Historical Book Covers and Menus

A collection of vintage book covers and a menu from early 1900s events, showcasing intricate designs and typography, reflecting the elegance of past literary works.

The cover of a hardback edition. Date: First published: 1883

BACHELOR DINNER TO MR. GEORGE WALTER MORLEY, JR. held by PERSONAL FRIENDS at "BANCROFT HOUSE, SAGINAW, MI" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1905. Rare Book Division

Cape Cod Front cover ,

The cover of a hardback edition. Date: First published: 1883

The Three Bears Various artists/makers 1851 This pamphlet introduced American children to the story of "The Three Bears." Published by Hurd and Houghton (New York, 1851), the work replicates a British issue of 1849-50 illustrated by Harrison Weir. Two decades later the American artist Seymour Guy included an image of the pamphlet in his painting "The Story of Golden Locks" (2013.604) where it lies open in the lap of a girl who recounts the tale to wide-eyed younger siblings. Robert Southey introduced British readers to "The Three Bears" in 1837 as part of a longer narrative titled "The Doctor." In that version the protagonist is an old woman. Joseph Cundall's "Treasury of Pleasure Books for Children" (1850) instead centers the story on a lttle girl named Silver-hair, and she retains that name in this 1851 pamphlet. The key elements of the story were thus established, although it took several more decades before the girl became Golden Locks, then finally the modern Goldilocks. View more

The song of the cardinal 1912 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Red cloth stamped in gold, purple and green floral panel surrounding title and author stamped in gold; title, author, and publisher stamped in gold on spine with flowers stamped in purple and green; top edge gilt. Unsigned, attributed to Margaret Armstrong.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/4267. The song of the cardinal. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1912. Bobbs-Merrill Company (American). Indianapolis, Indiana

Directories. Gothenburg part in 1938.

London Terrace news, Vol. 1, no. 3. Periodicals, Illustrations. 1934-03. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Apartment houses , New York (State) , New York

S.S. "Pennland" Red Star Line. 1931. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The house of the seven gables Front cover ,

A golden gossip Spine and front cover ,

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) Treasure Island adventure novel for children first serialised as The Sea Cook: or, Treasure Island in Young Folks 1881-82 and in book form 1883. Cover of 1886 illustrated edition.

Lost Piece of Silver, Book Cover

Henri Gabriel Ibels, Les Programmes du Thétre Libre, c 1893 Les Programmes du Thétre Libre

The one hoss shay : with its companion poems How the old horse won the bet & The broomstick train Front cover ,

76 House. 1962. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Announcement for the magazine The Yellow Book. A woman with a hat looks at a coffin with books for the window of a bookstore. The owner is in the doorway.

Jack the fisherman Spine and front cover ,

Light in the Dark Forest: people of the African equator. Joy, Charles Rhind, 1885-. text. Books, Children's literature, Photographs, Illustrations. 1958. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Indigenous peoples , Africa, French-speaking Equatorial, Africa, Central , Description and travel, Africa, French-speaking Equatorial , Social life and customs

Tennyson, Book Cover

Sir Walter Raleigh, Book Cover

Through South America 1912 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Signed Margaret Armstrong. Binding design of stylized palm tree in gold, light blue and a yellow green on dark blue cloth. Frontispiece and 39 additional black and white illustrations after photographs of various South American sights. Fold-out map of South America. Top edge gilt and deckle edges. A historical sketch of 133 pages is followed by a description of life and nature in each of the South American countries. Written just before the opening of the Panama Canal to encourage tourism. A gorgeous example of Armstrong's use of textured gold in two tones to provide greater depth to the design. A stunning copy of a scarce Armstrong binding. -- Austin Abbey Rare Books.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2645. Through South America. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1912. Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New Yo

S.S. Santa Paula Grace Line. 1958. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

In ole Virginia illustrated holiday edition , Flowers, Periodicals

Perly-Cross, a novel by R. D. Blackmore. , Clergy, Books

Old Homestead. 1956. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Land of loveliness New Zealand, 1880s, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers.

S.S. Maasdam Holland America Line. 1958. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

A New Map of the River Thames, From Thames Head to London...Fifth Edition. Henry W. Taunt, photographer (British, 1842 - 1922) about 1886 Red cloth-bound with gold leaf title and embossing over front cover. 33 maps illustrated with photographs.

Terrace Room Statler Hilton, Hartford. 1963. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

In ole Virginia illustrated holiday edition , Flowers, Periodicals

THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER held by THE JACKSON at "CHICAGO, IL." (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1895. Rare Book Division

Harpers bazar, Christmas A.D. MDCCCXCV , Shepherds, Sheep, Biblical events, Periodicals, Star of Bethlehem

The message ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

The hanging of the crane and other poems of the home Front cover ,

London Terrace news, Vol. 3, no. 2. Periodicals, Illustrations. 1936-02. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Apartment houses , New York (State) , New York

Dance card - The Dances

Helped by 'Katie King', Agnes Nichol, the second Mrs Guppy, flies through the night sky over northern London, to land heavily where she has been summoned at a seance Date: early in June 1871

A fellowe and his wife Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Big Kopparberg's mountain team. From Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

THANKSSGIVING DINNER held by GRISWOLD HOUSE at "DETROIT,MI" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Eleven photographs of Polish writers and writers, published in the form of a mini album The album of Polish writers: Adam Mickiewicz, Władysław Syrokomla, Józef I. Kraszewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, Klemens Junosza, Maria Rodziewczówna, Adam Plow, Michał Bałucki, Marian Gawalewicz; around 1905 (1890-00-00-1915-00-00);

The men of the mountain.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

The Terrace Room Hotel New Yorker. 1943. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

London Terrace news, Vol. 3, no. 3. Periodicals, Illustrations. 1936-03. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Apartment houses , New York (State) , New York

Baxter's Letters 1899 Anonymous, American, 19th century. Baxter's Letters. Anonymous, American, 19th century. 1899. Lithograph. Prints

Poster for M. Émile Zola's novel 'La Terre', 1897, Imprimerie Chaix, designed by Jules Chéret (1836-1932). Published in Paris, this lithograph includes a blind stamp in the bottom right corner of each page and is modeled on the first drawing in Volume 1

Immensee 1907 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Olive cloth stamped in gold, white, and green stylized flowers, title and author stamped in gold on white stamped, gold bordered panel, all within double green stamped border; title, author, and publisher stamped in gold on spine with white and green stamped flower buds; top edge gilt. Signed MA Margaret Armstrong. Cream endpapers printed with cover floral design in green.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2863. Immensee. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1907. A. C. McClurg & Co.. Chicago, Illinois

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

Getting to Know the British West Indies. Gudmundson, Shirley M. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1962. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. West Indies, British , Description and travel

Some ladies in haste.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Front cover of 'Pictorial Chronicles of the Mighty Deep - The Sea, its Ships & Sailors' Date: 1889

Edward Penfield, Man Reading, January 1897 Harper's, 1897, zincograph on paper.

Postcard card album (empty), c. 1900 - c. 1930 postcard album Picture card card album in red band. On the frontplat the title in gold pressure and a stylized flower with a mountain landscape in the clouds, in gold, green and pink. On the front bract is an image of a ship and a lighthouse, with a vase with flowers on the side. On the rear bract a numbered list of columns for notes. The album contains 14 sheets with room for 52 postcards. The Hague cardboard. linen (material). paper. paint (coating) painting book

Street Life in London Made 1877 Scotland. Woodburytypes (19) . John Thomson

Book, 'New Testament Primer', 1906, Melbourne, by Signs Publishing Company Limited, James Edson White. Gift of Joyce Megget, 2006.

Printing ED. Desfossés (n. - d.), How to see Paris booklet (intended for soldiers of the Allied armies stationed in Europe) (title awarded), 1945. Printed paper, ink, typographic printing. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.

Ex libris William Meinhold; Leiteritz, Woldemar (1878-1915); around 1900 (1910-00-00-1910-00-00);

Calendario modernista de bolsillo troquelado editado por la fábrica de chocolates Evaristo Juncosa, año 1901.

ANNUAL DINNER held by NEW YORK LIBRARY CLUB at STURTEVANT HOUSE NY (). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1898. Rare Book Division

It stands at the head - the star that leads them all, the light running 'Domestic' sewing machine , Sewing machines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Paquebot "Liberté" Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. 1955. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Prudenci Bertrana Compte (1867-1941). Spanish writer. Barbarian Proses. Title cover. First Edition. Barcelona, 1911.

The Wesley Foundation. 1923. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

A Browning courtship and other stories Front cover ,

Great Northern Railway Route of the Empire Builder. 1943. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

White Turkey. 1944. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

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

MENU held by RHODE ISLAND STEAMER at ON BOARD (SS;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

Judge Magazine: The Columbus of To-Day, Judge Magazine

"Leah, the forsaken". covers, Portraits, Photographs. 1901. General Research Division. Toube, Teresa S

Paquebot "France" French Line. 1963. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Outline of History by HG Wells, No. 12: Christianity Comes into the World, H.G. Wells Outline of History

The quest of the dream 1913 Edna Kingsley Wallace Light blue ribbed cloth stamped with white and gold poppies in front of gold moon, title and author in gold, all within gilt single ruled border. Cloth binding and dust jacket signed M.A. Margaret Armstrong.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2574. The quest of the dream. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1913. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. New York, New York

To the credit of the sea.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Colored woodcut by Rudolf Junk 1916 depicting a birth announcement for Magdalene Junk, including decorative motifs and text.

Brochure from 1932 for Beppu Hot Springs, Japan.

Toffenetti. 1942. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Big Ben. Miers, Earl Schenck, 1910-1972. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1942. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

Camera notes / The Camera Club of New York, The Camera Club of New York, 1901 book New York (city) paper. cardboard printing

London Terrace news, Vol. 1, no. 11. Periodicals, Illustrations. 1934-12. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Apartment houses , New York (State) , New York

Outline of History by HG Wells, No. 17: Europe Invades America, H.G. Wells Outline of History

Donald Marcy Front cover ,

Cotton Club. 1938. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Edward Penfield, Colliers, April 18, 1914, 1914, zincograph on paper.

The Long Black Schooner: the Voyage of the Amistad. Sterne, Emma Gelders, 1894-1971. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1953. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Amistad (Schooner)

The salt of the sea for me, 1899 - c1899 / 1907, Additional, Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave! first line of song, Additional, The salt of the sea for me. first line of chorus, 1899, New York, Publisher, Sol. Bloom; M. Witmark & Sons, Songs, Ocean, Sailors, 8 p. ; 35 cm

Walled in., 1895 - 1911, Publishing industry, Posters, American

The heart of the ancient wood.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Vintage Book Cover for Plain tales from the hills by Rudyard Kipling. publisher Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co., 1888

DINNER IN HONOR OF JOHN A. MCCALL held by NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. at METROPOLITAN CLUB NY (OTHE (PRIVATE CLUB)). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1897. Rare Book Division

Publicidad. Plumas estilográficas Heinz & Jung. Alemania, año 1943.

Harper's 1897 , Reading, Periodicals

Patriotic Toasts. 1917. Brooks, Fred Emerson, 1850-1923. text. Book covers. General Research Division

Betty Leicester Spine and front cover ,

Federley, Alex, Blad med två landskap med rubriken 'Sommarstudier' pennteckningning, technique text: marker, drawing, 45.7 cm x 39.3 cm

The island of Doctor Moreau, Cover. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. text. Book covers. 1896. General Research Division. Islands

To have & to hold.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Miss Grace of All Souls, 1895 - 1911., 1895. Publishing industry, Posters, American

Alternative design for the bookplate of James J. MacLehose ,. Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945). Prints

Trade card; drawing. Date/Period: 1735. Print. Paper. Author: William and Cluer Dicey.

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