Bookplates

Date: 1973

Reference: E-278-q-127

Description: Wood block print on envelope (First day of issue) depicting a rural scene with a mountain in the background. There is a stone monument/slab in foreground with katakana on it. Underneath the wood block print is 2633-5-25 (25 May 1973?). Enclosed is a brief letter from Eiichi Hirose and three of his Ex-Libris wood block prints (70 x 50 mm) depicting folk art (toys). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood-block print 80 x 45 mm on front of envelope

Date: 1973

Reference: E-278-q-128

Description: Wood block print on envelope (First day of issue) depicting a rural scene with a mountain in the background. There is a stone monument/slab in foreground with katakana on it. Underneath the wood block print is 2633-5-25 (25 May 1973?). Enclosed is a brief letter from Eiichi Hirose re Ex Libris Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood-block print 80 x 45 mm on front of envelope

Date: 1973

Reference: E-278-q-129

Description: Wood block print on envelope (First day of issue) depicting a samurai soldier. Underneath the wood block print is 2633-7-1. Enclosed are nine of Hirose's Ex Libris bookplates depicting Japanese folk art. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood-block print 80 x 45 mm on front of envelope

Date: 1870 - 1960

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

By: Dutton, Nellie, active 1922-1938; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Haggett, Frank C, active 1930s; Hamilton, Augustus, 1853-1913; Hawcridge, Robert, 1866-1920; Jones, Hubert (Rev), active 1904-1950; McAuslan, Gordon S, 1913-1996; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Norwood, R D, active 1904; Reid, E M (Miss), active 1939; Renton, David Proctor, -1945; Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982

Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-D

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: I Dallas (by McAuslan, ca 1935), Ray C & Anne E Davies (by David P Renton of Timaru, 1936), Stella Davis (by Hilda Wiseman), Stella M Davis (by Hilda Wiseman), R A Davison (by F C Haggett, 1931), Jean & Graham Dawson (by E Mervyn Taylor), Louise C Diehl (2 commercial? plates), Dilworth School (designed by Rev. Hubert Jones, drawn by R D Norwood, engraved by Ferguson & Mitchell, Dunedin ca 1904), Ethel Mary Dobson (by Marjorie H Mills ca 1953?), John Mills Dobson (by Marjorie H Mills, 1953), Dominion Museum Wellington (2 plates by August Hamilton, ca 1910?), Dominion Museum Wellington (by J L Martin, ca 1910), A E Donne (by W S Percy), T E Donne (design by H G Robley), Russell Duncan (by Hilda Wiseman, based on H G Robley picture), Dunedin Public Library (2 typographic plates and one by Robert Hawcridge, 1914), Wm Marsden Du Rieu (heraldic, 19th century), Nellie Dutton (by Miss E M Reid, 1939). Quantity: 21 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.

Date: 1863 - 1876

By: Walsh, Philip, 1843-1914

Reference: E-359

Description: Shows animals, scenes in France, islands seen from on board ship, S.S. Cyclone, copies of sculpture, and N.Z. scenes, the latter separately catalogued. Bookplate (linocut or woodblock) glued inside front cover: Ph. Walsh below a shield with a lion rampant surmounted by a crown with another lion. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 50 pencil, 1 ink and 2 watercolour in sketchbook 130 x 180 mm, ¼ black morocco, green boards.

Date: 1947-1950

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

Reference: 80-063-104

Description: Copy of `Shuttle', published 1947, with letter from Ould to Lawlor; Lawlor bookplate, `Shibli Bagarag Shears from the tree of knowledge' (1929) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-USSR

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Brazil

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 22 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

Date: 1500 - 1850

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Germany-1

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 72 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

Date: 1900 - 1960

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

By: Barnett, Percy Neville, 1881-1953; Dwyer, Ella Margaret, 1887-1979; Feint, Adrian, 1894-1971; Gallop, Herbert Reginald, 1890-1958; Goodchild, John Charles, 1898-1980; Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935; Jardine, Walter, 1885-; Jordan, Allan, 1898-1982; Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Lindsay, Norman Alfred William, 1879-1969; Litchfield, Phillip M, active 1920s-1930s; McGrath, Raymond, 1903-1977; O'Harris, Pixie, 1903-1991; Perrottet, George David, 1890-1971; Pierson, Percy Roach, active 20th century; Satchell, Edgar, active 1920s; Shillito, Phyllis Sykes, 1895-1980

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Aust-G/K

Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Herbert R Gallop (owner is also the artist, possibly Herbert Reginald Gallop) R A Gallop (initials on bookplate possibly read "I H Q", the name H R Gallop is written on the back, possibly Herbert Reginald Gallop, 1924) Gwendolen Game (by Ella Dwyer, 1932) Sir Philip Game (by J B G, possibly John Barclay Godson, 1932) Joy Garden (by Adrian Feint) James A Gardiner (possibly by Raymond McGrath) G L Garnsey (2 bookplates, 1 picturing a cricket match and cricket equipment, a kangaroo with a cricket bat, a koala reading a book, and 2 birds, possibly ducks, the other picturing 2 koalas, 1 apparently selling books to the other, possibly by Norman Lindsay) George L Garnsey (intitials of artist possibly R B or R S) J W Gellert (by L L, possibly L Lindsay) John Gibson (3 bookplates, 1 by J S Watkins, possibly John Samuel Watkins, 1932, 1 by Adrian Feint, 1 by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, 1934, picturing a phoenix rising from a fire, which the collector has noted is "based on D H Lawrence's phoenix seal") Rosa Gibson (including 2 sets of initials, the 1st reads G D P, possibly George D Perrottet, the 2nd possibly reads B J. The bookplate seems to commemorate a centenary 1834-1934, possibly the Melbourne Centenary) Gladys (possibly by P Neville Barnett) John B Godson (1 by F C H, 1 by artist unknown) Diana Goldsmid (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) John Goodchild (owner possibly also the artist) Paul Langton Grano Arthur Fairfield Gray Helen Gray (possibly by R A Clive) Bastl V S Greatrex (name of owner difficult to read, name of the artist possibly Mark Seriem, England) J G Griffin (by Geo T, 1908) W R Griffiths (by A F, possibly Adrian Feint) Helen Groom (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) Captain Francis Edward de Groot (by Phyllis S Shillito. Bookplate includes the text "The sword is mightier than the scissors" and an emblem including a sword, a pair of scissors, a head with a crested helmet, a rearing horse, a lion, the Union Jack and the flag of Australia) V S H (2 bookplates, 1 possibly by M McCartney, picturing a press, possibly a printing press, the other by J Hanna) S V Hagley (3 bookplates, 2 by A J, 1 with artist's initials illegible, possibly R W, picturing a witch or wizard mixing potions) Sydney Hagley Sydney V Hagley (2 bookplates, 1 by P Roach Pierson, 1940, the other by A F, possibly Adrian Feint, picturing an Australian 1 penny coin and several books with the titles "Bookplates", "Numismata Australiana" and "Entomology") Halycon (by Pixie O'Harris, picturing a young girl and a pixie) J M Hammond (by Phillip M Litchfield, 1927, possibly picturing a prospector panning for gold) Edward Hammond Hargraves C E Harris George H Harris Clarence D Hart L J Harvey (picturing reief carving of the legendary figure Andromeda. Collector notes that L J Harvey was an instructor in modelling at the Brisbane Technical College) Helen (name of the artist illegible, possibly Eulamer) C Hepburn (by P B) V S Hewett (3 bookplates, 1 by T, possibly Eric Thake, 1 by Allan Jordan, 1 by artist unknown) Hans Heysen (by Lionel Lindsay) Fred Hiley J J Hilder Fred Hiley (by P N B, possibly Percy Neville Barnett) Name of owner illegible, possibly Arnold Hirt W R G Hiscock (by H Ogilvie, possibly Helen Ogilvie) H F Hoad (by Crampton) Hodgson (the words "Hodgson" and "NSW Railways" are written in pencil upon the bookplate, though it is not obvious what these refer to) C G Hodgson (address on the bookplate reads "157 Macquarie Street North, Sydney) A E Holland L Hopkins W F Hopson (owner possibly also the artist. This bookplate is possibly by the American artist William Fowler Hopson and may have been incorrectly filed by the collector) C V Howard (by E S, possibly Edgar Satchell) H J Howes (picturing an aboriginal shield and 2 spears, with the words "Marombi Coolah", possibly refering to a location in New South Wales, Australia) S W Hume (by Phillip Litchfield, picturing Redbraes Castle) L Stenhouse Huntley (2 bookplates1 by P Roach Pierson, 1936, 1 by artist unknown) George R Hyam (by Walter Jardine, 1931) R F Irvine (name of the artist illegible, possibly I Sidlono or I Sipono) Harold J Jack (possibly by K Jack) Carl V Janssen (a note on the back of the bookplate reads "A young artist killed in the land of Gallipoli") Harold & Nell Jenkins (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) H D Jennings (by R D) Geoffrey A Johnson (by G D P, possibly George D Perrottet) F R Jordan (by Lionel Lindsay, picturing a various objects including a judge's wig) H V Justelius (2 bookplates by J Goodchild, possibly Jobn Charles Goodchild) Charles G Kellaway (possibly by Olive Crane) Rhoda S Kettlewell (by R D, possibly Roy Davies) Lorna Robin King (by William Hunter) W & M Kingham (by Adrian Feint) Quantity: 77 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: Feb 1938

From: Danilow family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6520-13

Description: Volume has Danilow bookplate History of Russian relations with Western Europe from ca 1700 to 1917, a draft by Danilov. Other Titles - Russia and Western Europe (Translation of title) Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1906

By: McCrae, George Gordon, 1833-1927

Reference: A-091-011

Description: A profile view of an eighteenth-century gentleman in wig and frockcoat, his sword at his side Illustration designed for A G Stephens, possibly for a bookplate Glued to board, 206 x 137 mm. A triangle of unmarked paper is glued over the top left corner Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: McCrae 1906. Above image 'Ye Bookfellow'. Top right 'A. G. Stephens, 'Seven' Hamilton Street, Sydney'; Verso - Printer's note: instructions on making two blocks, one same size, one 2 1/2 inches wide Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen drawing, 176 x 120 mm

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Netherlands

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 40 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

Date: [1892]-1964

By: Graham, David Henry, 1885-1965

Reference: MS-Papers-1069

Description: Two scrapbooks, containing letters and newspaper clippings related to Graham's work as a research officer for the Mosquito Control Committee in Auckland (1926-1929); as biologist at the Portobello Marine Research Station (1930-1932); and also to the publication of his book, `A treasury of NZ fishes', (1935). Also letters, notes, newspaper clippings relating to Graham's collection of book plates removed from the collection now held by Turnbull Library. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - A treasury of New Zealand fishes Quantity: 2 volume(s). 4 folder(s). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1930

By: Douglas, Norman Vazey, 1910-1985

Reference: ArtEph-1930-A-01

Description: The exhibition included plates from artists in Czechoslovakia, Australia, Great Britain, Russia, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, America, New Zealand. There was also a section of heraldic plates. New Zealand artists represented were: Eunice Buchanan, Rina Pagni, G Clark, Thelma Moxon, Constance Lloyd, T V Gulliver, Pascoe Redwood, Hilda Wiseman, H Tornquist, A Hamilton, Trevor lloyd, M, P Watts Rule, Arnold Goodwin, C S Penlington, Olive Lloyd, Roy Hunt, E Warner, A S Paterson, D J Payne, Peggy Sherriff, C A Whitman, pupils of Napier Technical School. The exhibition was of bookplates from the collection of Hilda Wiseman. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Letterpress in 8 page booklet, each page 166 x 125 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-197.

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

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Switzerland

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 4 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

Date: [1952]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MSY-4899

Description: Maori study by Sorrenson is a text book for studying the Maori language. It has additions by the Rev Bond James, a bookplate of G Nevill and a note from him to McEwen. Also in the volume is `Te Reo Rarotonga; a Maori grammar for the Cook Islands (English verson)' by W A McKenzie and members of a committee, which includes a Maori-English vocabulary. Other Titles - Te Reo Rarotonga; a Maori grammar of the Cook Islands, by W A McKenzie Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Italy

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 66 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings

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

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Canada

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings