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John Buchan bookplate query...
I have a copy of "The American Scene" (Chapman and Hall 1907) signed in pencil
by "John Buchan." There is also a small bookplate, aprox. 1.5 inches tall and 1inch wide. The bookplate has a drawing of a sunflower. On the left side of the stem is a 'J' and on the right side is a 'B'. I am assuming that the signature "John Buchanan" belongs to the "Thirty-Nine Steps" John Buchan and not some taxicab driver from Hoboken N.J. The signature does look very much like the one displayed he http://www.2nd-hand-books.co.uk/sigs.html And I bought the book assumeing that the signature was authentic. But I would also like to say that the bookplate belonged to John Buchan as well. Is there a web page that displays the bookplates of authors? I couldn't find one (my googling skills are poor.) Or is there a reader of this ng that has an authentic John Buchan bookplate who could tell me if I have, the "real McCoy."? I would like to be able to brag about both the sig and the bookplate. Why annoy my friends with one brag when I can annoy them with two...? Thanks as always... Jonathan |
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addendum: There's an ilustration of a bookplate similar to the
one you describe near the top of this page. http://library.queensu.ca/webmus/sc/...ons_buchan.htm That is the same bookplate. Thank you for delving into this for me. My next job is to improve my internet search skills so that I can do this sort of thing for myself. Jonathan (also a "JB") |
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I have Buchan's copy of Oswald Kulpe's "The Philosophy of the Present in
Germany" (important to me because it likely influenced several Buchan works and contains notes in his handwriting) and the bookplate is sized as you describe, with the green sunflower and intitials inside an oval. |
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