Made either from customer’s own designs, crest or coat of arms. We have a designer who is a member of the Bookplate Society. We also have our own standard designs for personalisation,  printed on high quality paper and/or self-adhesive.

In decades and centuries past, knowing who owned which book was a matter of lifting the front cover. Pasted on the inside front cover would be the bookplate: a unique rectangular label bearing the owner's name, perhaps an illustration, and often the Latin words "Ex Libris" — a phrase used all over the world to mean “from the library of.” Today it is still possible to find books adorned with these exquisitely civilized and personal labels.

Many of them are in old, inherited collections. Sometimes they can be found in used bookstores, standing on the shelves among the other veterans. And occasionally, they can even be seen in the personal libraries of those modern readers and writers who cherish their collections as booklovers did so long ago.

STANDARD BOOKPLATES

To be personalised

For many years we have reproduced customers' own bookplates, or have designed them to their specifications. We also now offer standard bookplates on which to print a chosen name or place and these are shown below. These bookplates are approximately 4" x 3" (10.5cm x 7.5cm).

Initial £15 setting up charge for personalisation. Printing the bookplates on standard or adhesive paper (please specify):

• £20 for 100
• £30 for 250
• £50 for 500
• £90 for 1000

Carriage & VAT extra

Please state clearly the design number chosen and text wanted.

ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR REPRODUCING CUSTOMERS OWN DESIGN & PRINTING ON ART PAPER,
(It is sometimes possible to put customers in touch with an artist who will help with a design.)

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