Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of thousands of bookplates from the United States, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Iran, Russia, and South Africa. Includes several hundred children's bookplates, some highlighted by Kate Greenaway and engravings of Gordon Craig, G.H. Shurtleff, Pixie Harris, and wood block prints of Sheldon Cheney. Also includes works of Thomas Bewick (originator of wood engraving), Maxfield Parrish, Samuel Hollyer, W.W. Garret, Stanley Harrod, Rob Wagner, and W.F. Hopson. Many of the items are mounted, and include proof copies, inscribed copies, original drawings, wood block prints, wood engravings, steel engravings, etchings, and photolithographs.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of Maurice Thorner, 1953.
Collection donated by Thorner originally assembled by Olive Percival. Later additions were made by the UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Arrangement:
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Collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Bookplates.
- Names:
- Percival, Olive, 1869-1945.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988