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Book Covers of Historic Works

Front covers of books, including photography collections and literary works, featuring antique designs and decorative titles.

Smith College stories Spine and front cover ,

A New England girlhood, outlined from memory Spine and front cover ,

Art It Archéology, August Van the MEISH, 1913 Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print / letterpress printing Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print / letterpress printing

Before the curfew and other poems, chiefly occasional Front cover ,

A New Year's masque and other poems Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

The bird and the bell : with other poems Front cover ,

The song of Hiawatha Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Before the curfew and other poems, chiefly occasional Front cover ,

The song of Hiawatha Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

The Dipsey Chanty and other Poems. Author: Rudyard Kipling (British (born India), Bombay 1865-1936 Middlesex). Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 5 9/16 × 9/16 in. (22 × 14.2 × 1.5 cm). Publisher: Roycroft (1895-1938). Date: 1899. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Holmes birthday book Front cover ,

A few more verses Front cover ,

A Victorian anthology : 1837-1895 Front cover ,

Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844. William Henry Fox Talbot; English, 1800-1877. Date: 1844. Dimensions: 30.5 × 24 cm (paper). Paper cover and unbound pages of text (approximately 12,000 words) without illustrations. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

11 ANNUAL BANQUET held by PENNA. SCOTCH-IRISH SOCIETY at "STRATFORD HOTEL,PHILADELPHIA,PA." (HOTEL;'). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Reports by The Juries on The Subjects in the Thirty Classes...4 vols.

Album with photos of the Moluccas; Souvenir. East Indian .. Pair of couple collective bond with 'souvenir souvenir on the front. East Indies. " And on the back of 'East Indians.', Gold-colored printed. The album seems to have had shackles, in view of the paper residues present. The band contains twelve cabinet photos with recordings of villages, regions, roads, homes, a society, a fort and a barracks on the Moluccas. Ten photos are provided with a handwritten inscription on the back. The remaining two photos on the back have a glued paper with multiple printed inscriptions. These are crossed with a pencil with the exception of the inscription that relates to the photo. In one inscription, the surname Renesse van Duivenbode will be mentioned.

The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry..

The Paxton Hotel. 1912. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Girls in Africa. Berry, Erick, 1892-1974. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1928. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Children , Nigeria, Children , Africa, Nigeria , Social life and customs

Parson's Seafood Restaurant. 1962. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Autograph Etchings by American Artists, Produced by a new application of Photographic Art, under the supervision of John W. Ehninger. Illustrated By Selections from American Poets..

Interludes, lyrics, and idylls Spine and front cover ,

Cover and Text from The Pencil of Nature, London, 1844 Made 1844 England. Paper cover and unbound pages of text (approximately 12,000 words) without illustrations . William Henry Fox Talbot

A Russian journey Front cover ,

H. Dunlop travel album with photos of sights in Persia, Scotland, Germany, Russia, China and Canada; H. Dunlop Shiraz SERIA 1890-1895 .. Photo album in brown leather strap with the title and the name of the compiler gold-colored in relief on the front. The bracts are decorated with flower and leaf motifs. The album contains 31 blades with a total of 62 photos with landscape, city, village and port faces in Scotland, Germany, Russia, China, Canada and especially Persia (Iran). It was compiled by Hendrik Dunlop (1867-1944), partner of Textielonderneming Groeneweg, Dunlop & Co. And representative of the Dutch Handelsonderneming J. C. P. Hotz & Son in Shiraz (Persia).

Reisalbum, anonymous, anonymous, 1885 - in or before 1891 scrapbook Travel album with eight photos and one photo mechanical print. Dedicated to Cornelia Sara Kappeyne van de Coppello or Jeltje Kappeyne van de Coppello (later Jeltje Josselin de Jong-Kappeijne of the Coppello). Germany photographic support. paper. leather. plant material. watercolor (paint). deck paint. ink. pencil albumen print / pen / brush / decorated paper

A carpet knight Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

P. tenellum, Pokeno, P. pustulatum, Kohimarama. From the album: New Zealand ferns. 172 varieties cyanotypes, photographic prints

10TH ANNUAL DINNER held by DELAWARE SOCIETY at "WALDORF-ASTORIA, NEW YORK, NY" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Winds and Lights: African fairy tales. Nyabongo, Akiki K., 1907-1975. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1939. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Tales , Africa, Folklore , Africa

Album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France, c. 1883 - c. 1886 photograph Album in brown linen band with the title on the frontplate. Frontplat and band ridge are decorated with geometric figures. The bracts are made of blue paper. The album contains 55 sheets with a total of 196 -glued prints in changing dimensions, including small panorama format. Twelve magazines in the middle of the album are empty. Various photos in the front part have French -speaking handwritten captions with recording date and/or place. These are missing at the rear part. The name of the person depicted is repeatedly written with a photo, often in a very difficult to read manuscript that seems to have been added later. The choice of subject of the amateur photographer is very wide: portraits and group portraits of family members made in a domestic circle, during trips and during family gatherings. Soldiers and their armament are also exte

Book, Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

Auld Lang Syne Album Made 1855-1868 England. Album (albumen prints, drawings, text and newspaper clippings) . Georgina Cowper

Sarah Whitman ,

Egypt : three essays on the history, religion and art of ancient Egypt Front cover ,

The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent.

Portfolio Cover for Songes (Dreams). Odilon Redon; French, 1840-1916. Date: 1891. Dimensions: 455 × 327 mm. Bi-fold lithographed portfolio cover printed in black on gray-green wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

In the Levant Front cover ,

The guardians Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Morris & Company Windows Book - Photographic Album of Stained Glass Designs, 1900-1910. Design Record Book. Photographer: Frederick Hollyer. Editor: HC Marillier. Leather bound volume of William Morris Stained glass windows, 97 numbered pages with photographs numbered 1 to 547 sequence of Edward Burne-Jones cartoons.

Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Reports by The Juries on The Subjects in the Thirty Classes...4 vols.

Fine's letter 1932 Title cover sheet of a journeyman's letter from 1932. Cover of a Journeyman's Letter From 1932.

Land of the lingering snow Front cover ,

The song of Hiawatha Front cover ,

David Blythe, the gypsy king : a character sketch, Charles Stuart, 1883 Kelso paper. cardboard. linen (material) letterpress printing / decorated paper Kelso paper. cardboard. linen (material) letterpress printing / decorated paper

Portfolio Cover for Songes (Dreams) Made 1891 France. Bi-fold lithographed portfolio cover printed in black on gray-green wove paper . Odilon Redon

An imperative duty, Front cover. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. text. Book covers. 1893. General Research Division

Old Kaskaskia Front cover ,

Bayou folk Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

. Album with gold-plated cuts in green band of sheep leather with letters in gold, with Indian photos from the possession of pharmacist Woodpecker grab, returning from Batavia to the Netherlands from Batavia in 1865. The album contains 25 sheets of cardboard with one or more photos on both sides, a total of 77 photos. This album contains a photo of an event from 1869 and must therefore be compiled in that year or later. With most photos of houses, landscapes and village views in Java in the album, captions are in two different manuscripts.

Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations 1851 : reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the exhibition was divided Vol. IV, 1852 London paper. leather. photographic support

Album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France; Album Pour Images and Chromo. Album in brown linen band with the title at the front. Voorplat and Bandrug are decorated with geometric figures. The bracts are made of blue paper. The album contains 55 blades with a total of 196 closed printed prints in varying dimensions, including a small panoramic size. Twelve sheets in the middle of the album are empty. Various photos in the front part have French-speaking handwritten captions with recording date and / or place. This is missing at the rear part. Repeatedly the name of the person shown is written at a photo, often in a very difficult handy handwriting that seems to be added later. The subject choice of the amateur photographer is very wide: portraits and group portraits of family members, made in a homely circle, during trips and during family meetings. Soldiers and their armament are also expanded, as well as cities

The lay of the last minstrel, Walter Scott, 1872 London paper. cardboard. linen (material). glassine albumen print / letterpress printing / printing block London paper. cardboard. linen (material). glassine albumen print / letterpress printing / printing block

The Peckster professorship Spine and front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

The black curtain Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

In war time Front cover ,

Fresh fields Front cover ,

Reisalbum, anonymous, anonymous, 1891 scrapbook Travel album with sixteen photos and one photo mechanical print. Dedicated to Cornelia Sara Kappeyne van de Coppello or Jeltje Kappeyne van de Coppello (later Jeltje Josselin de Jong-Kappeijne of the Coppello). Germany photographic support. leather. paper. plant material. watercolor (paint). deck paint. ink. pencil albumen print / pen / brush / decorated paper

Three tales Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Kavanagh : a tale Spine and front cover ,

Ulva Linza ca. 1853 Anna Atkins British. Ulva Linza. Anna Atkins (British, 1799-1871). ca. 1853. Cyanotype. Photographs

Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Reports by The Juries on The Subjects in the Thirty Classes...4 vols.

Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway. Wells, Helen, 1910-. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1953. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Underground Railroad

Henry Hobson Richardson and his works Front cover ,

Manas, epic about Kyrgyzstan, exhibition in the State History Museum, interior view, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

A rambler's lease Front cover ,

Army Relief Bazaar Groups.

Camera Work (A photographic Quarterly. Edited and published by Alfred Stieglitz New York). nummer XXXII MDCCCCX (nr. 32, 1910)

The Lincoln Club. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

Down the ravine Front cover ,

The house of Martha Front cover ,

Notice on the life of Marc Antoine Raimondi, Bolonian engraver, accompanied by photographic reproductions of some of his prints / by Benjamin Delessert, Benjamin Delessert, 1853 book Paris paper. cardboard. leather. linen (material). photographic support printing / salted paper print

Big Road Walker. Duncan, Eula Griffin. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1940. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans

EIGHTH ANNUAL DINNER held by ANCIENT LODGE NO. 724 F. & A.M. at FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL NY (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

INDICE DE LEYES TOMO 15 - DETALLE DEL LOMO. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

CONSTITUCION Y REGLAMENTO DEL SENADO. Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Catalunya. Portada del libro Recorts y Fantasies, de Apel·les Mestres, de la colección Biblioteca de el poble catalá. Editado en Barcelona, año 1906.

Progressive housekeeping Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Some interviews with minor people, 1899, by Raymond McIntyre. Gift of the artist's family, 1973.

Old Leather Bound Books, Books and Manuscripts

The rainbow calendar Front cover ,

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers, with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author 1915 Margaret Neilson Armstrong "Unsigned Margaret Armstrong binding design of gold stylized wild flowers on red morocco leather grained flexible cloth boards with orange pigmented edges. Includes 500 illustrations in black and white and 48 color illustrations by Miss Armstrong. Conceived, researched, written (Thornber acted as a consulting author) and illustrated by Miss Armstrong, The Field Book of Western Wild Flowers was the first field guide to describe the wildflowers of the states west of the Rocky Mountains, and includes new species Miss Armstrong identified while conducting the extensive research required for the text and illustrations. Miss Armstrong's historic journey with several friends as the first white women to make the descent to the bottom of the Grand Canyon was made with the research for this book as a primary goal.

Anthony's photographic bulletin, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., c. 1893 book New York (city) paper. photographic support printing

Talks with Socrates about life : looking onward to the truth Front cover ,

Collection Anthropologique Du Prince Roland Bonaparte: Atchinois, 1884, Saint-Cloud, by Prince Roland Bonaparte.

FOURTHY ANNUAL BANQUET CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF ST. PATRICK held by CELTIC CLUB at "STAUCH PALACE HOTEL; CONEY ISLAND, NY" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1907. Rare Book Division

Large Game Shooting in Thibet, The Himalayas, and Northern India. Illustrated by Photo-Gravures..

New Zealand Y.M.C.A. folder for soldiers, 1914-1918, maker unknown. Gift of Miss Phyllis A Rolfes, 1966.

The Junior citizen, Apr. 1939. New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation. text. Periodicals. 1939-04. General Research Division. Street cleaning , New York (State) , New York

Swedish edition of Mein Kampf (My Struggle or My Fight), autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became anti-Semitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926

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