Friday, March 02, 2018

Yes, we have a bookplate

For David and Karen, by Jonathan Wilde:

6 comments:

guy boyd said...

That is a fantastic bookplate. I seem to remember it, or something like, it from your article titled in part "insidious comparisons".

Mark Farrell-Churchill said...

Love it! Your concept or Jono's?

Paul said...

Very, very nice!!

Steve Bodio said...

It was my idea, for the essay mentioned.

Daniel Riviera said...

Wow! Fantastic bookplate.

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Gil said...

My bookplate is not as exquisite as yours, Steve. Yours is a gentle reminder that the book in question is yours to be returned and not a gift to the reader unless noted. I inscribe a simple: "Stolen from the Bookshelves of Gil Stacy" in mine. I just had a book returned from a borrower almost 20 years after the fact. Roger Rosenblatt in his hilarious essay regarding some of the most feared words in the English language is titled: "Would you mind if I borrowed this book?" thought an appropriate response would be: "Would you mind if I broke your arm?" Time magazine, April 5, 1982.
"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them: the only books I have in my library are books that other folk have lent me."

—Anatole France