Bookplates

Classic finds

Oooh, look at the lovely bookplates I just got.

So am I going to stick these in my books?

Of course not! That would degrade the condition of both the books and the bookplates themselves!

Ah, the disease of collecting…

(Oh, note the simplified copyright of “Peanuts Characters copyright 1950.” Doesn’t seem that meaningful; Charlie Brown was greatly redesigned since then, and Lucy didn’t even exist in 1950…)

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