Book Plates and Signatures

This is a collection of book plates and signatures scanned from items held in the Barr Smith Library Rare Books & Special Collections. The file includes the details of the book in which the book plate/signature(s) are to be found. If appropriate there are links to the book plate owner's biography and/or manuscript listings if their papers are held in the collections.

A

Abbie, Professor Andrew Arthur physiologist/anatomist

• Andrew Arthur Abbie (1905-1976) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry
• Andrew Arthur Abbie Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

Andrews, Edward William

Archbold, Ralph Tate

Ayers, Sir Henry legislator and businessman

• Ayers, Henry
• Sir Henry Ayers (1821-1897) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

B

Baker, Sir Edward B

Barr Smith, Tom - signature

Barry, Redmond

Bateman, W

Baverstock, John

• John Baverstock - signature

Beattie, J. W.

Benham, Frederick Lucas

• Frederick Lucas Benham - signature

Bonney, E. G.

• Edmund Garnet Bonney (1883-1959) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Bonython,  Sir John Langdon

• Sir John Langdon Bonython - signature
• Sir John Langdon Bonython (1848-1939) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Borron, Isaac

Bright, Hugh

Butler, Arthur Lennox

C

Cator, John

Coles, Clifford

Cornell, Professor James Gladstone university professor (French) - signature

• James Gladstone Cornell (1925-1985) biography
• James Gladstone Cornell Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

D

Dale, A. T. - signature

Davies, Henry

de Groote - signature

de Kimberley

de Luen, W. H.

Demman, Arnold

Denny, Anthony

Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft Stiftungs Werbung

Dexter, Helen Sanderson

Dewitt Miller, Jahu

• Jahu Dewitt Miller (1857-1911) Wikipedia entry

Duncan, Edward

Duff, Louis Blake

E

Elphinstone Carberry Tower

Evans, Richard

F

Finney, Ben Rudolph - signature

• Ben Rudolph Finney (born 1933) Wikipedia entry

G

Gartz, Victor

Gill, Thomas - signature - letter

• Thomas Gill (1849 - 1923) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Gunning, Edward

• Edward Gunning - signature

H

Hanson, Clarence B, Jr

Hartley, John Anderson - signature

• John Anderson Hartley (1844 - 1896) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Hatherell, Mrs

Hayman, David L. (Lindsay) - signature

• David L. (Lindsay) Hayman Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

Henley, Sir Thomas - signature

• Sir Thomas Henley (1860–1935) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Hetrich, Josiah P

Hobhouse, The Right Honourable Henry

Holland, H. E. - signature

Horton, William H.

Howard, Henry - inscription

• Henry Howard (1859 - 1933) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron

• Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

Hurst, W.P.

I

Ingleton, G. & N.

Irving, Henry

• Henry Irving - inscription
• Henry Irving (1838-1905), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

J

K

Knox, H. J. Esquire

Knight, Hardwicke

L

M

Macartney, The Right Honourable George, Lord

Macfie, Thomas Hately

Macgregor, Christine Margaret

Martin-Harvey, Sir John

• Sir John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry
• Sir John Martin-Harvey Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

Mason, Edmund

Mathews, Charles

• Charles Mathews (1776-1835) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

Maude, Henry Evans (Harry)

• Henry Evans (Harry) Maude papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

Morris, Guy N.

N

Nathan of Churt

• Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan (1889–1963) Wikipedia entry

Newton Hall, Cambridge

O

P

Parker, Edward

Q

R

Rackham, Arthur

Radcliffe, B. G. H. - signature

Reid, Walter S.

Robertson, Alex

S

Sayer, George

Scheck, Ben - signature

Scott-Ellis, Thomas Evelyn, VIII Baron Howard de Walden

• Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, VIII Baron Howard de Walden (1880-1946) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry

Seddon, Right Honourable Richard John - signature.

• Richard John Seddon (1845-1906) New Zealand Dictionary of Biography entry

Shoemaker, Henry W

• Henry Wharton Shoemaker (1880-1958) Wikipedia entry

Semmler, Clement

Seppings (Webster), Joan

• Joan Seppings (Webster) biography

Smith, Benjamin

Smith, William Ramsay

Steadman, H. M. - signature

Straker, Frederic

Stramann, Paul

Symon, Floy Angel Nan

• Floy Angel Nan Symon Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

T

Templeton, Flora

Thurn, Everard Ferdinand im - signature

• Everard Ferdinand im Thurn (1852 – October 9, 1932) Wikipedia entry

Towneley, John

U

V

Vincent, Leon H - signature

Vojnich, Baron Oscar

W

Waldo, Sir Timothy. There are two versions of book plates - version 1 - version 2

Way, Sir Samuel James.

• Sir Samuel James Way (1836 1916) Australian Dictionary of Biography entry

Wilke, Allan

• Allan Wilkie Australian Dictionary of Biography entry
• Allan Wilkie Papers (held in the Manuscript Collection)

Willis, William

Wrightson, William

X

Y

Yates, S. A. Thompson

Z