John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) Within a green circular outline a brown elephant stands between the words of the title. Outside the green circular outline four smaller brown elephants stand in each corner of the backplate bookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design awards, keith wingrove memorial trust

Decorative cinnabar (molded resin?) face, with elephant motif and lotus flower boarder (front). Black (reverse). international visitors, international visits, souvenirs, gifts, elephant plate, decorative plate, cinnabar, resin, lacquerware

After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition.A stylised elephant is depicted standing on what appears to be a chess piece pawn which sits on a coloured playing card.Pencil signature, Morrisonbookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design award, keith wingrove memorial trust

Written for the entertainment of readers. Indian background to storyHard deep blue cover. Gold lettering on spine. Indian symbol and elephant decorate front cover. Back cover plainmowgli et al, kipling, hampton, scouting india, books, childrens

Written for entertainment of readers. Characters names from book used as titles for leaders in Scout movementHard deep blue cover. Gold lettering on spine. Indian symbol and elephant on front cover. This story "How Fear Came"scouting, childrens stories

Museum holds v.4. Elephant to Gongora. Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.