
Harriman, Oliver
Prichitt, Ada Sorg
Williams Club
Evans, John W.
Lindars, Edna May
Lindarg, Edna May
Finch, J. K.
' Applewaye '
By William Edgar Fisher
Certificate op Award
Sixth Annual Exhibition
THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
27
Fisher, William Edgar
Bush, Eleanor Tor
Gablf, William F.
Justine
Fuller, George W.
Corbet, Clifforil Cole
Puller, George W.
Button Settlement Library
Guezala, Antonio de
Fowler, Alfred
Moiisalvatje, Matilde
Guthrie, James
Guthrie, James
Harrison, John A. C.
Cator, Ralph Bertie Peter
Ellison, Joseph Bramhall
Gault, Hamilton
Wood, B. A., Herbert M.
Harrod, Stanley
Ayoarst, Morley James
Benzie, D.
Bolton, Wm. Ernest
Chester, John William
Evans, A. C.
Harrod, Stanley
Harrod, Stanley, Dickensiana
Speakman, H. B.
Henderyek, L,
ABODE a E. Verhaeren
Heneau, Flore
Poncelet, Dr H.
Botiers, V.
Henry-Andre
(Testot-Ferry, A.)
Raisin, Frederic
Thiers, E.
Tretaigne, Baron J. de
Hewett, Ainslie
Humphrey, Eleanor and Lewis
Siter, Hollingsworth
Hill, Sara B.
Dahlinger, Charles William
Hotchkiss, H. Stuart
Sturtevant, Paul and Charlotte
Hodek, Josef
Rudl, Vacslav
Hopson, William F.
E. G.
Hovine, Jeanne
ABODE
Jamieson, M. McGregor
strong, William Edward Schenck, Lillian Bissell
Woodshole Public Library
Johnston, Graham
Balfour, Capt. Alfred 8.
Glenarthur
Macbeth, William Gilchrist
Seton of Abcrcorn, Walter
Junge, Carl S.
Bobby
Carson, Andreas & Etta
Hoguild, Edna
Junge, Fannie & Carl
Leroy
Lankes, J. J,
Kowalski, Edgar
Lankes, Buddy
J. B. L.
W. M. 8.
Licht, George A.
Senn, Edward Richardson
Lloyd, Liieile
Brown, Ralph Gascoigne
McGloughlin, Eily
McGloughlin, Eily
McGloughlin, Madeline
Maier, Louis de
Fersen, Baron do
Pourtoehxine, Paul
Rizo-Rangabe, A.
(Savitzky, Mme L. de)
Molas, Eduard
Baucis, Joan
Molas, Eduard
Molas, Eduard
Molas, Josep
Monsalvatje, Jordi
Morey, Bertha G.
Harper, W. T.
New, Edmund Hort
Stevens, Edward Francis and Sally Field
Reed, Burton I.
Rosehgarten, Adolph George
Trinity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
Rodo, Ludovic
Henriet, C.
Root, Era C.
Bulkeley, Morgan — Billy
Bulkeley, Morgan Gardner — Ruth Collins
Sarton, E. M.
Sarton, George
Schweinfurth, J. A.
Sehweinfurth, J. A.
Smith, Ismael
Bolm, Adolf
Cohn, Maimie
Ibaiiez, "Vicente Blasco (4 designs)
Sutherland, John R.
M H w T
By Carl S. Junge
Certificate of Award
Sixth Annual Exhibition
THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
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Teall, Gardner
Schuster, Marion K.
Tielemans, Odette Legrain
Vandeputte, Charles Louis
Titz, Louis
Baucis, Joan
Braffort, L.
Dalniau, A.
Dareet, Jules
Gras-Vila, M.
Monsalvatjc, Jordi
Pach, Anton
Pach, Anton
Rotiers, Virginie
Ruttiens, Raoul
Titz, Constance
Wiener, Lionel
Wiener, Lionel
Totten, Emma J.
Phillips, Charles Lincoln
Ubbelohde, Otto
Hosbach, J. T. Alb.
Wolf, Emma C.
Waller, Pickford
Eidley, Frida
Wheeler, Cleora
Wheeler, Cleora Clark
Younger, Jane
H(endcrson), G. G.
H(utchison), H(ilda) S. P. (2 designs)
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By Arthur Engler
Certificate op Award
Sixth Annual Exhibition
By John A. C. Harrison
Certificate op Award
Sixth Annual Exhibition
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BOOKPLATE TREASURE TROVE
By Gilbert S, Perez
I had been traveling on horseback over
the mountains, in a dugout across the man-
grove-lined river and on a carabao through
the mud paths which were made still mud-
dier by the tropical torrents of the rainy
season. Finally arriving at the little Fili-
pino village of Quinayangan, on the east
coast of Luzon, my thoughts were probably
as far from bookplates as they will ever be.
The presidente, or mayor, welcomed me,
and, after a refreshing bath, imagine my
surprise and pleasure at finding that even
in this little thatched-roof village one could
find books. And imagine the greater sur-
prise of finding, among the paper-backed
novels of Blasco Ibailez and Galdos, a little
red-backed volrnne from the library of the
assassinated Spanish Premier, Don A. Can-
ovas del Castillo, with his bookplate at its
post proudly proclaiming his former pos-
session I
The chief interest of this ex-libris is not
in the design, which is the ordinary coat of
arms surrounded by the ribbon of the order
of the Golden Fleece, but in the person to
whom the bookplate belonged. A. Canovas
del Castillo, who was one of the most in-
fluential Spanish statesmen of the 19th cen-
tury, was born in 1828, He first entered the
Cortes in 1854 and took an active part in the
restoration of the Bourbons to the Spanish
throne. He was premier at different times
under Alfonso XII and during the minority
of the present king. His repressive policies
in Cuba contributed considerably to the dec-
laration of war between Spain and the
United States, although he was shot and
killed by an anarchist in August, 1897.
To the adept there are, indeed, few pleas-
iires greater than that of finding, in an out-
of-the-w^ay place, a precious or unusual ad-
dition to his collection.
By William Edgar Fisher
Certificate op Honorable Mention
Sixth Annual Exhibition
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By J. J. Lankes
Certificate op Honorable Mention
Sixth Annual Exhibition
By J. K. Finch
THE AMERICAN BOOKPLATE
SOCIETY
In December, 1921, Mr Clifford N. Car-
ver made the following announcement : ' The
increasing interest in bookplates shown in
America during the past few years has creat-
ed a necessity for the organization of an
American Bookplate Society which shall
have a national significance. The need
seems obvious indeed to all those who have
considered the subject.
'The majority of those interested in this
most fascinating subject of bookplates al-
ready know of the thriving existence of ex-
libris societies abroad. The Ex-libris Verein
of Berlin is worthy of special note as its pub-
lications are of intense interest. Societies
for the collectors and lovers of bookplates in
France, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland,
have also come into favor, and I am in-
formed that the English Society is soon to
be revived under new leadership. As to a
National Society in America, I sincerely
believe in its organization and in its after
success.
*At present there is in California a pros-
perous little Society with all of its members
intensely interested in bookplajtes. There
is, in this organization, a sense of intimacy
and comradeship which is the result of the
comparatively small number of members and
their occasional meetings. It is largely
from the suggestions of one of their amiable
leaders, Mr. Sheldon Cheney, that I have
even dared start upon this new task of or-
ganization: and it is indeed seeming to be-
come one of magnitude.
'It has been my endeavor to arrange a
meeting of all those interested in the organ-
ization of such a Society during January of
the coming year. Meanwhile, I am working
over the subject and take this opportunity,
thanks to the kindness of Mr Fowler, to ask
all readers who find this of interest to com-
municate with me. I shall esteem it an es-
pecial favor to have any suggestions which
may be offered. The cooperation of all
those interested is, of course, what is essen-
tial above all if success is to be achieved.'
The result of Mr Carver's announcement
was the founding of the American Bookplate
Society at a meeting held in New York Feb-
ruary first, 1913. Eighteen charter mem-
bers were elected at this meeting: Mr Wil-
liam F. Hopson was elected to the Presi-
dency, Mr Henry Blackwell was elected
Vice-President, and Mr Clifford N. Carver
was elected Secretary-Treasurer. The pres-
ent Constitution was adopted at this meet-
ing and the Society was thus successfully
launched. By May first, three months after
the Society was founded, eighty-five mem-
bers had joined. To-day the membership
numbers 170, having grown steadily each
year.
In January, 1916, the First Annual Ex-
hibition of Contemporary Bookplates was
shown in New York, Since that time a sim-
ilar exhibition has been held each j'^ear.
These annual exhibitions have proved of
great importance both to the Art of the Book-
plate and to the Society. They are partic-
ularly valuable in popularizing the bookplate
and in spreading knowledge concerning the
I
By George W. Fuller
THE AMERICAN BOOKPLATE SOCIETY
39
Society, now that they are shown in various monthly Chronicle, which is the news medi-
cities after the competitive showing in New um of the Society, is of particular value to
York. everyone interested in the subject. Details
The publications of the Society are also of concerning membership in the Society are
considerable importance. Among them, the set forth in the constitution.
CONSTITUTION OP THE AMERICAN BOOKPLATE SOCIETY
ARTICLE I
Name
The Society shall be called The American
Bookplate Society.
ARTICLE n
Purpose
The objects and purposes of this Society
shall be to promote good-fellowship among
collectors of bookplates, to hold exhibitions
of bookplates, to promote the publication of
literature upon the subject, and to cooper-
ate with individuals who may be in any way
working to promote the interest or develop-
ment of this field of art.
ARTICLE III
Officers
The officers of the Society shall be elected
on the first Saturday following the first Mon-
day in January and shall hold office for two
years. The officers shall consist of a Pres-
ident; a Vice-President; and a Secretary-
Treasurer.
ARTICLE IV
Government
The affairs of the Society shall be con-
trolled by a Board of Governors, elected ev-
ery two years on the first Saturday follow-
ing the first Monday in January, all mem-
bers of which shall be eligible for reelection
and to which any member may be elected.
The number of the Board shall be seven and
shall include the officers of the Society.
ARTICLE V
Membership
The membership of the Society shall be a
limited one of three hundred; comprised of
two hundred and ninety Regular Members
and ten Honorary Members.
The vacancies may be filled by the pro-
posal of any member and the election by a
three-quarters vote of the Society, or by the
unanimous vote of the Board of Governors.
Honorary Members rnay be elected to life
membership in the Society by the unanimous
vote of the members present at a regular
meeting.
The initiation fee shall be five dollars
($5.00), which shall cover the dues for the
current year. The annual dues shall be three
dollars ($3.00) per year, and payable Janu-
ary first. Any member who shall continue
in arrears for two months may be dropped
from the rolls without further action.
ARTICLE VI
Meetings
Regular meetings shall be held on the first
Saturday following the first Monday in Jan-
uary and the first Saturday in May. Special
meetings, at the request of the Board of
Governors, may be called when necessary
by the Secretary.
ARTICLE VII
Amendments
The Constitution may be amended only by
a three-quarters vote at a regular meeting of
the Society. The membei-s present at any
meeting shall constitute a quorum.
By Carl S. Junge
THE AMERICAN BOOKPLATE SOCIETY 41
LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN BOOKPLATE SOCIETY
1921-1922
William Edgar Fisher President Alfred Fowler Arthur L. Steams
Ralph E. Lord Vice-President Emma Toedteberg
Alfred Fowler Secretary -Treasurer
HONORARY MEMBERS
BOARD OP GOVERNORS Campbell Dodgson Comm. Emm. Martin
William Edgar Fisher J. M. Andreini Louis Titz Hon. W, H. Taft
Ralph E. Lord W. F. Hopson Mrs. Edwin Davis French
f
By Carl S. Jv/nge
By Antonio de Gvezala
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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE AMERI-
CAN BOOKPLATE SOCIETY
15, APRIL 1921
Achard, Dr. Hermann J. . . . 1913
4757 Bavonswood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Anderson, William R 1920
1969 Marshall Avenue, Merriam Park, Minnesota
Andreini, J. M 1913
29 West 75th Street, New York City, New York
Bailey, Louis J 1919
Gary Public Library, Gary, Indiana
Bancroft, Joseph 1920
Wilmington, Delaware
Beardsley, Rev. Wm. A. . . . 1913
70 Elm Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Been, Dr Teodoro .... 1920
Suipacha 569, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Beer, WiUiam 1915
c/o Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bird, E. B 1920
17 Gramcrcy Park, New York City, New York
Blackburn, Oscar T 1913
Box 278, Koute 2, Hopkins, Minnesota
Blank, Frederick Charles . . . 1920
119 Mountfort Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Bolton, W. Ernest . . . .' . 1921
39 Canada Life Building, Montreal, Canada
Bowdoin, W. G 1917
1572 President Street, Brooklyn, New York
Brettell, George A 1920
288 Ridge Street, Newark, New Jersey
Brewer, Luther A 1915
e/o The Torch Press, Cedar Bapids, Iowa
BrookljTi Institute of Arts & Sciences 1920
Print Department, Museum Building, Eastern
Parkway and Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York
Broun, Aaron 1920
587 East 137th Street, New York City, New York
Brown, Jr., Mrs. Addison . . . 1919
Box 523, Pasadena, California
Brown, Miss Carrie C 1921
503 West 121st Street, New York City, New York
Brown, Charles A 1920
1550 Monadnock Block, Chicago, Illinois
Bruhn, Bernhard 1919
1016 Thirty-first Street, Denver, Colorado
Brush, George Mortimer . . . 1921
316 West Jackson Street, Carbondale, Illinois
Burnham, Mrs. Wm. H. . . . 1913
401 South Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, California
Buttrick, Ernest G 1914
307 Wilder Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
California Bookplate Society . . 1921
George H. Gihon' Secretary, 2709 College Avenue,
Berkeley, California
Caplin, Stephen 1917
338 McDonough Street, Brooklyn, New York
Caruso, Enrico 1920
Hotel Vanderbilt, New York City, New York
Carver, Mrs. A. D 1913
'Amincliflf, ' Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
Carver, Clifford N 1913
'Amincliff, ' Locust Valley, Long Island, New York
Clark, Dr. A. W 1913
11 Jackson Building, Lawrence, Kansas
Collier, Allen 1920
528 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cosgrave, MacDowel .... 1919
5 Gardiner Eow, Dublin, Ireland
Crandell, Mrs. L. H 1919
e/o Mr George Payne, 2625 Benton Boulevard, Kan-
sas City, Missouri
Dana, John Cotton 1915
c/o Free Public Library, Newark, New Jersey
Daniell, Henry C. N 1921
The Spinney, Hatfield, Herts, England
Darling, Mrs. Prank W. . . . 1915
Cedar Hall, Hampton, Virginia
Davison, Charles Stewart . . . 1916
59 Wall Street, New York City, New York
Detterer, Ernst F 1920
6754 Normal Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
By James Guthrie
LIST OF MEMBERS
47
Dewart, Frederick W 1920
801 Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Wash-
ington
Dooley, Henry W 1917
p. O. Box 551, San Juan, Porto Bico
Downing, Miss Agnes T. . . . 1915
1069 Beacon Street, Brookliue, Massachusetts
Egbert, Dr. Joseph C 1917
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Ellis, Miss Victoria .... 1919
North Workman & Avenue 26, Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia.
Emerson, T. F 1921
Box 75, West Somerville, Massachusetts
Engler, Arthur 1916
Boom 1917, 150 Nassau Street, New York City, New
York
Evans, Miss Anna G 1920
2 Harlow Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Evans, Mrs, Hubert .... 1913
Avery Library, Columbia University, New York City,
New York
Evarts, Allen W 1920
60 Wall street, New York City, New York
Fisher, William Edgar .... 1913
611 West 136th Street, New York City, New York
Fogle, Mrs. J. D. 1919
Bourbon, Indiana
Foster, T. Henry 1913
c/o John Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, Iowa
Fowler, Alfred 1913
17 Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri
Fowler, Mrs. Alfred .... 1918
17 Board of Trade Building, Kansas City, Missouri
Fowler, Miss Emily 1919
111 Locust Street, Danvers, Massachusetts
Frank, Miss Irma 1920
2051 San Jose Avenue, Alameda, California
Fraprie, F. R 1914
428 Newbury Street, Boston, 17, Massachusetts
French, Thomas E 1916
c/o Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Fuller, George W 1920
Spokane Public Library, Spokane, Washington
Gable, William F 1913
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Girling, Mrs. Winthrop . . . 1915
753 Bluff Street, Glencoe, Illinois
Granniss, Miss Ruth S. . . . 1916
Librarian, The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street,
New York City, New York
Gray, Arthur F 1918
53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Guntermann, Miss Bertha . . . 1918
c/o Houghton-Miifflin Co., 612 Howard Street, San
Franciso, California
Guthrie, James 1919
Flansham, Bognor, Sussex, England
Guthrie, Mrs. Mary E 1913
17 Long Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts
Haines, Miss Alice J 1913
c/o The State Library, Sacramento, California
Hall, Gilbert Edgerton .... 1913
619 Ewing Street, Fremont, Ohio
Harris, Harry 1919
18 West 52nd Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Hays, WiUiam R. A 1913
147 South Monroe Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Heartman, Charles F 1919
101 Grove street, Rutland, Vermont
Hewett, Ainslie 1915
9 Spring Drive, Louisville, Kentucky
Hill, Miss Sara B 1917
135 East 66th Street, New York City, New York
Hopson, W. F 1913
730 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
Hopson, Mrs. W. F 1917
730 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
Hosbach, J. T. A 1913
817 South 58th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hughes, Henry Douglas . . . 1920
153 Mill Creek Boad, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Hunt, Mrs. R. A 1914
5050 Amberson Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hussey, J. Edw 1920
133 College Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Jacobs, Dr. Henry Barton . . . 1915
11 Mt. Vernon Place, West, Baltimore, Maryland
Jamieson, M. McGregor . . . 1919
5 Willow Boad, Larchmont Gardens, Larchmont, New
York
Jenkins, Henry 1 1920
23 Church Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jensen, Miss Martha .... 1920
407 White Building, Seattle, Washington
Kaufman, Gerald L 1919
101 West 80th Street, New York City, New York
Keeler, Charles B 1915
c/o Braun Hotel, Hot Springs, South Dakota
Kennedy, Lawrence .... 1919
Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Hlinois
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LIST OF MEMBERS
49
Ketcham, Miss Rosemary . . . 1920
1231 Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Kansas
Kilroe, Edwin P 1916
51 East 42nd Street, New York City, New York
Knight, D. Allen 1913
1504 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Knox, Miss Beulah 1917
2035 East 96th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Koch, Theodore W 1915
Librarian, Northwestern University Library, Evan-
ston, Illinois
Lambert, Dr. Samuel W. . . . 1919
130 East 35th Street, Now York City, New York
Lee, John Thomas 1916
401 The Tower Building, Chicago, Illinois
Licht, George A 1920
126 East 38th Street, New York City, New York
Loeb, Harold S 1913
Hotel Iiongacre, 1431 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Lombard, Rev. Herbert E. . . . 1915
c/o The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester,
Massachusetts
Loomis, Miss Metta M 1917
508 Honore Street, Chicago, Illinois
Maier, Colonel Louis de . . . 1920
Collegio Araldico Romano, 101 Corso Vittorio-Eman-
nuele, Roma XXII, Italy
Mason, William S 1920
1401 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois
Matthai, A. D 1921
647 University Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland
Mitchell, Miss Sarah Louise . . 1919
The Ryerson Library, The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
Molteni, Agustin M 1920
Chacabuco 167, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MorriU, Edw 1920
16 Harding Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Morrow, Jr., Mrs Thomas I. . . 1918
129 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York
Morse, Willard S 1920
Seaford, Delaware
Mulford, J. Bentley .... 1919
Northbrook Courts, Washington, D. C.
Nelson, Emory E 1919
517 Grain Exchange, Omaha, Nebraska
Nerney, George E 1920
204 North Main Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Neustadt, Mrs. Sigmund . . . 1915
927 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York
Newton, A, Edward .... 1913
'Oak Knoll,' Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Nichols, S. Van B 1920
227 East 57th Street, New York City, New York
Osborne, Miss Lucy Eugenia . . 1920
Williams College Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Paine, Paul M 1916
Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse, New York
Palfrey, Mrs A. G 1918
1724 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Parvin, Newton R 1920
Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Peabody, Francis S 1920
Hinsdale, Illinois
Pearson, Ralph M. . . . . . 1921
Ranches of Taos, New Mexico
Percival, Miss Olive .... 1919
906 Hibernian Building, Los Angeles, California
Perine, Fred A 1915
1532 Philadelphia Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Peters, Miss Orpha Maud . . . 1920
e/o Public Library, Gary, Indiana
Potter, Alfred C 1918
Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Potter, Dr. Edwin S 1920
Cresco, Pennsylvania
Poucher, Miss Emily R. . . . 1921
9120 Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Delaware
Powell, Mrs Percy 1 1916
1152 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York
Prescott, Winward 1913
p. O. Box 3066, Boston, Massachusetts
Preston, Mrs Georgia M. . . . 1916
12 Vernon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Prevot, Francis C 1920
c/o National Bank of South Africa, Ltd., 25 Cock-
spur street, London, S. W. 1, England
Price, Warwick James .... 1919
512 South 41st Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rand, Charles F 1920
71 Broadway, New York City, New York
Reychman, Vice-Consul C. . . 1920
Legation de Pologne, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rich, Everett Blaine .... 1920
Hotel Vendome, Boston, Massachusetts
Roberts, Mrs. John W 1919
168 Highland Drive, Seattle, Washington
Rowe, Henry S 1921
58 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Rudl, Vacslav 1920
Mlada Bolcslav, Cechy, Czecho-Slovakia
By J. J. Lankes
LIST OF
Rugg, Harold G 1913
Daitmoutli ColU'^o, Hanover, New Humpsliirc
Salter, Miss Ruth W 1920
lO.'J Horkimor Street, IJrooklyn, New York
Sherwin, Miss Clara Preutis . . 1913
Corning I'laee, Lake Shore Boulevard, Clevelanil, Ohio
Shontz, Russell M 1921
512 La Fayette Street, Sharon, Pennsylvania
Simmons, Parke E 1920
1746 Hinnian Avenue, Kvanston, Illinois
Skelton, Mrs Olive M 1915
Kxeter, Ontario, Canada
Smith, Ismael 1919
260 Riverside Drive, New York City, New York
Sneed, Albert Chahners . . . 1915
c/o The University Press, Sewanee, Tennessee
Snyder, Jr., R. M 1915
4550 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Stearns, A. L 1913
539 East 18th Street, Brooklyn, New York
Stearns, Miss Helen J 1916
27 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, New Hami.shire
Stetson, Jr., John B 1916
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Stevens, Edward F 1920
Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, New York
Stewart, John B 1917
17 West 56th Street, New York City, New York
Stock, R. I., Henry J 1920
Bramley Cottage, Felpham, Bognor, England
Swan, Miss Florence .... 1919
11 Mason Street, Cambridge, 38, Massachusetts
Tapley, Henry F 1914
194 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Thompson, Lewis M 1920
29 Broadway, New York City, New York
Todd, George 1921
57 Cornell Avenue, Yonkers, New York
MEMBERS
51
Tocdteberg, Miss Emma . . . 1916
628 Delaniere Place, Brooklyn, New York
Totten, Miss Emma J 1920
5 Vista Avenue, Auburndaie, 66, MaxHachunetU
Townley, W. R 1913
76 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois
Turner, Alfred R 1914
96 Franklin Street, New York City, New York
Tyler, Miss Alice S.- . . . . 1917
Library School, Western Reserve University, Cleve-
land, Ohio
Underhill, Miss Adelaide . . . 1913
c/o Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, New York
Vail, Mrs Alice B 1913
79 Fourth Street, Bangor, Maine
Van Sinderen, Mrs William Lesile 1917
133 Henry Street, Brooklyn, New York
Viner, George Heath .... 1913
Heathcot, 15 West Park, Eltham, London, 8. E. 9,
England
Waller, Pickford 1917
4 WoUstonecraft Road, Boscombe, Hants, England
Weieker, Herman G 1915
55 Myrtle Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey
Welcher, Miss Alice Lee . . . 1915
61 Woodland Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Wetherell, Mrs Annie H. . . . 1916
276 Cherry Street, Fall River, Massachusetts
Wheeler, Miss Cleora .... 1917
1376 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
Woodbury, Mrs J. C 1919
145 Lake Avenue, Rochester, New York
Wyer, Malcolm G 1920
University of Nebraska Library, Lincoln, Nebraska
Younger, Miss Jane .... 1920
6, Osborne Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland
Ziegler, Arthur H 1913
770 Mission Street, San Francisco, California
By Carl S. Junge
EXrUBRIS
GEORGESARTON
By E. M. Sarton
A LIST OF BOOKS
The Bookplate Annual for 1921, a comprehensive survey of the year in bookplates,
comprises, among others, articles on the bookplates of Frank Brangwyn, on the earli-
est American bookplate and on a bookplate found in a Filipino thatched hut. It also
presents a short history of the American Bookplate Society and an illustrated Catalogue
of the Sixth Annual Exhibition. The illustrations, more than a score in number, include
an original etching and several prints in colors. The book is printed on Old Stratford
paper, large quarto in size, and is substantially bound in art boards. Price $5.00 per copy
A Directory of Bookplate Artists, with notes concerning their work, compiled from
data furnished by the artists, by Alfred Fowler. Price $1.00 per copy.
J, J. Lankes: Painter-Graver on Wood,hy Bolton Brown. A critical essay with six
wood-engravings by Mr. Lankes. Bds. Price $1.50 per copy.
Bookplates by Sidney L. Smith, by Gardner Teall. A critical essay with a check-list
and two original copper-plate impressions of bookplates by the artist. Price $1.00 per
copy.
Bookplates by Henry J. Stock, R. I., by James Guthrie : A critical essay with check-
list and nine illustrations, including the artist's portrait and a frontispiece in colors.
Price $1.00 per copy.
A Catalogue of Bookplates by Stanley Harrod. Seven illustrations, including an or-
iginal etching. Price $0.50 per copy.
In Preparation
Bookplates for Beginners
By Alfred Fowler.
Complete descriptions will be sent on request. The publications may be obtained
through any bookseller or direct from :
ALFRED FOWLER
17 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, U.S.A.
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