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States: "Resurgam Sigillum Civitatis Portlandiae Ex Libris Philip Greely Brown"; annotated: "Philip G. Brown"; depicts historic seal of Portland, Maine. Personal bookplate for Philip Greely Brown, a prominent Mainer, public library benefactor, and…

States: "Wachsthum Und Stetigkeit [growth and continuity] Newton Hall Cambridge"; signature of J.S. in upper left-hand corner; depicts a coat of arms with four lions. Bookplate for Henry Walston, Baron Walston, (1912 - 1991) a farmer and politician…

States: "Framingham Town Library Established 1885 Bought With The Income of The 'Edgell-Library Fund'"; annotated: "Accession No. 72953 Catalogue No. BE46e00pil"; double lined border. Library bookplate for the Framingham Town Library. The…

States: "Constant And True James Anderson Rose"; depicts a coat of arms, divided in two, with a lion between three water bougets, and a shield between eight birds, and the Rose crest of a winged-maiden harp. Personal bookplate for James Anderson…

States: "This book belongs to Arthur W. Kennard of Boston, Massachusetts. Reading maketh a full man"; annotated: "No. 202"; single-lined border. Personal bookplate or Arthur W. Kennard (1870-1937), a Boston jeweler and silversmith.

States: "Blanche M. Harnan"; depicts a Viking ship bearing the Danish coat of arms. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Blanche M. Harnan was the founder of the Seattle Ceramic Society in 1940, a…

States: "Ex libris Alice Brayton"; depicts a topiary garden with sculpted trees, shrubs, and animals. Personal bookplate for Alice Brayton. Alice Brayton oversaw the transformation of her family's estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island into Green Animals…

States: "Books, like sheep, are wont to stray from their masters. If this little book has wandered into your green pastures, please treat it kindly, read it leisurely, and, when it has stayed its welcome, help it find its way back home! [Mrs.] Norton…

States: "Lancaster Mass Town Library Ad Alavnam Ad Nashvam 1656"; annotated: "From Hon. Henry S. Nourse 759.1 C784p 20589"; depicts town coat of arms bearing a lion and a crown. Bookplate for Lancaster, Mass. Town Library. Donated to the library from…

States: "Ex Libris"; annotated: "Blanche Harnan"; depicts a terrace with trees and flowers overlooking a mountain view. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Personal bookplate for Blanche M. Harnan. Blanche M. Harnan was the founder of the…