Bookplate Collection
c1930s. Eighteen (18) items comprising various states of five bookplate designs, mostly wood engravings and several preparatory ink and gouache drawings, some signed and dated or initialled in block, some signed or annotated in pencil in lower margin, sizes range from 8.3 x 3.4cm to 10.3 x 7.8cm. Some with old folds, creases, pinholes to margins or slight foxing. Dates include “1930” and “1931.” Annotations include “1st state.” The five collectors who commissioned the bookplates were: Allan McClune [Don Quixote], W. Stewart Page [drover with sheep], Jean Faris [comedy and tragedy masks], J.B. Higginson [Australian light horseman] and Fred C. Britton [printer with etching press]. Provenance: Will Mahony estate.
Item #CL206-41
Price (AUD): $6,600.00 other currencies