Bookplate for Mary Rawson Amen Memorial Collection
Bookplates
A heraldic bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a patterned border. The shield is charged with a four-cornered castle on a field of blue and black parted horizontally. Above it is a wreath topped by a left-facing black bird's head holding a ring in its beak. The motto "Laus Virtutis Actio," which loosely translates from Latin to "Praise the power of action," appears on a banner beneath the shield. Beneath the image is the inscription "Mary Rawson Amen Memorial Collection The Gift of Harlan Page Amen."
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.005
Bookplate for Edgar W. Anthony
Bookplates
A heraldic bookplate in black ink on ivory paper drawn with rough lines. The shield is charged with a lion's head on a field of silver and blue, divided into thirds. Above it is a wreath topped with a goat's head facing left. Beneath the shield is the name Edgar W. Anthony and an inscription in handwriting that reads "The wicked borroweth, but returneth not."
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.007
Bookplate for Atkinson
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The shield is charged with a two-headed eagle on a field of gold and white. The top third of the shield bears two left-facing birds on either side of a rose. Above this is a wreath topped by a left-facing eagle. A banner beneath the shield reads "Deus Protector noster" which translates from Latin to "God is our protector," and below this is the name Atkinson in blackletter script..
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.009
Bookplate for Ralph Sylvester Bartlett
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on white paper. A crest divided into eight partitions featuring different insignias is topped by two wreaths, one with a swan rampant and the other with a castle turret. Beneath the shield is a simple banner reading "MATURE." "Ex libris Ralph Sylvester Bartlett" is written beneath in script.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.013
Bookplate for Library of Brearley School
Bookplates
A heraldic/calligraphic bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The shield is divided into three, with a lit Arabian oil lamp in the upper section. The lower left section bears an open book with several bookmarks, and the lower right bears 3 ermines facing left. Beneath the shield is a banner with the phrase "By truth and toil." Beneath the banner is written "Library of Brearley School Limited" in a Blackletter script.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.023
Bookplate for Philip Greely Brown
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. There is a coat of arms in the center consisting of a shield with a picture of a single-masted ship on the ocean. The shield is overlaid on an anchor with an eagle perched on top of it, and flanked by two stylized fish. Surrounding this is a circle with the text "Resuram. Sigillum Civitatis Portlandiae," which translates loosely from Latin to "I will open it. Seal of the State of Portland." Beneath is a name banner and the originator's signature.
Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
circa 1897
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.024
Bookplate for Library of Brown University
Bookplates
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in brown ink on yellow paper that has been torn in half. Only the top half remains. At the top is written Library of Brown University, and beneath that is the university's seal, which consists of a coat of arms surrounded by text which is cut off. The shield is divided into four equal parts, each bearing an open book.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.025
Bookplate for George Edward Cabot
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. In an ornate square border is a shield with three dark fish on a speckled field. The shield is surrounded by floral patterns, and above it is a scallop shell and banner that reads "Semper cor Caput Cabot," which loosely translates from Latin to "Head and heart always." Beneath this is a second box with a woven pattern background, and a banner that reads "Ex libris George Edward Cabot." Below this second box is the date 1895.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1895
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.027
Bookplate for Melville Clark
Bookplates
A heraldic-style personal bookplate in black ink on ivory paper. The ornate central shield is divided in two, with a left-facing lion rampant on the lower portion and a forward-facing lion head flanked by two crossed in the upper portion. Above the shield, there is a wreath with a lion rampant holding a scepter. On either side of this are two vertical banners, one bearing a sextant and the other a five-pointed star. Above the crest is the text "Ex libris" and below is a banner that reads "Victor Mortalis Est," which translates from Latin to "The conqueror is mortal." Beneath this is the originator's name in a blackletter font. The whole is surrounded by an ornate border of leaves, with emblems in the four corners and the lower middle. Clockwise from upper left, there is a lyre with the initials WW and 1814, simple text reading "G.W. Clark, est 1858, a piano and 1853, a harp and 1905, and a tavern sign that reads "Drovers Tavern 1820. The center top bears a gear, a floral symbol, and a K in a circle that may be the Kiwanis Club symbol.
Charles P. Morse
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1937
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.032
Bookplate for Columbia University Library
Bookplates
A typographic-style institutional bookplate with the University's seal in the center. "Columbia University in the City of New York" is written at the top in a blackletter font, with "Library" beneath it in a simple serif font;
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.037
Bookplate for Louis XV, King of France and of Navarre (1715 - 1774)
Bookplates
An elaborate heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, assumed to be that of Louis XV, King of France and of Navarre until 1774. If accurate, accompanying letter states it was sent to Helen Pearson from William P. Frost in April of 1945. Frost bought the bookplate from a collector in Paris and gifted it to Pearson. The image is an ornate shield emblazoned with scrollwork and topped with a crown. The shield rests on a cloak of ermine fur, with plants and banners on spear points behind it.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library
pre-1774
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.336
Bookplate for Charles E. Dana
Bookplates
An ornate heraldic-style bookplate in dark brown ink on ivory paper. The shield is emblazoned with three lions rampant facing left, and is topped with a wreath and a forward-facing animal head, which appears to be a bull. The whole is surrounded with flourishes, and a banner at the bottom bears the name Charles E. Dana.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.045
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Bookplate
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with Jesse Appleton Fund in a banner above a coat-of-arms featuring a design made from tools such as a protractor, calipers, a compass, and chisels. The shield and banner are surrounded by flourishes, and there is a shelf with books beneath, all surrounded by a border with a triangle pattern. Beneath is the College's name. The whole is made to appear as if it is engraved in stone.
F.C. Blank
the Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1940
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.049
Bookplate for Dartmouth College Library
Bookplates
A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a small coat-of-arms in each corner and a larger one in the center. The large shield contains a banner reading, "Vox Clamantis In Deserto," which translates from Latin to "The voice of one crying in the wilderness," and a sketch of a landscape with a building, a field, some trees, and five figures. Clockwise from the top left, the other shields contain: a crown with three crosses, a stag head, a lion rampant with two boar heads and an arrow, and three wheels. The space between shields is filled with pine cones and needles, and there is a simple border around them. At the bottom is the text "Dartmouth College Library" in a blackletter font.
M.D. Bisbee (Del.) and Jill Spenceley (S.C.)
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1907
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.050
Bookplate for Library of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
Bookplates
An typographic-style institutional bookplate in green ink on white paper, with the University seal in the center and the text "Library of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College" above and below it.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.054
Bookplate for Sarah Dempsey
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a simple double line border. The shield features a lion rampant facing right and flanked by two upright swords. It is topped with a helmet and wreath with a partial lion rampant and surrounded by flourishes. Beneath is a banner that reads "Elatum a Deo Non Deprimat" which loosely translates from the Latin to "That which is lifted by God will not sink." Under the banner is the text "Ex libris Sarah Dempsey."
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS 1925.1
Album 1; 1 63 Dempsey
PPL-MS: 1925.1.063
Bookplate for D’Olier
Bookplates
A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a detailed coat-of-arms separated into four quadrants. The upper left and lower right quadrants both feature what appears to be three flowers or leaves, the upper right quadrant features three columns topped by birds, and the lower right features three birds without columns. The shield is topped by a helmet with a bird holding a stalk of wheat. Below is a banner which reads “La Bonte de Dieu”, which translates from the French to "The Goodness of God." Beneath this is the name D'Olier in a Gothic font.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
1931
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.065
Bookplate for Dover Public Library
Bookplates
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on off-white paper featuring the municipal seal of the City of Dover. The seal appears to be in front of a bookshelf and topped by an oil lamp. Additional text around the seal reads "Founded 1883, Dover Public Library." At the top are spaces for "Accession" and "Shelf No."
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.068
Bookplate for Enoch Pratt Free Library
Bookplates
A simple typographic bookplate in black ink on white paper. The name Enoch Pratt Free Library is at the top, and in the center is the library's seal. Beneath that is the text "Given by" with space to record information.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.077
Bookplate for Flint Public Library
Bookplates
A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, featuring a patterned frame of oak leaves, acorns, and circles. In an oval at the top is a stylized drawing featuring several buildings, trees, and a man aiming an arrow at a running deer. At the top of the oval is the letter F, and beneath is "Ex libris, Flint Public Library." Between the lines of text is an open book with a cart symbol on the left page and a gear on the right.
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
post-1926
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.090
Bookplate for Grosvenor Library
Bookplates
An ornate heraldic-style bookplate in dark brown ink on ivory paper. The top portion features a drawing of a mill building, with a portrait of a man with sideburns to the left and the municipal seal of the City of Buffalo to the right. Beneath this is an ornate shield that is divided into seven parts and topped with a helmet and hound. Behind the shield is a bookshelf, and below is a text box which is made to look as if it is engraved in stone. The text reads "Grosvenor Library, Founded by the joint munificence of Seth Grosvenor and the City of Buffalo. The whole is framed with a border made to look like stone, and beneath is text that reads "Presented by."
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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PPL-MS: 1925.1.098