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[Bookplate for Berenice Skinner by Bank B. Gordon] Gordon, Bank B.

Description

A large galleon on rough seas is framed above a bookshelf holding books, a quill, and a lit candle.

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Title
[Bookplate for Berenice Skinner by Bank B. Gordon]
Creator
Gordon, Bank B.
Date Created
[between 1900 and 1929]
Description
A large galleon on rough seas is framed above a bookshelf holding books, a quill, and a lit candle.
Extent
1 bookplate : steel engraving ; 7.9 x 10.5 cm
Subject
Books; Ships
Person Or Corporation
Skinner, Berenice
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
Latin
Notes
Bank B. Gordon was a bookplate designer who was regularly hired by universal bookplate publishers, primarily the Antioch Bookplate Company and the Etchcraft Company. His work was done sometime between 1910 ' 1940, and he is presumed to have worked in California.
References:
1) Rights, Edith Anderson. (2001). 'Bank B. Gordon Bookplates.' The Bookplate Journal. 19, 1: 33-43.
2) 'Finely engraved literary pictorial by Bank B. Gordon.' WRHS Bookplate Collection. Accessed on March 18, 2011 from http://www.wrhs.org/collects/keil.htm Image upgraded Jan. 2014.
Identifier
BP MUR USA P S556; BP_MUR_USA_P_S556
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR USA P S556
Date Available
2011
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI
10.14288/1.0215638
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca