Shield containing a heart with crown on top of it and three stars. Above the shield is a crown. The shield is framed by a circular border of a text and a scroll along the bottom with text. The text around the shield is "A good book is the best...
Shield at an angle with a lion on it. Above the shield is a knight's helmet with a buck's head on top of it. Around the shield are decorative flourishes. There is a scroll at the top of the image and one below the shield. The scroll at the top...
Ornamental panel containing text framed by two candles. The panel contains the name "Margaret Elizabeth Boyd" and the phrase "Let's make the most of all that comes & the least of all that goes." Purple ink. Signed AH with...
Ornamental shield containing text. In the center of the shield is the name "John Morton Morris" and the Latin phrase "In Libris Libertas." At the bottom are the initials "LMM." Silver or grey and orange ink. Signed...
Shield featuring a knight's head with helmet in profile. The shield is framed by scroll with text and decorative flourishes. The scroll above the shield contains the phrase "Ex Libris." The name "Charles Haskell Morrow" is on...
Open book next to a wax candle in a candlestick. A panel in the upper left contains the quotation "A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured to a life beyond" and "Milton" as the...
Bookplates; Labels; National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Circular symbol or seal for the society featuring a coat of arms or shield with a rifle, axe, and a bow and arrows. A man in silhouette stands on either side of the shield. The man on the left is in frontier-style clothes and holds a rifle. The man...
Bearded man in classical dress holding a book and looking at a younger man sitting on steps in front of a set of columns. Books and a scroll are on the step next to the younger man. A globe and books are on the base of the column next to the...
Decorative panel featuring a young man in profile wearing a helmet with wings, a horn, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), two snakes wrapped around a staff with wings (caduceus), and a scroll with Greek text. At the base...
Silhouette of a man sitting at a desk writing. A window is behind him. A floor lamp and corner of a bookshelf are next to him. Text panels are above and below the image. The top panel contains the phrase "His Book." At the bottom is the...
Small man in coat with tails looking out of a telescope on the top of a tower. Above the image is the phrase "Ex Libris." Below the image is the name "Arthur Milton Quisenberry." The image and text are framed by a rectangular...
Nude figure playing a horn framed by an elaborate circular border with floral elements and a bird. Decorative elements fill the background outside the circle. The phrase "Ex Libris" is above the image. The name "Mary Dorcas...
Shield with a thick, angled stripe and three animal heads [possibly horse, boar, or dragon] with fangs in profile. A fourth head is above the shield, which is surrounded by an ornamental rectangular border. Below the shield is a scroll with text....
Decorative panel with columns. In the center are the name "Sallie Bird Wilson Roach" and the phrase "Her Book." Dark blue and tan, brown, or gold ink. No signature or date.
Image of Auguste Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker." Above the image is the quotation "Thinking good is thanking god." Below the image are the name "Bob Saenger" and the phrase "Her Book." Brown ink. Signed AH...
Figure in a robe with a harlequin design playing a stringed instrument similar to a lute [possibly a troubadour]. In the background is a castle. Above the castle is the phrase "Ex Libris." The musician and castle are framed by a peaked...
Decorative shield featuring a knight reading a book on a horse. In the background is a castle. Above the shield is a knight's helmet. A book with text lies open near the base of the shield. The book contains the text "This is [ye] way to all...
White bird with extended wings [possibly a gull] flying over the water with smaller birds in the background. The water is inside a decorative circular border. The bird's wings extend beyond the border. Below the image are the phrase "Ex...
Rectangle containing the name "Edwin Vivian and Ida Belle Halbreath Thompson" and the quotation "There is no such as bad weather - only different kinds of good weather" with "Ruskin" as the attribution. The text is...
