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| David Sallume Vice President Antioch Bookplate Co. |
February 16, 1965
Yolanda Bergamini
Dear Miss Bergamini:
Thank you for your recent order for 100 special bookplates. If you are
not sitting down as you read this letter, I suggest that you either do so or
take a solid grip on some stationary object. My reason for giving you this
advice is that I have to tell you that bookplates manufactured to your
specifications would price in the neighborhood of $250.00 for the first 100.
Now that you have come up for air I will tell you that I have not taken
time to pinpoint the costs precisely, though I will do so if you wish. Perhaps
you might like to consider the alternative of having our art department prepare
one color drawing based upon your own. Working on this basis we could supply
100 bookplates for a single order for $44.00
Cordially,
David W. Sallume, Vice-President
Dear Mr. Sallume:
Thank you for your February 16 letter and for your sense of humor.
Let's try the alternative to my first idea.
I'm confident that your artists will prepare a satisfactory one color
drawing based on my Mother's. The $44.00 cost for 100 bookplates sounds good.
I hope that your artists will feel at liberty to re-arrange the
placement of the words I requested for this bookplate, i.e. the quotation
placed at the top may look better under the flowers. Thank you.
Gratefully yours,
Yolanda Bergamini
February 25, 1965
Dear Miss Bergamini:
Thank you for your letter of February 22nd with further reference to the presentation
bookplate.
The thought is appalling one, but nearly 40 years of business operation
have taught us that when we do custom
work for private persons, prudence dictates that we ask for cash with order. We
will be delighted to put this bookplate into work upon receipt of your check
for $44.00
Cordially,
David W. Sallume, Vice-President
Dear Mr. Sallume:
Again thank you for a prompt reply to my request on February 22.
This order may be appalling, but my Mother's friends think of her as a
remarkable woman. And the family agrees.
I have enclosed my check for $44. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Yolanda Bergamini
March 8, 1965
Dear Miss Bergamini:
Thank you for your letter of March 2nd and your check in the amount of $44.00 Our
acknowledgment on the special bookplate will go out very shortly.
I was humiliated to find that you had apparently misunderstood my letter
of February 25th.
What I jokingly referred to as “appalling” was not by any means the order, but
the necessity of asking for cash in advance. I think if you will look again at
my letter this meaning will come through clearly.
Cordially
David W. Sallume, Vice-Pres.
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I don’t know if you have covered
the bookplate of the 26th President in your blog, or whether it is
written up elsewhere, but if not then there’s a fair bit at
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From The Antioch Archive
What I can share with you today are a selection of private bookplates based on
professions/interests (how I wish someone had written down the story of the
rutabaga one!).
Brady -- printed in black on ungummed vellum. 10.2 x
7.6 cm
Diaz-Pifferer -- [Manuel Diaz-Piferrer was a
recognized authority on Caribbean undersea botany] Designed by Lucy Piferrer,
printed in rose and black on ungummed white stock. 10.0 x 15.2 cm
Dunn -- Designed by Algira Pierce, printed in black on
gummed vellum. 7.3 x 10.1 cm
Feitelberg -- [1905-1967, physicist noted for his work
on the application of theory from physical science] printed in sepia on ungummed
vellum. 7.9 x 6.2 cm
Freidberg -- printed in black on ivory stock.
7.5 x 10.4 cm
Goddard -- [12th governor of Arizona] printed in sepia
(border and name imprint printed in blue) on ungummed vellum. 7.6 x 10.4
cm
Klaila -- printed in black on ungummed vellum. 7.5 x
10.2 cm
Fellow Collector Al Gury visited the print room at The Argosy Bookshop in New York City and found this treasure.
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Very fine woodcut on laid paper.
Arts and Crafts period.
"8X"6
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Jacques Laget identified the artist and the owner.
"René
BIOT, born 1889 in Macon, near Lyon. Son of Félix-Camille. Chef
Laboratoire Clinique Médecine, Faculty of Médecine of Lyon, Doctor. méd 1914,
installé Lyon 1917. Secrétaire Général "Groupe lyonnais d'études médicales,
philosophiques et biologiques " qu'il a fondé 1924. Importante bibliothèque
surtout musique ancienne.
Bookplate by Claude Dalbanne around 1920"
My son Steven sent this link about the Pratt Bookplate collection.
It is very easy to navigate .
Fellow Collector Anthony Pincott sent this useful information about Theodore Roosevelt's Bookplate
I don’t know if you have covered
the bookplate of the 26th President in your blog, or whether it is
written up elsewhere, but if not then there’s a fair bit at
See you next Week
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