Bookplate for John Percy Coleman Alden
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a scene of a three-masted sailing ship over an ocean with billowy clouds in the background. The scene is surrounded by a border that resembles an architectural pediment with columns along the sides and decorative ledges at the top and bottom. In a blank space along the bottom ledge is the name John Percy Coleman Alden.
~ “Bookplate for John Percy Coleman Alden,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed April 1, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1870.