Washington Bookplates - Six Articles Reprinted from The Town Crier 1925 - 26
Seattle: Self Published, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 72. Illustrated with reproductions in the text and tipped-in samples. Pale blue paper covered boards with title label printed in red and black. Hand numbered 263. Ex-Libris of James M. Goode designed by Richard Wagener mounted to the front pastedown. A small stain to the front board near the title label, else crisp and bright. Very Good+. Item #9884 Among the bookish Seattle luminaries featured is Edmund Meany, whose "Three Knives" bookplate appears, at first glance, as prosaic, at best. However, its derivation is from the appellation bestowed on him by Chief Joseph, in recognition a young, gallant Sioux warrior with whom Joseph had been acquainted before the warrior's death. and of whom Meany reminded Joseph. Not in SMITH.
A census and study of the bookplates of Washington state collectors and institutions in a handsome limited edition. A professor of Anthropology, Starr was an eminent bookplate collector and commissioner who had recently moved to Seattle from Chicago.
Price: $75.00