Ex-libris : enciclopédia bio-bibliografica da arte do ex-libris contemporaneo = encyclopedie bio-bibliographique de l'art de L'ex-Libris contemporain = encyclopaedia bio-bibliographical of the art of the contemporary ex-libris = Bio-Bibliographische Enzyklopadie der zeitgenossischen Exlibriskunst

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Includes an entry by Brian North Lee on Richard Shirley Smith (v. 4, p. 159-174) with a photograph of the artist and reproductions of seventeen bookplates. Also includes a "Checklist of Ex-Libris by Richard Shirley Smith" with descriptions of thirty-three bookplates through 1984.
Portuguese, English, French, German.
"Published ... under the Supervision and editorship of Artur Mario da Mota Miranda."
"Edition of 500 numbered copies"
"Volume 30 of this 'Encyclopaedia' will be the last of the series. A new series of books dedicated to continuing up-to-date documentation of the same king [sic] will be published soon with the title 'Contemporary international ex-libris artists'."--P. 6, v. 29.
Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 5
BAC: British Art Center copy comprises volume 4 only. No. 41 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Bound in publisher's original red cloth. Shirley Smith's copy with his studio ex libris.
BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.