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BIDGOOD, JEFF; FERSON, MARK; Editor.: Australian Bookplates, An Illustrated collection from members of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Studies in Australian Bibliophily, Number 1.
Limited First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. vii, 113; 40 original tipped-in bookplates, 13 text illustrations of bookplates, index, original blue vinyl ring binder, with title lettered in gilt on front board and spine, the John M. Chapman copy with his bookplate on the front endpaper, fine copy of this very rare item. Two associated letters from the Book Collectors' Society of Australia, outlining why two bookplates original intended to be tipped in are not (Iris Lily Burke and Nancy Perry) as the participants were unable to supply sufficient copies for the limited edition.
Sydney; Book Collector' Society of Australia; 1994.
Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies, the first 35 of which have tipped in bookplates and are reserved for those members supplying sufficient quantities of their bookplates for that purpose, this is one of those first 35. Each bookplate is accompanied by one or two pages of text giving a short biography of the member, the origin of his book plate and his principal area of book collecting. Some of the notable collectors covered are Betty and Jeff Bidgood, John M. Chapman, Rodney Davidson, Geoffrey Farmer, Lionel Arthur Gilbert, Edwin Jewell, Brian William McDonald, Ian McLaren, Keith Wingrove, to mention a few. Artists/Designers of the various bookplates include Norman Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Charles McCubbin, Peter Chapman, Pixie O'Harris, Vane Lindesay, Jean Elder, David Bromley, Mike Hudson, Angela Lemaire, Ella Dwyer, Walter Crane, Raymond Lindsay and many others. Click here to Order

AUD$550