I haven't posted in a long while, but I have been reading
(lurking, if you will).

Long story - short, S.R. related:

I read a nice essay in OpinionJournal today about bookplates:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110009703

Turns out there's a smallish company that still prints them.

http://www.bookplateink.com/

Take a look at bookplate # M614:

http://www.bookplateink.com/bw_bookplates.htm

It's a superb bookplate for science, math, and radio books;
a pen, resting on a slide rule, resting on an open text
(reading "Ex Libris" at the top). In the background,
a schematic, an oscilloscope, a graph, a 50's 'atomic'
graphic, some integrals.

Thought the group might find it interesting both as something
that has a S.R. integrated into the design that's still
available for sale.

I think I might buy some. It's a very small company, but it
dates back to the 1920s. They even have a 'flash' based
preview so you can pick the bookplate, a font, and see how
your own would look.

Best Regards, & see some of y'all at the Antique Science & Retro
Tech sale March 10, 2007.

Mike Yancey
Dallas, Texas