Classic Book Covers

Vintage book covers featuring elegant designs and intricate typography. Styles range from ornate to minimalist, highlighting their literary significance.

Sweet clover Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Front cover. Date: First published: 1852

Robert Browning, Book Cover

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

Some account of the ancient rood screen in Harberton Church, Totnes, Devon, I. Latimer, 1872 Harberton paper. cardboard. linen (material) albumen print / letterpress printing Harberton paper. cardboard. linen (material) albumen print / letterpress printing

Snowbound Front cover ,

A cathedral courtship Front cover ,

The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley and of California. Date/Period: 1872. Book. Albumen silver. Author: Samuel Kneeland.

The day's message Spine and front cover ,

The dramatic action and motive of King John Spine and front cover ,

Travel album by H. Dunlop with photos of sights in Persia, Scotland, Germany, Russia, China and Canada, various manufacturers, 1890 - 1895 scrapbook Photo album in brown leather band with the title and name of the compiler golden in relief on the front. The bracts are decorated with flower and leaf motifs. The album contains 31 magazines with a total of 62 photos with landscape, city, village and port views in Scotland, Germany, Russia, China, Canada and especially Persia (Iran). It was compiled by Hendrik Dunlop (1867-1944), partner of textile company Groeneweg, Dunlop & Co. and representative of the Dutch trading company J. C. P. Hotz & son in Shiraz (Persia). Netherlands leather. textile materials. cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print / gelatin silver print travelling; tourism Persia. Shiraz. Scotland. Montreal. Moscow. Berlin. Japan. China

Religio pictoris Front cover ,

Betty Leicester's Christmas Back cover, spine, and front cover ,

Lilies, of Japan, Kazumasa Ogawa, 1895 book paper. transparant paper. linen (material). cardboard printing / collotype / decorated paper

Portada de 'La Atlantida' de Jacint Verdaguer, 1878. Museu d'Història de Catalunya.

A Japanese interior Front cover ,

Hawthorne's works Spine and front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Verdi, J.L. Gregory, 1916 Rotterdam baryta paper. paper. cardboard. linen (material) carbon print / letterpress printing / decorated paper Rotterdam baryta paper. paper. cardboard. linen (material) carbon print / letterpress printing / decorated paper

Pansies : '... for thoughts' Front cover ,

The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression. Dated: 1862. Dimensions: overall: 41 × 29 × 5 cm (16 1/8 × 11 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.). Medium: album cover. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne).

A rambler's lease Front cover ,

Hawthorne's works Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

The Folk Tales of a Savage. LoBagola, Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1930. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Folklore , Africa, West

The international exhibition of decorative arts and modern industry Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoraratifs et Industriels Modernes, couples 1925. Polish Section. Fixing book: Kazimierz Tetmajer, "On Skalne Podhale"; Photo Rep (Paris; Studio Photographic; Fl. 1925); 1925 (1925-00-00-1925-00-00);Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Paris-1925), International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry (Paris, 1925), Paris (France), Tetmajer, Kazimierz Przerwa (1865-1940), Tetmajer, Kazimierz Przebwa (1865-1940 ). On Skalny Podhale, bookbinding, books, bookbinding fixtures, exhibitions, world exhibitions

Leporellolatbum with 12 photos from Amsterdam; Souvenir d'Amsterdam. Leporellolatbum in red linen band with the title on the front in gold pressure. The frontplat is decorated with geometric and plant motifs in black. The album contains twelve stuck, fold-out cardboard sheets with a total of twelve photos. They are recordings of cityscapes in the old center of Amsterdam: buildings, squares, streets and canals.

The house of Martha Front cover ,

THE SIGN OF FOUR Cover illustration. Date: First published: 1890

The story of Christine Rochefort Front cover ,

FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET held by THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SYRACUSE at THE YATES (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1907. Rare Book Division. Automobiles, Skunks

Title page by Théophile Steinlen, for 'Chansons de Femmes' (songs for women) by Paul Delmet (1862-1904); French composer. Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 - December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.

My Lady Pokahontas, writ by Anas Todkill Front cover ,

Folks from Dixie: with illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. text. Books. 1898. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Authors, Black, American fiction , 19th century

Roland Blake Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Betty Leicester's Christmas Back cover, spine, and front cover ,

Harriet, the Moses of her people , Front cover. Bradford, Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins), 1818-1912. text. Book covers. 1897. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 , Biography, Slaves , United States, African Americans, Underground Railroad

USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Spines of classic books.

A New England girlhood, outlined from memory Front cover ,

A blockaded family Front cover ,

Our old home Dust jacket spine and front cover ,

A world of green hills Front cover. A world of green hills Front cover

'ETIQUETTE FOR MEN' Date: 1902

Vintage Book Cover for A Yankee in the court of King Arthur. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 1889 by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) With 220 illustrations by Dan. Beard

Faust Front cover ,

Story of Robert Bruce, Book Cover

Portraits and photo productions of paintings and drawings, Anonymous, Anonymous, 1860 - 1900 Photo album with 20 pages with a total of seven photos. The album includes Cartes-de Vision with portraits of children and photo productions of paintings or drawings. linen (material). cardboard. photographic support. metal albumen print historical persons. boy (child between toddler and youth). infant, baby. painting, drawing and the graphic arts. adult woman. hotel, hostelry, inn

Portada del libro escolar Tratado de Mecanografía, de Editorial Magister, de Barcelona, año 1927.

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.

A blockaded family Front cover ,

Notes Des Hafi's love songs op. 24 Love Songs Szymanowski, Karol (1882 1937)

Mr. Tommy Dove and other stories Front cover ,

Socrates. : A translation of the Apology, Crito, and parts of the Phaedo of Plato. Spine and front cover ,

Kavanagh : a tale Spine and front cover ,

Knitters in the sun Spine and front cover ,

Joslin's hand-book to the terrestrial and celestial globes : how to use a globe , Globes, Handbooks, manuals, etc. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Well-worn roads of Spain, Holland, and Italy : traveled by a painter in search of the picturesque Front cover ,

This Railroad Disappears. Steinman, Beatrice. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1958. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Underground Railroad

Sewing Instruction Book, Sewing Book, I.E.A., N.Y.; Manufactured by The Industrial Education Association; USA; label: embroidered linen cover, ink on paper pages, cotton and linen samples embroidered with silk, metal fasteners

ENCICLOPEDIA SOPENA. NUEVO DICCIONARIO ILUSTRADO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA. 4º EDICION 1930.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends.

Later lyrics Front cover ,

Haarlem September 23, 1892 Commemorative album Visit Queen with 3 photos. .

Two strings to his bow Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

The Golden Impala. Ropner, Pamela. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1958. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. South Africa

Two strings to his bow Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

THANKSGIVING DINNER held by CLIFTON HOUSE at "CHICAGO, IL" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

The crusade of the Excelsior Front cover ,

The son of the wolf Front cover ,

The Glockenspiel. 1956. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Title Page: 'REMAINS OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE IN AFRICA', James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, undated, Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured,cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (34.3 × 47.6 cm), architectural subject

A Roman singer Spine and front cover ,

George Washington Carver. Winter, H. T. (Henry Thomas), b. 1886. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1958. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943, African American agriculturists

An Alphabet, William Nicholson, 1898 book Seller on Voorplat and a mill with the initials W. H. on the backplate. Book with an ex libris, a title print and 26 lithographs. cardboard. paper. linen (material) letters, alphabet, script

The Wedgewood Room The Marshall Field & Company Tea and Grill Rooms. 1919. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

A New Map of the River Thames from Oxford to London...Taken During the Summer of 1871...Illustrated with Eighty Photos. Henry W. Taunt (British, 1842 - 1922)

The Ault & Wiborg Company , Flowers, Printing industry

Nicholas Nickleby, Book Cover

The Waste of daylight. ... : Cover. Willett, William. Book covers. 1914. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Flags , British , 1900-1999

The story of the rose, 1899 - c1899 / 1932. Additional, A youth one day in a garden fair a rose found wither'd and dying (first line of song). Additional, Heart of my heart, I love you, life would be naught without you (first line of chorus). Alternative, Heart of my heart, I love you., 1899, c1899 / 1932., New York. Publisher, Howley, Haviland & Co.; Edward B. Marks Music Co. Songs, Roses, Love songs, Waltzes., 6 p.; 31 cm

Kitchener won fame in 1898 for winning the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, after which he was given the title 'Lord Kitchener of Khartoum; as Chief of Staff (1900-02) in the second Boer war he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief - by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer civilians in concentration camps. His term as Commander-in-Chief (1902-09) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with Viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British Agent and Consul-General (de facto Viceroy). In 1914, at the start of the First World War, Lord Kitchener became Secretary of State for War, a Cabinet Minister. One of the few men to foresee a long war, one in which Britain's victory was far from secure, he organised the largest volunteer army that Britain, and indeed the Empire, has seen and a significant expansion of

The rainbow calendar Front cover ,

Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage. Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1955. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890, Discrimination in education

The White Turkeys. 1945. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Lion Boy's White Brother. Stevens, Alden Gifford, 1886-. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1951. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Africa, East

Open vistas..., Vol. 1, no. 1, cover page. Magazine covers. 1925. Rare Book Division. Periodicals , United States

Copy of the magazine 'The Graphic' of 24 May 1910 about the funeral of King Eduard VII, George Robert Parker, 1910 print. magazine Copy of the magazine 'The Graphic', no. 2112a of 24 May 1910 on the funeral of the British King Eduard VII on 17 May 1910. Loosely in the back of a folded presentation of the funeral procession. paper printed matter public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above. funerary ceremonial London

The pilgrims in their three homes Front cover ,

Socrates. : A translation of the Apology, Crito, and parts of the Phaedo of Plato. Front cover ,

American 20th Century, Study for Portfolio Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, 1935 1942 Study for Portfolio: Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania

German 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

American 20th Century, Study for Portfolio Cover Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, 1935 1942 Study for Portfolio Cover: Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania

Details of altars, monuments, sculpture etc. of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice / reproduced by the truth in heliotypy by C. Jacobi, 1884 Cover with 51 prints on 29 sheets and 1 text sheet. cardboard. linen (material). paper printing / collotype

Dr. Le Baron and his daughters Spine and front cover ,

Portada del libro escolar Teneduría de libros, de Editorial Edelvives, de Zaragoza, años 1940.

Portada del libro Don Quichote, de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, 1547-Madrid, 1616). Editado en Zutphen (Países Bajos), año 1930. Author: Albert Hahn jr.

Dr. Le Baron and his daughters Front cover ,

CARTEL GUERRA CIVIL-LA UGT COLUMNA Y BASE. Author: Canet. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

Wharncliffe, Wortley, and The Valley of the Don. Photographically Illustrated by Theophilus Smith.. Theophilus Smith (British, active 1860s)

Master of the vineyard 1910 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Lavender, vertically ribbed cloth stamped in purple and gold grapevines encircling title and author stamped in gold; title, author, publisher, and scroll work stamped in gold on spine; top edge gilt. In slipcase, white textured paper over board with same image as cover printed in lavender on front and back. Signed MA Margaret Armstrong. Series binding.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2963. Master of the vineyard. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1910. Published by G.P. Putnam & Co., New York. New York, New York

Järnefelt, Eero, Sketchbook, (1920 - 1937), pencil, drawing, 31 cm x 24 cm, Järnefelt, Eero, (1920 - 1937), pencil, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

INSCRIPCION SITUADA DETRAS DEL RETRATO DE DAMA ALEMANA INDICANDONOS QUE ES LA DUQUESA INES - SIGLO XVI. Author: LUCAS CRANACH EL VIEJO (1472/1553). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The village watch-tower Front cover ,

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