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S. R. Shapiro bookplate (Ex Libris). American, by 1957. Designed by Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) who was a typographer and type designer. S. R. Shapiro was a New York City bookseller and noted Bruce Rogers collector. Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/shapirobp7.jpg
Muriel Alderman bookplate (ex libris). Undated, but Muriel Alderman died in 1952 so a few decades before that. 1920s-1930s maybe. M. E. Webb (Margaret Ely Webb), designer (1887-1965). Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/aldermanbp9.jpg
Hope G. Weil bookplate (ex libris). 20th c. American. Hope G. Weil was a bookbinder and perhaps designed this for herself. According to Worthpoint who has this bookplate on their website too, Ms. Weil was a bookbinder in New York City. Worthpoint link here https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bookbinder-tools-hope-weil-bookplate-503073164. Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/weilbp22.jpg
Bookplate (ex libris) done in 1887 for Volney Streamer, author and librarian of The Players Club in New York City. Schmedtgen, New York City, maker. Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/bp37streamer.jpg
D. H. McPherson Masonic bookplate (ex libris) printed on blue or grey paper. Undated, by 1917. American. Robert Sneider, engraver (1841-1917). Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/56mcpherson.jpg
Bookplate (ex libris) for Eleanor Lydia Johnston done in 1938 for a collection of Romantic Literature. John W. Jameson, artist/designer. Signed and dated J.W.J. 38 on the lower left. Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/65eljohnston.jpg
Bookplate (ex libris) printed in brown on tan paper. done for W.M.S. Engineering. 1898. Wilbur Macey Stone, artist (1862-1941). Signed and dated W.M.S. 1898. Image © Thomas G. Boss Fine Books. Fair use license. via https://www.bossbooks.com/bpimages/76wmstone.jpg
Front cover of 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman in I think Ancient Greek or Roman dress stirring something, possibly creating a spell. Number 108 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Airplane and lighthouse. Number 113 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Owl with the caption reading: Who owns this book? I own this book. Number 114 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Young woman reading. Number 115 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
Geometric design. Number 121 from a 1931 catalogue of bookplates from the C. D. Reimers Book Plate Company of Forth Worth, Texas. American. Image © 2023 James E. Arsenault & Company. Fair use license. via https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/6419/c-d-reimers-bookplates
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