Oh, wow – here are 18 bookplates of famous writers.

Bookplates are a bit of a throwback these days though, aren’t they?

If you don’t know – they are nothing more than a label on the inside cover of a book denoting ownership.

Bookplates come from a place that feels like there was more time. More time to think and fewer books to consider. A time of long lunches and quiet afternoons. A time of morning walks and weekends in the Sunday House. It all reminds me of summer. Maybe it was only that the pace of life was slower back then.

I miss sitting the afternoon away in my parent’s library reading among all the hardcovers, dog underfoot.

Other than the top one there, here are three more of my favorite: