Byrne, Rey, active 1930s?

Date: 1935-1957

From: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986 : Twelve boxes of wood blocks and prints. 1930-1950s

Reference: Series-7026

Description: Printing blocks include: 1. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 2. Bookplate for Denis Glover 3. Head of boy 4. Hand with dagger 5. Bookplate for D.J. Wilson 6. Bookplate for Lawrence Baigent 7. Frontispiece to "Another argo" (Caxton, 1935) - hand with sword through a head on a sail 8. Bookplate for Rey Byrne 9. Head of a satyr 10. Name: Jonathan Swift 11. Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas (Caxton, 1953) 12. Bookplate for Ralph McFarlane Waite (signed lower right: Olivia Spencer Bower) 13. Bookplate for Leo Bensemann 14. Bookplate for Charles Spear Prints include: Head of a boy Design for cover and title page of Country Road by Ruth Dallas Two bookplates for Lawrence Baigent Bookplates for Leo Bensemann, Denis Glover and Charles Spear Bookplates for Rey Byrne, Ralph Waite, and D.J. Wilson Head of a satyr Name: Jonathan Swift Frontispiece to "Another argo" Hand with dagger Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 14 object(s) printing blocks. 14 b&w art print(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Block prints and lead mounted on wooden blocks, sizes varying Processing information: Library reference changed 21 December 2022 as part of the curios and objects survey. Previous reference: Curios-035-001.

Date: 1925 - 1950

By: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962; Graham, David Henry, 1885-1965; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982; Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986; Callander, Ivy, active 1930s; Champ, Stephen Fergus, 1907-1984; Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles, 1896-1959; Garlick, Eunice Harriett, 1883-1951; Garmonsway, (Mr?), active 1930s; Hall, Lancelot, active 1932; Herbert, Phil S, active 1948; Holloway, Ronald, 1909-2003; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Parker, Nancy Martyr, 1913-2008; Peterson, Archibald Stuart, 1900-1976; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969

Reference: BOOKPLATES-NZ-Framed

Description: J A Allen (by Garmonsway, 1935) Eugene Aubin (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) Lawrence Baigent (two by Leo Bensemann, ca 1937) Sadie Balkind (by Leo Bensemann, 1935) Leo Bensemann (two by himself, 1937 and 1933) M Bensemann (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) S C Brown (by Russell Clark, 1947) Rey Byrne (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Ivy Callander (two by herself, ca 1932) Raymond Carroll (by Leo Bensemann, 1930s?) Marguerite Crookes (by Hilda Wiseman, n.d.) A R D (by Gordon McAuslan, 1934) I Dallas (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Stella M Davis (by Mervyn Taylor) Dieu-Donnee (by Garmonsway, 1935) Basil Dowling (by Leo Bensemann, n.d.) Charles Fleming (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940s?)C E G? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1937) Una Garlick (by herself, 1931) Lancelot Hall (by himself. 1932) David H Graham (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Edelweiss [Henderson] (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Phil S Herbert (by himself, 1948) Julius Hogben (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) Pat Lawlor (by Gordon McAuslan, 1930s?) E P Liddell (by Gordon McAuslan, n.d.) A McA? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1938) A R McElwain (by Llewellyn Williams, n.d.) I McLelland (by Gordon McAuslan, 1938) Stewart B McLennan (by himself, n.d.) David McC? (by Hilda Wiseman, 1944) Jane Mander (by Ronald Holloway, 1930s) Jane Mander (by Stephen F Champ, 1934) New Zealand Ex Libris Society (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Barbara Parker (by Mervyn Taylor, 1947) P Roach Pierson (by P Watts Rule, 1934) D G Reilly (by Mervyn Taylor, 1946) Douglas Robb (by A J C Fisher, ca 1931) Percy Watts Rule (by himself, 1935) Sally Simmons (by Leo Bensemann, ca 1935) E C Simpson (by Mervyn Taylor, n.d.) Edward C Simpson (by Nancy Parker, n.d.) Cynthia Smart (by Mervyn Taylor, 1951) Colin W Smith (unknown artist and date) Sydney Smith (by Mervyn Taylor, 1952) Charles Spear (by Leo Bensemann, 1937) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1935) Jane Taylor (by Mervyn Taylor, ca 1949-1950) Margaret Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor, 1935) Mrs N Thompson (by Gordon McAuslan, 1935) Richard Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) T C Ward (by Hilda Wiseman, 1946) Llewellyn E Williams (by Stuart Peterson, 1930s?) Jean Wilson (by Hilda Wiseman, ca 1930) Hilda Wiseman (two by herself, 1925 and 1930) C F Wrigley (by Ronald Holloway, ca 1940) Exhibited in 'Ex Libris: New Zealand bookplates 1925-1950' Exhibition at the National Library Gallery in 1992. Quantity: 64 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1935 - 1960

By: Bensemann, Leo Vernon, 1912-1986

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Bensemann

Description: Album of bookplates and envelope of loose bookplates, designed by Leo Bensemann and other artists. Album includes plates made by Bensemann for: MB (eagle on top of globe), Lawrence Baigent, Eugene Aubin, Raymond Carroll, Leo Bensemann himself, Margaret Barcteri, Sadie Balkind, Charles Spear, LAB (Lawrence Baigent), D J Wilson, two for self (LB, B), Denis Glover, Rita Cook, Rey Byrne, Sally Simmons (S S) Loose prints include: Denis Glover as faun, by Leo Bensemann (4 copies) Rey Byrne (10 copies) D J Wilson (2 copies) Sadie Balkind Marguerite Barcteri Raymond Carroll Sally Simmons Plates by other artists include those designed for: Percy Neville Barnett (X Libellous, by George Hay) Percy Neville Barnett (2 different) Caxton Press (5 copies) Bruce Godward Ronald Holloway Patricius Johannis (Patricii Johannis, by R Holloway) K Pat Lawlor JM Erling Orbell (2 copies) H H Schlink Frank Shurrock Cynthia Smart (by Ernest Mervyn Taylor, reprinted on National Library card 1992) Olivia Spencer Bower Dr F Tikal Quantity: 1 album(s). 1 folder(s) envelope of bookplates. Physical Description: Scrapbook of ten leaves, each 303 x 242 mm, bound with brown cord. Also package of bookplates sizes varying Provenance: Leo Bensemann estate, 2008. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-0024 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-0024..