I've always loved Edward Gorey and would love to visit the house and museum devoted to his life and works.
Showing posts with label bookplates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bookplates. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
The Children's Book-Shop and Library Vintage Bookplate
"Infinite Riches in a Little Room" C. Marlowe
Friday, June 3, 2011
Ex Libris Charles Dickens
Can you imagine being lucky enough to own a book with this bookplate? This volume once owned by Charles Dickens is in the Special Collections Department of the University of Glasgow [Scotland].
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Art Nouveau Bookplate Ex Libris Louis Rhead
Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 – July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. The Rhead family had operated and worked in the Staffordshire Potteries for at least three generations. Louis’s father George W. Rhead worked in the pottery industry and was highly respected gilder and ceramic artist. In the 1870s, George Rhead taught art and design in Staffordshire schools. He founded Fenton School of Art. Read more ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Custom Architectural Bookplates
I've always loved bookplates and have some nice ones in my collection. Wouldn't it be nice to have a rendering of your home and garden for all of your books on architecture and gardening? via: teaching literacy
The bookplate depicts Kelmscott Manor, the home of William Morris. When you click on the website be sure to click on the HOME tab too for more wonderful images of this English Country Home.
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