Bookplates

We can help you find the bookplates books you are looking for. As the world's largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from Biblio.com, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee.

Bookplates Books & Ephemera

EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN.|THE

EX-LIBRIS OF PHILIP HAGREEN.|THE

by Lee, Brian North

London: The Bookplate Society/Forlaget Exlibristen, 1987. stiff paper wrappers. Bookplates. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Trade edition. Limited to 650 numbered copies. This work contains a biographical essay and one-hundred sixty-eight descriptions of Hagreen's bookplates. Well-illustrated with reproductions of the bookplates in different colors.
Item Price
$26.00
The House of Adam Smith

The House of Adam Smith

by Eli Ginzberg

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (22.5x15x2.5cm); 269pp. Plain khaki paper jacket with red printing. Volume in warm beige linen, black spine stamping; University of Columbia emblem stamped in blind on front panel with additional blind-stamped border. Textblock top edge speckled in blue. Ex-library with institutional stamp in Hebrew on the title page. Two bookplates: one personal, one from the library.... Read more about this item
Item Price
$50.00
LADIES' BOOK-PLATES, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS AND BOOK-LOVERS

LADIES' BOOK-PLATES, AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS AND BOOK-LOVERS

by Labouchere, Norna

London: George Bell & Sons, 1895. original cloth, top edge gilt. Bookplates. thick 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. x, 358 pages. First edition. (Fuller p.69). Some wear to the hinges and spine ends. Light foxing and spotting to boards. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Overall a very good, tight copy. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of bookplates in the text. The last 96 pages list ladies' bookplates.
Item Price
$313.00
COMPOSITE BOOK-PLATES, 1897-98

COMPOSITE BOOK-PLATES, 1897-98

by Ricketts, E. Bengough (editor)

London: Edward Arnold, 1898. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. Bookplates. 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. (x),+55 plates. A collection of 55 bookplates, each printed on a separate page (Fuller 90). In the following pages, some fresh combinations of the heraldic, view, and purely decorated plates have been aimed at, and the title "Composite" taken to indicate, generally, the character of the contents. Plates by T.S. Simson, Frank Bramley, and E.B. Ricketts, with... Read more about this item
Item Price
$88.00
Ex-libris Québec. Paul André Fournier

Ex-libris Québec. Paul André Fournier

Québec Ex-libris Québec. Capitaine Paul André Fournier. Noir. Format 6.5 x 5.5cm. Pas de couverture. Très bon.
Item Price
$5.99
Ex-libris Québec. Réjane Fréchette

Ex-libris Québec. Réjane Fréchette

by Louis Fréchette

Québec Ex-libris Québec. Réjane Fréchette. Orange. Format 8 x 7cm. Pas de couverture. Très bon.
Item Price
$3.00
CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COLOUR PLATE BOOKS

CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COLOUR PLATE BOOKS

London: Sotheby & Co, 1965. stiff paper wrappers. Harrison, J.W.. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 198 pages. Sale held March 29-31 and April 1. 1110 lots (Blogie 201). Catalogue contains English literature and color plates from the collection formed by the late J.W. Harrison. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Loosely laid-in printed pamphlet listing prices and buyers' names for the sale held March 29-31 and April 1.
Item Price
$13.00
COM OS CUMPRIMENTOS DO TESOUREIRO

COM OS CUMPRIMENTOS DO TESOUREIRO

by Tesoureiro

Lisboa: Congresso Internacional De Ex-Libris, 1976. self paper wrappers. Bookplates. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) folded pages. Small folder containing four tipped-in bookplates of Jorge Mealha, Aulo-Gelio and Rui Fernandes designed for Eugenio MealhaCosta. On the occasion of the XVI Congresso De Ex-Libris in Lisbon, Spain in 1976.
Item Price
$18.00
A woodcut bookplate for Mollie and Gerald Walters

A woodcut bookplate for Mollie and Gerald Walters

by BARNETT, Percy Neville

External dimensions 125 × 62 mm; 'P.N. Barnett' stamped in purple ink on the verso; in fine condition. Peake 5415 (dated 'c1924'). Some institutional collections list this bookplate under the name 'Mollie Gerald Walters'. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent.
Item Price
$33.26
Ex-praemio Québec. Séminaire du Québec

Ex-praemio Québec. Séminaire du Québec

Québec, 1923 Ex-praemio Québec. Séminaire du Québec. Prix mathématiques. 1923. Format 11 x 9.5cm. " L'ex-praemio sert à distinguer les livres de prix, offerts aux élèves d'un établissement. On le colle sur le contreplat d'un livre. Il comporte souvent mais pas toujours toutes les mentions du nom de l'établissement, de ceux des donateurs, la discipline, le nom et la classe de l'élève ainsi que la... Read more about this item
Item Price
$7.49
MARBLED BOOKPLATES, 11 ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED BOOKPLATES

MARBLED BOOKPLATES, 11 ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED BOOKPLATES

by Sönmez, Nedim

Izmir: n.p., 2008. leather. Marbling. 4to. leather. not paginated (but 18 leaves). Limited edition of 99 copies, numbered and signed. 10 of the bookplates are created for "Nedim Sönmez" by Nedim Sönmez, numbered and signed by the artist. The 11th bookplate, mounted on the front pastedown, is marbled for the buyer of the book. It is ready for the owner's name to be written on it and is marbled only one time. This means each of the 99 books has an individual and unique marbled motif. No two are alike!... Read more about this item
Item Price
$344.00
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES, A STUDY

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES, A STUDY

by Borneman, Henry S

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. Bookplates. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards. (xii), vi, 169 pages. First edition. With 25 Pennsylvania German bookplates reproduced in full color. Covers, for the most part, the period 1790 to 1840. Well preserved copy.
Item Price
$21.00
WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE COLLECTION BOOKPLATE

WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE COLLECTION BOOKPLATE

Single sheet. Bookplates. 4" x 2 7/8" Single sheet. Finely printed bookplate for the William W. Weinstone Collection at the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library. Interesting engraving depicts hammer-and-sickle device above an anvil. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press.
Item Price
$17.00
Brown Men and Women, or the South Sea Islands in 1895 and 1896

Brown Men and Women, or the South Sea Islands in 1895 and 1896

by REEVES, Edward

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim. 1898. Octavo, viii, 294, [2] (colophon, verso blank) pages with 60 illustrations from photographs plus a folding map. Gilt-pictorial maroon cloth lightly marked, rubbed and bumped; endpapers offset; a short sealed tear to the folding map; an excellent copy with a small contemporary name-plate on the front pastedown.
Item Price
$133.06
A hand-coloured woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)

A hand-coloured woodcut bookplate for the Australian author and pioneering children's book bibliographer Marcie Muir, née Collett (1919-2007)

by [MUIR, Marcie] PERROTTET, George David

External dimensions 105 × 76 mm; in fine condition. Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. The name 'HARRY' is pencilled in along the bottom margin of this example. George David Perrottet (1890-1971), 'although technically an amateur artist, was one of Australia's most admired... Read more about this item
Item Price
$133.06
Ex-Libris France. L'Association Française des collectionneurs d'Ex-libris

Ex-Libris France. L'Association Française des collectionneurs d'Ex-libris

1949 Carte d'Ex-libris de L'A.F.C.E.L. France. voeux pour l'année 1949. Palais Ducal Nancy. Gravure originale de Daniel Meyer. Format : 18 x 13cm. Pas de couverture. Très bon.
Item Price
$37.44
BRITISH BOOKPLATES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY

BRITISH BOOKPLATES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY

by Lee, Brian North

Published by David & Charles, 1979. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. "Over 250 illustrations demonstrate the range of ex-libris design, from the earliest armorials to today’s wide variety of styles, and in themselves provide a comprehensive historical survey of bookplates and of book labels - their humbler but no less historically interesting counterparts." Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and... Read more about this item
Item Price
$31.82
REVISTÁ GRÁFICA

REVISTÁ GRÁFICA

Barcelona, Spain: Instituto Catalán de las Artes del Libro, 1902. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 174, (2), 68, (2) pages. Text in Spanish. Limited to 1100 numbered copies. Union List 4, 3613; Bibliografia Espanola 8. Published annually by the Catalan Institute of Book Arts 1900 to c. 1918. List of members, table of contents, appendix. Advertisements follow text. Examples of color printing, engraving, lithography. Includes a tribute to Spanish illustrator and painter José Luis... Read more about this item
Item Price
$781.00
The Collector; a Monthly Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors (Volume XI:1-11)

The Collector; a Monthly Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors (Volume XI:1-11)

by Benjamin, Walter Romeyn

New York;: W.R. Benjamin Autographs. Quarto. A complete issue of the 1895-1896 issue of Walter Benjamin's marvelous magazine for the serious collector. Early copies are rare. For instance, the New York Historical Library has only the last issue, no. 11 of Volume XV. This copy according to OCLC is lacking also at the Peabody Essex. Laid in is a letter from The Circle [and Success] 1ALS, 1 page, from (Mrs. E. M. S. Fite (?) to A. Weiffenbach referring the inquirer to the Collector (notes issues can be... Read more about this item
Item Price
$750.00
LIST OF BOOK-PLATES ENGRAVED ON COPPER BY MR. EDWIN DAVIS FRENCH

LIST OF BOOK-PLATES ENGRAVED ON COPPER BY MR. EDWIN DAVIS FRENCH

by Lemperley, Paul

Cleveland: Printed for Subscribers, 1899. original red cloth. Bookplates. 8vo. original red cloth. 33 pages. First edition, limited to 120 numbered copies. Printed at the Marion Press. (Fuller p.70). Loosely inserted are four additional bookplates engraved by French. They are: Charles E. Clark, M.D. (variant one), Charles E. Clark, M.D. (variant two); Edward Hale Bierstadt; and James Hale Bates. A beautiful copy. Contains frontispiece portrait of French, four reproductions of bookplates done from the... Read more about this item
Item Price
$406.00
Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Book-Plates (Ex-Libris). To by Sold by Auction by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson.

Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Book-Plates (Ex-Libris). To by Sold by Auction by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson.

by BOOKPLATES

Women's Printing Society, Ltd. 1898. 16pp., disbound, from the library of Julian Marshall the well known author a collector of bookplates, marked-up with his signature of front cover, 258 lots.
Item Price
$34.71
Carte à l'occasion du IXe congrès d'ex-libris

Carte à l'occasion du IXe congrès d'ex-libris

by A. Herry

1962 Gravure sur bois de A. Herry. Composition de P.F. Morvan. Pas de couverture. Comme neuf.
Item Price
$22.46
C. 1870 PRODUCTION, RENDITION OF PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVED BOOK PLATE

C. 1870 PRODUCTION, RENDITION OF PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVED BOOK PLATE

by Smith, Sidney Lawton (engraver)

small 12mo bookplate. Bookplates. 3.25" x 4.75" small 12mo bookplate. Isaiah Thomas altered to "Isaac Rand Thomas" as indicated on the plate itself. Faint notation below 'TUS" in NEC-ELATUS reads, "S.L.S after P.R." Printed on early watermarked laid paper. Exceptional eye appeal and workmanship. The printer was Sidney Lawton Smith (1845-1929). Smith was an American designer, etcher, engraver, illustrator, and bookplate artist. This bookplate for Isaiah Thomas was first engraved by Paul Revere and... Read more about this item
Item Price
$688.00
XVI MEZINÁRODNÍ KONGRES SBERATELU EXLIBRIS

XVI MEZINÁRODNÍ KONGRES SBERATELU EXLIBRIS

LISABON: n.p., 1976. stiff paper portfolio housing the 16 plates and 2 page booklet. Bookplates. 8vo. stiff paper portfolio housing the 16 plates and 2 page booklet. not paginated. Úcastníkum XVI. Mezinárodního Kongresu Sberatelu exlibris V Lisabone Venuje Spolek Sberatelu a Prátel Exlib V Praze. Offert Aux Participants du XVI éme Congrés Internacional des Collecionneurs d'Exlibris á Lisbon 1976 par l'Association des Colleionneurs et Amis D'Exlibris á Praha. Title page in Czech and French. List... Read more about this item
Item Price
$44.00
Ex-Libris France. R.G.M. Fournier

Ex-Libris France. R.G.M. Fournier

1949 Ex-Libris R.G.M. Fournier. Format 11.5 x 8 cm.. Pas de couverture. Comme neuf.
Item Price
$11.23