A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a detailed portrait of Thomas Hardy, whose name is written in cursive across the bottom of his bust. A simple border design with two wheat ears surrounds the portrait, and a box beneath reads "Ex libris Louis Jonathan Bailey." Handwritten on the back of the bookplate is, “U.S. Werhuer, Edmund; 1940; Jamaica, NY; Louis J. Bailey plate. For Hardy books. Portrait of Thomas hardy from photo of Wm. Strang’s etching. Autograph from one of Mr. Bailey’s books.”