Comments on: Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie http://rhodiadrive.com/2007/03/19/confessions-of-a-bookplate-junkie/ Rhodia Drive is a blog about Rhodia notepads, tablets and notebooks, writing accessories, and journaling in general. It features articles, tips, tricks, links on the latest tools, and general notebook-related news items about this “orange French notebook with a cult following. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lyle Gunderson http://rhodiadrive.com/2007/03/19/confessions-of-a-bookplate-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-12872 Lyle Gunderson Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:28:45 +0000 http://rhodiadrive.com/2007/03/19/confessions-of-a-bookplate-junkie/#comment-12872 Inside the cover of my Dad's physics book, he had affixed a bookplate with a wonderfully ornate art deco border, centered within which was the customary "Ex Libris" and his name. It looked like some small printing shop had printed his name using hot or moveable type onto pre-printed stock, and I thought it looked way cool. I have always thought it would be a good idea to put bookplates in my books, and have been cooking an idea for one in my head for perhaps thirty years. It seems a respectful way to increase the likelihood of a lent book coming home again. So far I have lost two sets of "The Lord of the Rings" (very pre-movie) and one of "War and Peace". Thanks for the post and for the link to Lewis's blog. I had no idea that bookplates were of so much interest to anybody! Wow. Inside the cover of my Dad’s physics book, he had affixed a bookplate with a wonderfully ornate art deco border, centered within which was the customary “Ex Libris” and his name. It looked like some small printing shop had printed his name using hot or moveable type onto pre-printed stock, and I thought it looked way cool.

I have always thought it would be a good idea to put bookplates in my books, and have been cooking an idea for one in my head for perhaps thirty years. It seems a respectful way to increase the likelihood of a lent book coming home again. So far I have lost two sets of “The Lord of the Rings” (very pre-movie) and one of “War and Peace”.

Thanks for the post and for the link to Lewis’s blog. I had no idea that bookplates were of so much interest to anybody! Wow.

]]> By: speedmaster http://rhodiadrive.com/2007/03/19/confessions-of-a-bookplate-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-6 speedmaster Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:24:31 +0000 http://rhodiadrive.com/2007/03/19/confessions-of-a-bookplate-junkie/#comment-6 Great post, thanks. Great post, thanks.

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