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Up for auction is 23 labels of “EX LIBRIS_________ and about 28 labels “From the Library of_________”, for a total of 51 bookplates.
These bookplates were made by Antioch Publishing Company from Yellow Springs, Ohio.
The EX LIBRIS bookplates are printed on archival quality paper, black with an antique vellum look. Size approx. 3'' x 4''. Lettering space (for your name) is approx. 2'' x 3/4''. They have the pressure-sensitive backing.
The “From the Library” are also printed on archival quality paper, black with an antique vellum look. Also their size is 3” x 4”. Lettering space for your name is 2” x ¾”. These do not have the pressure sensitive backing.
I don’t know if these are the original or reprints. The Ex Libris have a small inscription on them –“B210 COPYRIGHT apco
They sell on the web for about $4.00 per 12 for the reprints. Here you have over fifty bookplates (a $16.00 value). And these may be the originals. I am not sure.
Auction starts at $0.99, shipping in the continental USA is $4.50
Thank you for looking, good luck, and please check out my other auctions.
These bookplates come from a pet-free and smoke-free home.
From WIKIPEDIA BOOKPLATES, EX LIBRIS
A bookplate, also known as ex-librīs [Latin, "from the books of..."], is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Simple typographical bookplates are termed 'book labels'.
Bookplates typically bear a name, motto, device, coat-of-arms, crest, badge, or any motif that relates to the owner of the book, or is requested by him from the artist or designer. The name of the owner usually follows an inscription such as "from the books of . . . " or "from the library of . . . ", or in Latin, ex libris....
In the United States, bookplates replaced book rhymes after the 19th century.
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