Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A label bearing the owner's name or other identification that is pasted usually on the inside cover of a book.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A label, bearing a name, crest, monogram, or other design, pasted in or on a book to indicate its ownership, its position in a library, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted
Etymologies
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Examples
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(If you haven't seen these before, a bookplate is a little ornamental sticker that you stick to the inside front cover of a book.)
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The address to send a self-addresses stamped envelope to for a signed bookplate is on the order form for the web site for autographed books here.
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A transcript of The Concealed Fansyes, made from the M.S. in the Bodleian about 1860 and bearing the Stainforth bookplate, is in my possession.
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A transcript of The Concealed Fansyes, made from the M.S. in the Bodleian about 1860 and bearing the Stainforth bookplate, is in my possession.
The Concealed Fansyes: A Play by Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley Jane Cheyne 1644
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A bookplate is a simple but nicely designed sticker that the two of us can sign and then simply mail to you, to be placed inside your book or on your dashboard or forehead if you want, like one of those old “ex libris” stickers.
A Bookplate Announcement - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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A bookplate is a simple but nicely designed sticker that the two of us can sign and then simply mail to you, to be placed inside your book or on your dashboard or forehead if you want, like one of those old “ex libris” stickers.
A Bookplate Announcement - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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'bookplate' as part of literacy effort On the origin of fun Brainpower makes a mean, nasty robot
unknown title 2009
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'bookplate' as part of literacy effort On the origin of fun Brainpower makes a mean, nasty robot
unknown title 2009
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If despite this waiting, you'd like either a starter-kit or a personalized, signed bookplate (s), just email me at grubin@gretchenrubin.com.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- No More Complaining, 'I Feel So Tired' Gretchen Rubin 2010
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If despite this waiting, you'd like either a starter-kit or a personalized, signed bookplate (s), just email me at grubin@gretchenrubin.com.
Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- No More Complaining, 'I Feel So Tired' Gretchen Rubin 2010
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February 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bookplate
Nice site! Thanks!
February 20, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word bookplate
Image.
October 27, 2011