Book plates Selected from the Works of E H Garrett and a Notice of them by WH Downes.

Frontispiece portrait of Edmund Garrett

With reproductions of bookplates 

8vo, parchment backed boards

Boston 1904 Troutsdale Press

One of 35 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum. Signed and numbered by Garrett - this as 8. Signed and numbered as pictured 

Bookplates 

William Phillips

Frank Lysaght Dunne

Edmund H Garrett

Elizabeth Cheney

Belmont Public Library

Thomas W Lawson

John Fiske

Mary Cheney Daugs Greystone Farm

Henry A Sherwin

Volkmann School in memory of Robert Fletcher Allen 1892-1903

Dewitt Miller

William Hall Walker

Elizabeth S Cheney

George A Fernald

George M Thornton

Hiram Edmund Deats 

Condition and notes

Boards attached with moderately heavy external wear, heavy soiling  

Corners rubbed and bumped, see photos

Base of spine rubbed with some board showing

Interior is in good condition 

Binding sound

No previous owners names 

Some age toning 

Wrinkled/ bumped at bottom center of pages - see photo of example

No writing in text

No torn pages

Not ex library

Chipping of material along edge of the book

Parchment on boards worn, soiled, rubbed

Top edge in gilt

Corners bumped and rubbed

Slim, Measures about 6 1/4” by 9 1/4”

Edmund Henry Garrett (1853–1929) was an American illustrator, bookplate-maker, and author as well as a highly respected painter renowned for his illustrations of the legends of King Arthur.

A few of the individuals:

Hiram Edmund Deats (1870–1963), of Flemington, New Jersey, was a philatelist especially acclaimed for his collection of revenue stamps.

Henry Alden Sherwin (September 27, 1842 – June 16, 1916) was one of the founders of the Sherwin-Williams Company in 1866. The company was named for both Sherwin and Edward Porter William.

John Fiske (March 30, 1842 – July 4, 1901) was an American philosopher and historian.

William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (25 December 1856 – 2 February 1933) was a British businessman, politician, art collector, and an important figure in Thoroughbred racehorse breeding.

Dewitt Miller 1857 – 1911) was an educator, librarian, journalist, minister, orator, and book collector.