Vintage Book Covers

A selection of decorative book covers from classic literature, highlighting unique designs and typography.

Charles Dickens Christmas Stories, Book Cover

Front doublure.. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1825 - 1826. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding

A lover of truth Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

Camera notes / The Camera Club of New York, The Camera Club of New York, 1902 book New York (city) paper. photographic support. cardboard printing / gelatin silver print

Charles Dickens Christmas Stories, Book Cover

The scarlet letter Spine and front cover ,

Daffodils Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection

In the garden of dreams : lyrics and sonnets Front cover ,

The master of the magicians Front cover ,

Bilderserie Buchstaben und Pflanzen, Brombeerstrauch und großes B, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei,.

Sold here, The yellow book , Books

Cover to La Forêt de Fontainebleau. Louis Auguste Lepère (French, 1849-1918); published by A. Desmoulins (French, active c. 1908-1910). Date: 1908. Dimensions: 292 × 219 mm (image); 453 × 340 mm (sheet folded). Wood engraving in ochre, tan, brown, green and black on cream laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fifth Avenue Restaurant Café Savarin. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

The poems of George Pellew Front cover ,

The master's violin 1906 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Lavender ribbed cloth stamped with blooming irises in gold and white. Unsigned, attributed to Margaret Armstrong.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/4446. The master's violin. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1906. Published by G.P. Putnam & Co., New York. New York, New York

Days off and other digressions : illustrated 1907 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Dark blue cloth stamped in light green, light blue, white, and a large amount of gold image of a stylized garden, title and author stamped in gold; title, author, publisher, and stylized floral design stamped in gold on spine; top edge gilt. Signed MA Margaret Armstrong.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/2157. Days off and other digressions : illustrated. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1907. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York, New York

Love in dreams,' 1897. Additional, 'Drift not, O night, to dawn' (first line of chorus). Another additional, 'In dreams I dwell with thee' (first line)., 1897., Chicago, Ill. Publisher, Vincent & Co. Songs, Love, Dreams, Waltzes., 1 score (6 pages); 35 cm

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

Pictoral Record of Remarkable Events, Book Cover

The house of the seven gables Spine and front cover ,

Betty Leicester's Christmas Front cover ,

Bookplate of Raoul Ruttiens Avocat Bruxelles. Titz, Louis (1859-1932), graphic artist

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

The new bohemian, a modern monthly , Reading, Periodicals

The inland printer, October 1894 , Periodicals

Q for Quaker, William Nicholson, 1898 print Print is part of a book. paper Protestant Churches and denominations (with NAME). adult man

Gazette of the good tone. Art, Modes and frivolities, 1923, No. 5. Fashiontijdschrift: Gazette of the good tone: art, modes and frivolities, No. 5-1923, 6th year. Founder Lucien Vogel. (Flight 6, Nr. 5 (1923) incomplete)

Gazette of good tone. Art - Modes & Frivolités, 1920, 3rd year, No. 1, Lucien Vogel, 1920 magazine Episode no. 1, January-Febrarari 1920, by Gazette du Bon Ton, consisting of a cover, eleven sections with text and illustrations and fourteen individual prints. The following fashion designers participated in this part: Beer, Cheruit, Doeuillet, Doucet, Lanvin, Paquin, Paul Poiret, Redfern and Worth. paper letterpress printing fashion plates

ELECTION NIGHT DINNER held by ELLICOTT CLUB at (OTHER (CLUB);). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Fifth Avenue Restaurant Café Savarin. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Gazette of good tone. Art - Modes & Frivolités, 1920, 3rd year, No. 4, Lucien Vogel, 1920 magazine Episode No. 4, May 1920, by Gazette du Bon Ton, consisting of a cover, eleven sections with text and illustrations and nine individual prints. The following fashion designers participated in this part: Beer, Cheruit, Doeuillet, Doucet, Lanvin, Paquin, Paul Poiret, Redfern and Worth. paper letterpress printing fashion plates

The great remembrance and other poems Back cover, spine, and front cover ,

The great remembrance and other poems Front cover ,

Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan Front cover ,

The story of Keedon Bluffs Front cover ,

Kirsch's of York Road. 1957. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

THANKSGIVING DAY BREAKFAST held by BURNET HOUSE at "CINCINNATI, OHIO" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1898. Rare Book Division

The Belvedere Room of the Hotel Astor The Wine and Food Society of New York; A Holiday Tasting. 1953. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Café des Beaux Arts. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Sherry's. 1959. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Camera notes / The Camera Club of New York, Alfred Stieglitz, 1902 book New York (city) paper. cardboard printing

Books, the ideal gift - digital file from original item | Library of Congress

Penny-whistle. Berry, Erick, 1892-1974. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1930. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

Sheraton Hotel Testimonial Dinner for Francis A. Dalton. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

In Kedar's tents.. 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

Philip and his wife Front cover ,

Eleven photographs of Polish writers, issued as a small album entitled The Album of Polish People of Letters: Adam Mickiewicz, Władysław Syrkomla, Józef I. Kraszewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, Klemens Junosza, Maria Rodziewczów. unknown, photographer

Restaurant name and/or location not given. 1919. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan Front cover ,

Raffles Hotel. 1938. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Hotel Astor. 1922. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

'Wonderful Britain book advertisement', 1935. Artist: Unknown.

Front Cover of the 'Grand Catechism for Families'. 1907

Chicagoan, v. 2, no. 4. text. Periodicals. 1926-11-01. General Research Division. Periodicals , Chicago (Ill.)

Waldorf-Astoria. 1939. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Front cover showing illustrations from the poems within. Mr Lear himself is characterised bottom right. Date: First published: 1846

Casey at the bat. Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940. text. Books, Prints, Illustrations. 1912. Rare Book Division. Baseball , Poetry

Artistic photography: Development and influence in Germany, Fritz Matthies-Masuren, 1917 book paper

Uncle Tom's cabin, or life among the lowly Front cover ,

CHRISTMAS DINNER held by QUINCY HOUSE at "BOSTON, MA" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

Hotel McAlpin. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Waldorf Astoria. 1916. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Mighty lak' a rose ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

Roth's Bar-Grill & Restaurant. 1944. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

I Trust the Happy Hour Will Come,' 1893., I Trust the Happy Hour Will Come., 1893., New York. Publisher, New York American and Journal. Topics include Songs, Separation (Psychology), and Friendship., 1 score (4 p.); 34 cm

Sanin: in 4 aen Sanin ilder mensh Wild man Ohn a heym Without a home Sanin. Yiddish סאנין פראגראמקע ווילדער מענטש אהן א היים. Artsybashev, M. (Mikhail), 1878-1927. Theater programs, Programs, Plans. 1932. Dorot Jewish Division. Jewish arts, Adler, Sarah, Goldenburg, Samuel, Yiddish drama, Theater, Yiddish, אדלער, סערא, גאלדענבורג, סעמועל

DINNER held by RAILROAD FRIENDS OF J.C.WOODWORTH at "PORTLAND,THE, PORTLAND, OREGON" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1899. Rare Book Division

Boys and men, 1895 - 1911, Posters, American

Café des Beaux Arts. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Henri IV Restaurant. 1959. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Illustrations to Ballad 'Thomas the Rhymer', Robert Burns (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1869 - 1941)

Betty Leicester Front cover ,

Betty Leicester Spine and front cover ,

Love has only now,' issued in 1894 by The John Church Company in Cincinnati. The piece includes an additional, 'Where found love his yesterday, where is love's tomorrow' It features songs and love songs and has an extent of 1 score (8 pages) measuring 36 cm

Frontispiece and title page from the Shakespeare play The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act II. Scene 1. Mrs Page, "Letter for letter, but that the name of Page and Ford differs". From The Works of William

Ballads of blue water Front cover ,

Negro Folk Tales: for pupils in the primary grades. Whiting, Helen Adele, b. 1885. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1938. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans

František Kysela: Původní dřevoryt, titulní list z knihy 'Mandragora'. Periodicals, Prints. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Modernism (Art), Czech literature , 20th century, Art, Arts , Czechoslovakia

Bantu Tales. Price, Pattie. text. Books, Children's literature, Illustrations. 1938. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Tales , Africa, Bantu-speaking peoples

This is a musical score titled 'Good night, little girl, good night,' published in 1898. The score features a cover design that reflects the themes of lullabies and hopes. The publisher's names, including Oliver Ditson Company, Chas. H. Ditson & Co., and Lyon & Healy, are listed prominently. The document consists of 8 pages and measures 35 cm in length. The text includes additional titles and first lines related to the song's themes of motherhood and affection. The publication location is indicated as Boston, New York, and Chicago

Ladies of the White House, Book Cover

Gazette du Bon Ton, 1914, No. 6 2nd year: the 7 houses (...), 1914 magazine Episode no. 6, June 1914, by Gazette du Bon Ton, inside cover in which the 7 fashion houses are mentioned with the magazine working in 1914: Cheruit, Doeuillet, Doucet, Lanvin, Poiret, Redfern and Worth. Every month they deliver one of their creations that is drawn by one of the artists, connected to the Gazette du Bon Ton paper letterpress printing fashion plates

Balzac, Honoré de (N.1799-05-20-D.1850-08-18), Honoré de Balzac, on the Moyne Amador who made a glorious abbot of Turpenay, Paris: R. Kieffer, 1921 (dummy title). The text was calligraphy and illustrated with watercolors by Quint. Text and illustrations have been reproduced in photomiscanic printing on vellum paper made in the tank. Balzac house.

The Ault & Wiborg company , Trees, Roosters, Printing industry

Presentation Bible For Princess Elizabeth -- The beautifully illuminated fly-leaf of the Bible which Princess Elizabeth will receive as a wedding present from the Youth Department of the Free Church Federal Council.H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth has accepted, a specially bound copy of the Bible as a wedding present from the Youth Department of the Free Church Federal Council. The Bible, which Is bound in red leather, is same colour and size as her prayer book. It will be taken to the Palace to-morrow (Wednesday). October 28, 1947. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Early gas lighting advertisement label. Artist: Unknown

Roth's Bar-Grill & Restaurant. 1943. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The item is a musical score titled 'Every Boy Has Quarreled with His First Sweetheart,' published in 1896 by M. Witmark & Sons in New York and Chicago. The score consists of 6 pages and measures 36 cm. It features themes of quarreling, dating, and childhood joy, as reflected in its lyrics about youthful disputes over games and toys. The title and additional details are printed prominently on the cover

The Shade of the Palm, Additional, Oh, My Dolores, Queen of the Eastern Sea (first line of chorus), Additional, There Is a Garden Fair (first line), 1900, New York, Publisher, Francis, Day & Hunter; T.B. Harms & Co., Songs, Separation (Psychology), Farewells, Musicals, Man-Woman Relationships, 1 score (6 p.); 35 cm

Waldorf-Astoria. 1939. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

A Rabbi's Daughter, 1899. Additional, 'A rabbi sat one ev'ning with bible on his knee,' first line of the song. Additional, 'You are a rabbi's daughter and as such you must obey,' first line of the song., 1899., New York; Chicago; etc. Publisher, Chas. K. Harris. Themes include Songs, Death, Fathers and daughters, Depression (Mental state), Interfaith marriage., 8 p. ; 36 cm

Hotel Martinique. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

DINNER IN HONOR OF JOHN A. MCCALL held by NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. at METROPOLITAN CLUB NY, 1897., 1897., BOOKLET; COL; 4.5 X 5.75

Coridon's Song, Book Cover

BANQUET held by AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION at "GALT HOUSE, LOUISVILLE, KY" (HOT;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1889. Rare Book Division

Panorama de Constantinople pres de la tour de Galata, Pierre de Gigord collection of photographs of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey, Sebah and Joaillier, Cloth on board, 1878

A rose for every heart ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

Sketchbook Liii with 10 sheets. Sketchbook No. Liii consisting of 10 blades with maiden and a street face at night.

Love like the dawn came stealing : Composed for and sung by Miss Dorothy Jardon ; Medium voice in F (c-F) ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

DAILY MENU held by SHANLEY'S at NY (REST;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

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