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Grolier Club bookplates : past & present

Title: Grolier Club bookplates : past & present / Alexander Lawrence Ames & Mark Samuels Lasner ; with contributions by William E. Butler & Molly E. Dotson.
Author: Ames, Alexander Lawrence, 1987-
Publication: New York : The Grolier Club, 2023.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	MDVF 23-4909	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

An illustrated volume showcasing some of the most important bookplates produced in America from the collection of the Grolier Club. A bookplate may be viewed as a metaphorical portrait of a book collector or collection, using the designer's personal graphic style. It also tells a story about the relationship between the artist and the patron. Illustrious collectors like Eleanor Roosevelt, Philip Hofer, and Paul Mellon come to life through the bookplates designed by the artistic eyes of Dorothy Sturgis Harding, Eric Gill, and Rudolph Koch. Grolier Club Bookplates, Past & Present is a veritable who's-who of both book collectors and graphic artists who created their personalized ex-libris over the past 130 years, down to the present day. This carefully researched and amply annotated book not only provides a feast for a bibliophile's eyes but also explores the meaning behind the symbolism in the plates and the legacy of their artists.

Alternative Title

Grolier Club bookplates past and present

Subjects

Genre/Form

Catalogs.
History.
Pictorial works.

Note

Published in two editions. Standard edition limited to 400 copies bound in cloth. Special edition designed by Jerry Kelly limited to 30 copies, bound in leather-backed decorated boards housed in slipcase with portfolio of more than 60 original bookplates of current and past Grolier Club members; 26 of the copies are lettered A to Z and are offered for sale to members. -- Prospectus.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

MDVF 23-4909

ISBN

9781605831046
1605831042

OCLC

1373828511

Author

Ames, Alexander Lawrence, 1987- author.

Title

Grolier Club bookplates : past & present / Alexander Lawrence Ames & Mark Samuels Lasner ; with contributions by William E. Butler & Molly E. Dotson.

Publisher

New York : The Grolier Club, 2023.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Place of Publication

United States New York New York.

Added Author

Samuels Lasner, Mark, 1952- author.

Butler, William Elliott, 1939- contributor.

Dotson, Molly Elizabeth, contributor.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer.

Grolier Club, publisher.

Research Call Number

MDVF 23-4909

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