Bookplate for Louis J. Bailey
Bookplates
A typographic-style bookplate in black ink on white paper with a border patterned with ovals and small circles, with stylized anchors in each corner. The text reads "From the Library of Louis J. Bailey." In the center of the bookplate is a small illustration of an open book with eight bookmarks between various pages. Above and beneath the text are simple, botanical scrollwork designs. Handwritten on the back of the bookplate is "Typographic; Anthoensen, Fred; 1947, Portland, ME; Louis J. Bailey."
Fred Anthoensen
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1947
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.010
Bookplate for Louis Jonathan Bailey
Bookplates
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a detailed portrait of Thomas Hardy, whose name is written in cursive across the bottom of his bust. A simple border design with two wheat ears surrounds the portrait, and a box beneath reads "Ex libris Louis Jonathan Bailey." Handwritten on the back of the bookplate is, “U.S. Werhuer, Edmund; 1940; Jamaica, NY; Louis J. Bailey plate. For Hardy books. Portrait of Thomas hardy from photo of Wm. Strang’s etching. Autograph from one of Mr. Bailey’s books.”
Edmund Werhuer, Jamaica, NY
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1940
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.011
Bookplate for Louis J. Bailey
Bookplates
Sailing ships in art
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a double line border. There is a drawing of a sailing frigate at sea, with two birds in the foreground. On one mast is a symbol bearing the initials LB, and on a larger mast are three round castle turrets. A banner above the ship reads "Ex libris Louis J Bailey," and a banner below the ship reads "There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away."
C. Frank Norris
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1914
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.012