Antiquarian booksellers

Date: 1900 - 1960

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Christie, Connie, active 1940s-1950s; Cobb, Victor Ernest, 1876-1945; Davies, Lewis Roy, 1897-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Godson, John Barclay, 1882-1957; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; Mahony, Francis William, 1905-1989; Mailey, Arthur Alfred, 1890-; Minns, Benjamin Edwin, 1864-1937; Ogilvie, Helen, active 1930s; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Palmer, Ethleen Mary, 1906-1958; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Thake, Eric Prentice Anchor, 1904-1982; Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus, 1881-1929; Walker, Francis Sidney, 1888-1972; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-O/S

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Margaret O'Grady Pat O'Harris (by Pixie O'Harris, 1928) Lyster Ormsby (3 bookplates, 1 by A B, 2 by artist unknown, 1 of which reads "Lyster Omsby, Antiquary, 26 Hunter Street") Basil R Orr (by Percy Neville Barnett, 1930) John Oxley W Stewart Page (by Will M, possibly Will Mahony, picturing 2 men on horses and a dog rounding up sheep) B H Palmer (possibly by Ethleen Palmer) R Parkinson (possibly by Norman Lindsay) Pauline (possibly by Ernest Warner or Edward Warner, 1931) N Pearson Noel Pearson (2 bookplates, 1 with name of the artist illegible, possibly Vic Cm Aron, 1927, 1 by A M, possibly Arthur Mailey, featuring a cricketing cartoon) Max Pemberton (possibly by Connie Christie) Ruth Penfold (2 bookplates, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1 by F Sidney Walker, 1933) A M Perrottet George Perrottet (1 by Hilda Wiseman, 2 by artists unknown, 1 featuring a caricature, possibly of the owner) Muriel Perrottet (by "H", possibly Helen Ogilvie, featuring a flower, possibly a hibiscus) E E Pescott (writing below image reads "Type design by S R Simmons") Philip (featuring the words "Philip's book" and the initials P O H or F O H, though it is not clear whether these are the initials of the artist or the owner) H E Phillipson (by W R J, possibly Robert Johnson) Eden Philpotts (by "B", possibly Frank Brangwyn) Stanley Raymond Phippard (possibly by Nan Davies, 1922) Phyllis (2 identical bookplates, by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Ralph R Pilkington (by artist unknown. R Pilkington's name is handwritten on the bookplate in pen) L L Politzer (possibly by Victor Cobb) Louis Politzer (note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", but it is not clear whether this indicates he is the artist or the donor of the bookplate in addition to being the subject) Mabel Dickinson Pond (by W F H, 1915) Dorothy Porter (by Pixie O'Harris, featuring an ornately dressed lady and a man, possibly a servant, bearing a book upon a cushion) Edith Potter (name of the artist illegible, possibly Moppen, 1934. Includes the words "Ich liebe die fleinen Bewohner dec Luft") John Preece (by L L, possibly Lionel Lindsay, 1928, picturing archers shooting at flying books) John L Preece (by Henri Benedictus Van Raalte) Winward Prescott (including the words "Short Story Collection", and picturing 2 nudes under a microscope) Thea Proctor (owner is also possibly the artist) Alan Queale (by N S, possibly N Suhr or N Suhn. Picturing a pirate or similar figure reading a book, having presumably taken the book from a chest full of them at his feet) B R R (2 bookplates, both possibly by Eric Thake) Jeanie Ranken (by A F. Wording of the bookplate reads "Jeanie Ranken; In Her Memory", and pictured is a hand holding a book entitled "Drama". Note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley" or "Hagly") C L Regan (by J G, possibly John Barclay Godson. Includes a heraldic emblem with the word "Riverview") Geoffrey R Rex (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1926) Alan P Rigby (by Will Mahony. Features caricature of a man, possibly Alan P Rigby) Vere Ritchie (by L Roy Davies) Christine Rivett (by Phillip M Litchfield) Ewing Rixson (by Adrian Feint. Including maps of Australia, United States, Scandinavia, France and New Zealand, and emblems reading "Northwestern University, 1851" and "Royal Geographical Society, 1830) Arthur Robinson (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Royal Colonial Institute (including the words "British Isles" and "United Empire" and a map highlighting Canada, India, Africa and Australia Lucy McCowan Russell (possibly by Eric Thake, picturing a crowd before a closed theatre curtain, upon which are spotlighted the initials "T T") W L Russell (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "from Louis Politzer", though it is not made clear whether this is the artist or donor. Pictured is a mother Kangaroo reading a book to a joey in her pouch) A S (2 bookplates, possibly made for Sir Alfred Stephen) Y N Y S (by Roy Davies) Sacre Coeur + Burke Road (by Adrian Feint. The bookplate reads "Sacre Coeur + Burke Road; Malvern" and pictured is a driveway leading to a stately 3 storey building. Possibly refers to Sacre Coeur, Catholic Girl's School in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia) St Sophia's Library (note on the back of bookplate reads "Hagley") Sally (possibly by George D Perrottet. Pictured is a man with spears and a shield in an outdoor setting at night, possibly representing an aboriginal hunter conducting a form of ceremony) H H Schlink (by R D, possibly Roy Davies, featuring an airborn downhill skier) Aimee Selby (by G D Perrottet, possibly George D Perrottet) E York Seymour (by Adrian Feint) Grace B Sibley The Ski Club of Australia (by L Roy Davies, picturing a downhill skier) Bruce Smith (by Philip M Litchfield, featuring a man fishing with a rod and a net) C Nigel Smith (by A F) Charles Kingsford Smith (by George Hartley Brown, 1932, picturing an aeroplane and a giant eagle flying over Australia, with the words "Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, M C, A F C; King of the Air") S A Smith (by B E Minns. Pictured is 3 Australian Aboriginals, a woman crouching holding a child and a man with a spear and shield defending them, framed by trees, 2 possibly eucalypts and 2 a variety of Xanthorrhoea or "Grasstree") R M F Smyth (by Geo. Hartley Brown, possibly George Hartley Brown, 1931. Pictured are 2 Australian Aboriginals with a boomerang standing on a book, with the words "Return to...R M F Smyth") Alexis Grant Souter (by D H S, possibly D H Souter) Brenda Maisie Souter (by D H Souter) D H Souter (owner is also possibly the artist) Jo Sprokkereef (name of the artist illegible, possibly Esmond. Pictured are Snow White and the 7 dwarfs) L Stenhouse-Huntley (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) Paul Stratmann (2 bookplates, both by artist unknown) George Sutton (by P M L) Vincenc Svoboda (name of the owner is illegible, also possibly Iincenc Svoboda) R A Swan (by "W") Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Also including the name "I Black" and the date "31 January 1898". Written at the bottom of the bookplate is the instruction that "This label is to be pasted in the book, kept in good order, and not written or scribbled upon in any way") Quantity: 78 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1970 - 2011

By: Harvey, Douglas Ross, 1951-

Reference: Eph-A-BOOKMARKS-Harvey

Description: Includes bookmarks issued by: Ferret Bookshop, Dixon Street, Wellington. Phone 848-786 National Library (including bookmark advertising "Wellingtonians" by David Colquhoun 2011) Accident Compensation Commission [Set of 6 different. 1980s?] National Library Week 1974 Don Books, second hand and antiquarian books & maps, 124 Don Street, Invercargill 1970 Conservation Week Mosgiel, the greatest name in woollens [1960s?] B J Ball (NZ) Ltd, specialists in non-woven bookbinding materials (4, different colours) Auckland City Art Gallery [1990s?] NZ Crippled Children Society Inc [1980s?] Huntly Press / The Bay Sun [1983] Well Read Bookshop, Mary and Russell Barker, Paraparaumu Beach [1980s?] Flying Pig.co.nz [ca 2000?] Titles Book Gallery, Katikati [1990s?] Vintage Books, 11 Lorne Street, Auckland Web Curator Tool [ca 2006?] Books a Plenty, 28 Grey Street, Tauranga Conservation Week 1984 The Teacher's Target. "Progress" bookmark no. 9 issued by A H Reed Dunedin Quantity: 1 folder(s) 34 bookmarks. Physical Description: Offset prints on bookmarks, sizes varying up to around 220 mm. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; tranfers made to Rare Fine Printing on appraisal. Booklet "Apia nights" transferred on appraisal to Published.

Date: 1977-1990

From: Gibbs, Rowan, 1947- : Papers

Reference: Series-5714

Description: Comprises correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, reports, constitutional documents and ephemera relating to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB). Quantity: 3 folder(s).

Date: 1900-2019

By: Anah Dunsheath Antiquarian Booksellers; Featherston Booktown Trust Board; London Bookshops Ltd; Millwood Gallery; New Zealand Bible, Tract and Book Society; New Zealand Book Council; Quilters Bookshop; Smith's Bookshop Ltd; Unity Books Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BOOKSELLER-1900/2019

Description: Comprises ephemera relating to bookshops, book dealers and book retail outlets from the period 1900 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 65 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1970-1972

By: Tattersfield, Nigel H, active 1970-2016

Reference: MS-Group-2434

Description: Comprise letters from Pat Lawlor to Tattersfield, then resident in Auckland, offering books for sale. Includes one invoice. Tattersfield and Lawlor had a friendship through authorship and bookselling in New Zealand in the 1970s Quantity: 2 folder(s) 5 items in all. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts with manuscript signatures Provenance: Letters donated in 2011 and 2016 by Tattersfield from London.

Date: 1942-[1973]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers

Reference: 80-063-045

Description: File with correspondence; the `Beltane book bulletin' (n1,v1, ns, Sep 1947-v3 n9 Sep-Oct 1953); list of Lawlor's books for sale; notes by Lawlor on the history of the bureau; address label by Gordon McIntyre; poem by Lawlor, `My little vellum vol;' for bureau Christmas card; bureau lists of recommended books; notes on Bethune's book auctions; list of books, booklets and pamphletes of Lawlor (May 1948) Other Titles - Beltane book bulletin Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1947-1951]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers

Reference: 86-105-065

Description: Beltane book bulletin (v1-3, new series 1947-1954); also letterhead paper Other Titles - Beltane Book Bulletin Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1985]-1999

From: Gant, Phyllis, 1922-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6634-059

Description: Correspondence, catalogues and book lists relating to Gant's interest in selling some of her collection of books Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971

By: Smith's Bookshop Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-7639

Description: Inward and outward correspondence between Dick (R E) Reynolds of Smith's Bookshop with Ernest Vogtherr, Havelock North, regarding unsatisfactory book dealings with Smith's and other agents Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Smith's Bookshop, Wellington, Jan 2003

Date: [1947-1954]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers

Reference: 86-105-069

Description: Beltane Book Bureau bulletins, special issues, publishers' notices etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 14 Sep 1972

From: Tattersfield, Nigel H, active 1970-2016: Papers

By: Tattersfield, Nigel H, active 1970-2016

Reference: MS-Papers-10786

Description: Letter written from Pat Lawlor in Wellington to Tattersfield in Auckland, 14 Sep 1972. Detail includes a brief book list with prices. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations