Ex Libris Pins and Buttons

Description: block print by Robert Bauer, 1896. bookplate for the collection of Carl Griese.

Description: From the books.

Description: Woodcut by Rene Barande, 1953, France

Description: A cool design.

Description: A cool design.

Description: Art Nouveau style linocut by Alexandre de Riquer, 1901 "No matter how much you know, what you do not know is greater"

Description: Ex libris Stefan Zweig

Description: Ex Libris by Alphonse Mucha

Description: Ex Libris by Ephraim Moses Lilien

Description: Ex Libris Arcanorum Diabolique Night Sky Witches Cats

Description: Block print by Jüri Päri of Estonia, ca 1968 (?)

Description: A cozy vintage-inspired “From the Library Of” design featuring a library card, bookish details, and the sweet phrase “A lifelong love of stories.” Perfect for bibliophiles, bookworms, readers, and anyone who feels at home among books and libraries. A charming gift for book lovers and reading enthusiasts.

Description: Block print by Vaclovas Kosciuska, bookplate for Zoldos Sakeviciutes, 1963

Description: Claim a casebook worthy of 221B. This ornate green Ex Libris S. Holmes bookplate surrounds stacked files, a skull, ink bottle and magnifying glass—an irresistible literary emblem for Sherlock Holmes collectors and readers.

Description: The stamp that the famous author Avetik Isahakyan used to mark all of the books of his personal library.

Description: A regal greyhound seated beneath a gothic trefoil arch, framed in Victorian engraving style with ivy-wrapped Corinthian columns, gold architectural detail, and an empty scroll below — “From the Library of ___” implied, “The Sighthound Sanctuary” confirmed. For the dark academia sighthound owner whose library has been waiting for its official crest.

Description: Styled beautifully as an authentic vintage bookplate label, this design reads "Ex Libris 221B Baker Street Library" inside an ornate Victorian scrollwork frame. It includes detailed line-art illustrations of a violin, a magnifying glass, and a smoking pipe surrounding the detective's profile cameo. This cozy dark academia piece is tailor-made for bibliophiles, librarians, and lifelong bookworms who cherish the classic literature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Description: Claim a place in the library of a doomed sailor with an elaborate sepia bookplate. A white whale, the Pequod, harpoons, rope, and an anchor fill this richly engraved ex libris for collectors of dark nautical classics.

Description: This design was inspired by anime called "The Promised Neverland"

Description: Ex Libris Mortis - a gothic Ex Libris Mortis bookplate for the dead-read. A vintage typographic script illustration Halloween book lover design, perfect as a Halloween gift for book lovers, bookworms and spooky-season readers. Grab it for trick-or-treat night, costume parties, or everyday spooky-season style.

Description: Used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner.

Description: design for a bookplate by Jenö Haranghy, 1927

Description: Contemporary Greek bookplate

Description: Claim a forbidden volume from the world of H.P. Lovecraft. An antique Ex Libris plate marks Miskatonic University’s restricted section with stacked grimoires, a skull, and curling tentacles—made for dark-academia readers.

Description: Bookplate design by Steinberger-Hitschmann, ca 1911

Description: A clandestine, woodcut-style ex libris bookplate used by a 1950s prep school secret society to mark their romantic texts.

Description: woodcut by Helmut Arndt

Description: Ex libris

Description: Pre-raphaelite Middle age tale with a a touch of goth

Description: Ex libris block print created for Aldoph Groche, possibly early 20th century.

Description: Woodcut by Dr. Otakar Marik, ca 1970

Description: Music themed art nouveau bookplate design by Josep Triadó I Mayol, 1868

Description: Woodcut by Pam Georg Rueter, 1948

Description: Ex libris of the Johannes Enoch Neethling collection housed at Victoria College in Stellenbosch. Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1909

Description: What can I say, it's a unicorn. I'm not responsible for any accidents with the pointy bits! <3 ©Marianne Martin 2025, ALL RIGHTS STRICTLY RESERVED. Do not reproduce, copy, repost or distribute in any form