What is "ex-libris"

Usage examples of "ex-libris".

The next ten or twelve lots dealt with the sort of occult literature I had seen at Pontifex Hall, but these were in much poorer repair and bound in inferior leather, mostly calfskin, and the ex-libris of Sir Ambrose Plessington would not, I thought, be found among them.

But what interested me wasn't the title or the author but the ex-libris pasted to the inside cover.

And if this was the case, I wouldn't recognise the fraud unless and until I saw a true example of von Steiner's ex-libris, which didn't seem likely in the near future.

So it was possible that the ex-libris was authentic and that the volume had found its way to England.

I creaked open the cover of the one on top, fully expecting to see Sir Ambrose's ex-libris stamped on the pastedown.

There was no mention of an ex-libris, though the omission was hardly surprising: presumably it had been removed, either by Pickvance or the previous owner, who would not, after all, have wished to advertise the theft from Pontifex Hall.

There is no ex-libris, but inscribed on the pastedown are the words 'Emilia Molyneux', and inserted in the centre are a passport and a certificate of health, both in the name of Silas Cobb, both stamped in Prague and dated 1620.