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Frontispiece: Edward VII Taking the OathRoyal Children of English History (1904)

Edward (not yet King Edward) strikes a kingly pose with one hand on his hip, wearing attractive purple, with an ermine robe and a gold chain, as he prepares to try on the crown, which he thinks is ver [...]

Keywords: kings, people, beards, royalty, colour, robes, costumes, crowns

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Added: 2012-09-08

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Vintage gold circular leaf border or frameThe Circling Year (1870)

Today people looking at this circular wreath design stamped in gold would think first of Christmas: there’s holly and ivy and what could pass for ornaments. But if you look more closely it represents [...]

Keywords: borders, circular, gold, winter, seasons, christmas, xmas, frames, cartici, ornaments, frames, holly, ivy, mistletoe, leaves, foliate borders, colour

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Added: 2018-01-20

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Front Cover, The Brothers DalzielRecord of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

Handsome dark blue book with gold lettering.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-11-09

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Vintage border from The Book for All front coverDas Buch für Alle [the book for everyone] (1890)

I separated out the formal geometric border from the front cover of this book. It has a rustic, vintage appearance, and I decided to leave it that way. This full-page border features fleurs-de-lys, s [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

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Added: 2011-06-03

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Front CoverDays With the Victorian Poets (1910)

The front cover is somewhat damaged, unfortunately. I imagine that it is intended to represent Rossetti, William Morris and Elizabeth Browning.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2008-07-25

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Front Cover, Die Kirchliche Baukunst des AbendlandesDie Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884)

The front cover of this collection of architectural drawings is dated 1884. It measures approximately 16 by 12 inches.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2014-03-21

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The front cover, with gold foilLes Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843)

The front cover of Les Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille is pinted in gold onreddish-brown cloth boards. It is a little the worse for wear.

Keywords: front covers, book covers, colour, gold

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Added: 2025-08-09

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Frontispiece - Portrait of Goethe with his signatureGoethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

A portrait of the writer (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

Note: German copyright today is 90 years after death, but in 1882 it was shorter, and I do not know if this image is out of copyright.

Keywords: portraits, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-30

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Front Cover, Fea “Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villges”, McBride, Nast & Co., New York, 1914Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

Green buckram with gold stamped letters.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-01-29

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Front Cover, Geneva BibleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This 1581 Geneva Bible is bound in full leather with gold tooling.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-10-26

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Front Cover with GryphonSpécimen Album (1900)

The front cover of this typeface and engraving specimen features a gryphon (griffin) in gold, standing on the catalogue...

I also made a black and gold Victorian Goth version of this cover.

Keywords: book covers, mythical creatures, typography, colour

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Added: 2012-04-25

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Front Cover, Leland’s Itinerary Vol IThe Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

My copy is in nine leather-bound volumes. The bindings are loose, though, and the cover boards detached from most of the volumes.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-11-11

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Front CoverThe Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

The book is bound in tooled leather, with marbled edges to the paper. The binding is the same on both volumes.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2007-09-27

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Front Cover, History of WalesHistory of Wales (1853)

The quarter leather binding was in bad shape before I bought the book at that used bookstore in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and it’s in worse shape after sitting wide open on a scanner.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-11-04

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Front Cover, Art In EnglandArt in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

My copy does not have an original binding. Actually the binding is broken and many of the pages are loose. I suspect that some previous bookseller may have removed some plates, although I haven’t ch [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Title Page for “Old English Country Cottages”Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Old English Country Cottages

Edited by Charles Holme

Offices of ‘The Studio,’ London, paris and new York, MCMVI

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-13

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Front Cover, Great Men and Famous WomenGreat Men and Famous Women, vol. II (1894)

A plain binding with gold lettering.

Keywords: colour, book covers

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Added: 2006-08-30

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Title PageMediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

THE MEDIÆVAL STYLES OF THE ENGLISH PARISH CHURCH A Survey of their Development, Design and Features by F. E. HOWARD Joint Author of “English Church Woodwork during the Mediæval Period.” Illustrated fr [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-10

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Front Cover, The River DeeThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

My copy is bound in full read leather with a gold vine-leaf motif border.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-10-11

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The book coverMy Friends’ Birthdays (1885)

The cover of this Victorian birthday book with a publisher’s logo on the back cover.

Front cover only

Keywords: book covers, spines, red, victoriana, colour

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Added: 2012-06-08

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