Another unusual handmade bookplate. Can't remember the name of the book I found it in. It's hand drawn in ink. I see initials in the lower corners: H.G. Haven't a clue what they stand for. For some reason this reminds me of Pennsylvania Dutch or Amish artwork.
In a perfect world, finding that (obviously coded) bookplate would throw you in an adventure that involves a murderer of a decades old, unsolved and seemingly impossible, murder on your tail, retired Cold War spies and duels by moonlight - culmunating in a nailbiting showdown at a rundown fun fair somewhere in Eastern Europe.
ReplyDeleteI think you're on to something! "Distelfink" is probably a keyword for the code.
DeleteOr the codeword to re-activate sleeper agents. You're in trouble, John! ;)
DeleteAnd I thought it was just a charming distinctive bookplate.
ReplyDeleteI used to make them for my books when I was a kid. My brother routinely crossed out my name and wrote in his even though to my knowledge, he never read a one of them.
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