Various artists :[American bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with the letters F through to H, collected by David Graham. 19-- - 1950s].

Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made.

Contains plates made for:

Franc B S Falkiner (by E E F)

Lucy Frances Falkiner (by E F)

Elizabeth Fee (pictured is a 3 masted ship sailing alongside a craggy white landmass. Framing the picture are 2 totem poles)

Fhearghuis (full text reads "Ex Libris; Clann Fhearghuis su brath; The Chief of Clann-Fhearghuis of Stra-chur and Clann-Ailpein, C,M. etc.". Engraved by Chas J Lumb, 1929)

Eugene Field

H H and A L Flager (includes the name "Edge Wood", or possibly "Edgewood")

Robert Stanley Flinn (initials of artist illegible, possibly H P or P H. Pictured is a path leading through wilderness towards a rocky peak. Bookplate includes 3 emblems; 1 which reads "RFC" within a winged wreath, upon which sits a crown, possibly emblem of the Royal Flying Corps; 1 which reads "Christo et Ecclesiae" and "ve ri tas"; 1 which reads "Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal")

Ned Arden Flood (bookplate pictures several men within a stage or theatrical setting)

Charles B Hoyt (handwritten text of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "H S H Woholt Sr. Auburndale - Mass")

Albert Brown Fowler (by E F, 1923)

Alfred Fowler (2 bookplates; 1 by A R, possibly Armand Rels; 1 by Junge, possibly Carl S Junge, picturing a man winding a bookpress)

Gordon Fraser

Juliette May Fraser

J L Frazier (by Junge)

Sarah Marie Fredericks

Thomas Ewing French (initials at base of bookplate read "T.E.F.-A.N.M. 1925")

Arthur Frisbie (by J F K, note on back of bookplate reads "F K")

C M Gardiner

Edmund H Garrett (bookplate includes stylised initials reading "E H G", a date "MD CCC XCIV" [1894], and text reading "Honoratus Qui Virtutem Honorat")

Henry S Gerstle (by Ismael Smith. Pictured is a crowned man playing a harp, his audience a bare chested woman, with the name "David Rex" beside him. Possibly represents King David of the Bible)

Hester Gibbs

Flora E Gladding

Leroy Goble (by Junge, possibly Carl S Junge)

George Goodwin (in note attached to bookplate the collector has written "Goodwin, George; Attributed to Doolittle, Amos. Born in 1786. 1754. d. 1832?")

Elizabeth Bancker Gribbel (by T Cole, possibly Timothy Cole)

Edith Griffin (by E C S)

Gwen (initials read "A.S.fc.", possibly indicating A S as the engraver)

Ansel Franklin Hall

Mills Hall (pictured is an imposing building among trees with a clock and bell. The full text reads "Mills College; Ex Libris; Mills Hall")

Theodore Seymour Hall (includes the text "Elsmore Lake 1916")

Walter Wile Hamburger (name below illustration illegible, possibly reads "E. K. Hess" or "E. K. Hass". Note on back of bookplate illegible, possibly reads "Amy Hamburger artist")

Poul Frost Hansen (includes the text "Finis Dissimilis est Initii")

Harriet (includes several staves of music)

Frank Sampson Mason Harris

Jerome A Hart

Kees Hartmans (picturing a violin or viola and several books)

Barrak Hays (attached note from collector reads "Hays, Barrack, Signed, I Hutt, Sculpt., Landscape...1790". Pictured is a broken tree upon which a shield emblazoned with 3 leaping animals is resting, and a beehive)

Wm Leete Hays

Alan W Hazelton (3 bookplates; 1 by R Louis, 1948; 2 by artist unknown. 2 feature a dog's head with protruding tongue as a heraldic type emblem)

Alan Weaver Hazelton (2 bookplates; 1 by W C W, date illegible, possibly 1943. This bookplate includes an emblem of a bird with spread wings, below which is a dark cross [greek style cross with arms of equal length] within a white circle and the text "Military Welfare". Both bookplates share heraldic type imagery with a dog's head with protruding tongue and a shield with a cross [greek style cross with arms of equal length] and 3 circles enclosing a line and upward point)

Edward Hirst (by Warbis, 1908)

Michael W Hitrovo (brightly coloured bookplate of an elven child riding upon a hobby horse with a book for a saddle. The text reads "Off to Bookland")

Percy F Hockings (initials of artist possibly read "P H" or "H P")

Louis Edward Hoffman (possibly by Charles J Rider. Pictures a man wearing a "mountie" style hat standing in a wood alongside a lake)

Herbert & Bertha C Hollands (by W E F, possibly William Edgar Fisher, 1931)

The Home Club (full text reads "Ex Libris The Home Club; FMS MRS")

Kenneth Hook

W F Hodson (by W F H, 1893, owner is possibly also the artist)

James Wesley Horne

Richard M Hotaling (by D S. Full text of bookplate reads "B C; To remember Richard M. Hotaling [his book]". Pictured is an owl upon which lean 2 theatrical masks, presumably depicting Richard M Hotaling, 1 frowning and 1 smiling)

Beth Howard

John Lawrence Howard, III

Walter Howard

F W Hoyt (attached note from collector reads "...Hoyt, F.W., of Albany, N.Y., Engraved")

Jno G Humpel (typed text on bookplate reads "Elkader, Iowa, 1880")

George W Humphreys

Mary I Humphries (by Pixie O'Harris)

Edna Huntington (possibly by John W Evans)

W P Hurst

A J Hutchinson (by R H)

Quantity: 64 b&w art print(s) on bookplates..

Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.