# 48733
Barnett, P. Neville
Pictorial book-plates : their origin and their use in Australia (Deluxe edition)
$2,000.00 AUD
Sydney: The Beacon Press, 1931. Quarto, presentation binding (most likely by Wal Taylor) of half crushed morocco over silk, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt lettering, silk endpapers, book label of Gregory Cumming ti front pastedown, 144pp., light foxing to preliminaries, with numerous original and reproduced bookplates by notable Australian artists including Sydney Long (signed etching), Sydney Ure Smith, Adrian Feint, John Godson, Gayfield Shaw, Tom Roberts, Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Perrotet, etc. The deluxe edition, printed on larger paper than the standard edition, with additional original etched bookplates, limited to 100 signed copies, this is copy number 4.













