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States: "Mrs. F. Glantz"; annotated "Dup. but keep for name." Personal bookplate for Mrs. F. Glantz.

States: "Martha and Henry Isaacson"; depicts a large coat of arms with multiple charges: the coat of arms is crowned with the three crowns of Viking ship, directly below them is a circle with the three crowns of Sweden. Personal bookplate for Martha…

Depicts a dog and two interlocking letter Cs. Personal bookplate for an individual possibly with the initials "C. C."

States: "Ex Libris / C.W. Chesterton"; annotated with strikethrough of C.W. Chesterton; depicts bust of tiger with apples and books. Personal bookplate for C.W. Chesterton, a banker from British Columbia with the Bank of Montreal. The book from…

States: "JPW"; depicts calligraphic monogram and an ornamental border of flowers.

States: "Ex Libris Mifflin Library"; depicts four sections labeled Romance, Literature, Travel, and History with respective illustrations. Bookplate for the Mifflin Library, possibly one of the Mifflin Libraries in Mifflin County, PA.

States: "Ex Libris / Confido in Deo [Trust in God]/Manson Franklin Backus"; depicts coat of arms with 3 doves and a chevron. Personal bookplate of Manson Franklin Backus (1853-1935). He was a Seattle banker and philanthropist. He co-organized the…

States: "Humphry Davy Rolleston / Baronet / K.C.B., M.D., D.Sc., D.C.L., LL.D. / Regius Professor of Physic / University of Cambridge"; depicts coat of arms, ornamental border ornamental crest, Greek letters, floral design. Humphry Davy Rolleston…

States: "From the library of Katherine White"; depicts an African mask (Congolese/Luba mask). Personal bookplate of Katherine White (1929-1980), an important collector whose gifts established the Seattle Art Museum's African art collection. Learn…

States: "Wild / Avance [advance]"; depicts coat of arms with chevron and three martlets, or birds, crest of a stag. Family coat of arms of the Wild family, Canterbury and Lewisham, county Kent.