BOOKPLATES A PRESENTATION OF PLATES, OLD AND NEW, By HARRY PARKER WARD, A.M. Member American Bookplate Society and California Bookplate Society WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE WESLEY KOCH, A.M. Librarian University of Michigan, Member American Bookplate Society, AND A CHECK-LIST OF BOOKPLATE LITERATURE BY Member American Bookplate Society; California Bookplate Society; Largest, and in many respects handsomest, American book on Bookplates, specimen pages herewith; introduction, 24 pages, a treatise in itself; 360 full size reproductions; 628 titles in check list; names and addresses of 70 American designers. $3.00 NET AND POSTAGE 1 BOWDOIN COLLEGE Brunswick, Maine This plate by Sidney L. Smith pictures the gateway given by the Class of 1875. Beyond the pillars may be seen the College Chapel and the long walk down which they came at graduation to hear Longfellow deliver his Morituri Salutamus.-GEORGE T. LITTLE, Librarian. 2 The Champlin Press solicits cpportunity to submit estimates on the making of better class books, pamphlets and brochures, including designing and illustrating. An undergraduate club composed of students interested in France and French Literature. Designed and engraved by Edwin Davis French in 1903. Within a heavy frame after the French rococo style, an oval cartouche containing the colors of the French flag, a chief of the Harvard arms, over all the letters C. F. Above in an oval the cypher of the letters J. H. H. which cypher was later replaced by a portrait of Molière. 3 In 1915 The Champlin Press produced 59 "annuals" and over 100 catalogs for colleges and schools in 21 states, in addition to a goodly number of other books. Designed and engraved by the late J. W. Spenceley, the last plate but one to be finished by this artist. The library interior shows the home of the Reading Club Library of St. Matthew's School. From the window may be seen Mount Diablo, a landmark in the bay region of California adjacent to San Francisco.(REV.) W. A. BREWER, Rector. |