October 16, 2025: Fine & Decorative Arts - Day One
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc. info@jeffreysevans.com
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ANTIQUE JEWELS / GEMSTONES REFERENCE VOLUME WITH JOHN DAVIS BOOK PLATE, The Romance of the Jewel, by Francis Stopford, London; Mappin & Webb, Ltd.; additional text to the title page "PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION, AND PUBLISHED AT 158-162, OXFORD STREET, IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON / MXMXX"; inside cover with book plate titled "Ex libris / John W. Davis / Tiffany & Co.", handwritten above the book plate is "Ellen Bassel Davis / London 1920", hard cover with leather spine, gilded lettering and decoration to the front cover, gilded page edges with protective tissue paper illustration plates with many having color.
Catalogue Note: This example was acquired for John Davis's second wife, Ellen G. Bassel Davis, in 1920. The couple was married in 1912 in Clarksburg, WV and John Davis was serving in the House of Representatives for West Virginia. In 1913, John Davis was appointed Solicitor General of the United States. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him as the U.S. Ambassador to the Great Britain Court of St. James's from 1918 to 1921.
Very good overall condition, most pages with some scattered foxing, binding with expected wear and slightly loose.
From a West Virginia private collection.
Descended in the family of American politician John W. Davis (1873-1955) and his daughter, author Julia Davis (1900-1993), Jefferson Co., WV.
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