Angling Bookplates from Several Collections

The Plate shown above is from the Richard Lodge Collection

The plate shown below is from my collection

The Ralston B. Reid is from the Jane Peach collection

The T. Ferdinand Wilcox plate . is from the Pierre Rastoul Collection

The Henry A.Sherwin plate is from the Richard Lodge collection

The Daniel B. Fearing plate is from the Debra Walker collection

The Oliver Sheean plate is from my collection

From the Dr.  Charles Melvin collection

"I've sent scans of 2 of my favorites. The first is Jeffrey Norton's

plate, beautiful and simple, it measures only 1 x 1.25 inches. Norton
was an important collector of angling books last century and his books
sold in the early 2000's in about 5 separate sales at Pacific Book
Auctions.
The second one is Joe Bates plate. Bates was a very prolific angling
writer and his bookplate signifies that beautifully: the fly rod
crossed with the quill."

The John Gerard  Hecksher plate is from the Debra Walker collection

I want to thank all the collectors who took the time to send me scans This is an ongoing project .It is not too late for you to send additional  scans.They will be added to this posting.as they are received.
Send your scans to
 bookplatemaven@hotmail.com


4/23/2012-Sent by fellow collector Wally Jansen

I just couldn't resist this although technically it is not a bookplate but a New Year's card from 1960.

Dear Mr. Jaffe,
In the attachement you'll see a dutsch universal angling ex libris from +/- 1930-1935. It is one of a serie of universal ex libris about sports and music.
yours sincerely

Jos Swiers
Tha Hague
Netherlands

5/4/2012-The J.Cros-Decam b0o0o-plate was submitted by Jacques Laget
 a bookplate by Germain Delatousche (1898-1966) for the Doctor J. Cros-Decam.
 Wood engraved in 1957

4/22/2012   Jacques Laget just sent another angling bookplate.These additions are appreciated.

Hi,

Find here a new bookplate. Original wood engraving by Germain Delatousche. 56 x 82 mm.

Sincerely

J. Laget

1/29/2013 This bookplate (Fearing #116) was submitted by fellow collector Brandon Simmons.

  It was designed in 1904 by Arthur Jacobson for John W. Griggs the Governor of New Jersey and Attorney General of The United States

Next Saturday I will  be attending the Richmond Virginia bookfair
http://virginiabooksellers.org/VABA/Welcome.html
If you are in the Richmond area and have bookplates for sale or exchange I would love to hear from you.
See you again next Sunday.

Random Thoughts About Google & Ebay

It's April 1st and I just checked the March Google Stats  for my blog.
 Here is an overview  of the major traffic sources.

Referring Sites

www.google.com

1,340

www.google.co.uk

167

www.bing.com

87

www.google.ca

55

images.search.yahoo.com

52

www.google.com.au

51

bibliodyssey.blogspot.com

43

butdoesitfloat.com

40

www.google.nl

29

www.google.co.il

28

All giant entities eventually get replaced but it is pretty obvious that Google is in a very enviable position.
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         Last week I listed about 18 bookplates on Ebay .The bidding was extremely competitive and several new collectors were active participants.Perhaps this is a leading indicator of an improving economy.
Ebay is more vulnerable than Google to being challenged by another established entity with deep pockets.
Two possible competitors come to mind, Amazon and Barnes and Noble..
The problem Ebay has is that it's success has turned it into a flabby giant.There is far too much clutter.
Several collectors have mentioned that they look at the site less frequently because of all the irrelevant listings.
    In any event it is still the only viable game in town and I plan to list more bookplates with them in May.
If you would like to be notified about my next Ebay auction send an Email to:
Bookplatemaven@hotmail.com


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------        MYSTERY BOOKPLATE

Fellow collector  Gabe Conrad has submitted a mystery bookplate(probably English),
.Does anyone out there recognize the name(s) of the owner or the artist?

In addition Gabe has a new catalog with  a number of reasonably priced books about bookplates (items-1017-1031)  Here is a link:
http://bayleafbooks.com/uploads/CatalogueOne.pdf

In several weeks I would like to write about angling bookplates. If that is your area of interest please let me hear from you . I would like to gather as  many images as possible for the posting.
Bookplatemaven@hotmail.com

See You next Sunday.