[Rarebooks] FS: Bookplates by an American Colonial Silversmith- 1/35 Copies

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Nathaniel Hurd's Bookplates”

By Hollis French.
Published in Washington; Reprinted from the 1940-41 Year Book of the
American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers in 1941.

Limited to 35 numbered copies.

DISCUSSION: A descriptive listing of fifty-five bookplates thought to be
by Hurd, of which 40 were signed. Hollis French was a noted antiquarian,
member of the Walpole Society, and author of the definitive biography of
Nathaniel Hurd. There was a also a 100 copy edition of this catalog,
printed in yellow covers, and without the tipped-in bookplate.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 7.5"x10", 46 pages, portrait frontispiece of Hurd,
and a tipped-in reproduction of a bookplate he engraved. Decorative
initial letter and headpieces. Original blue covers with the yellow
decorative binding cord intact.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, light soil, but otherwise clean and nice,
with a tight binding.

PRICE: $200.00

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