Canter Bridge

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When I left a country and an institution I’d served for sixteen years, I received from fellow pencil-head Kelly Liebengood the Ideal Personal Library Embosser. I believe it may have been the nicest gift I’ve ever received and perhaps the highwater mark of Mr Liebengood’s unenviable life.

I now stamp my owner’s impress into every book I acquire.

The product is very sturdily built. That’s a good thing, since the effort it takes to emboss a book’s page over time exerts considerable stress on the mechanism. The embosser has a handsome black-and-chrome appearance and a pleasingly substantial weight.

The stamp itself is easy to reorder. In fact, an owner could use more than one stamp in the same embosser.

Who woulda’ thought that such a small man could come up with such a fine going-away gift? It kinda’ makes you think.