A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a double line border. There is a drawing of a sailing frigate at sea, with two birds in the foreground. On one mast is a symbol bearing the initials LB, and on a larger mast are three round castle turrets. A banner above the ship reads "Ex libris Louis J Bailey," and a banner below the ship reads "There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away."