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Front Cover, My Boy LifeMy Boy Life (1882)

The front cover is a light brown or desaturated red with a slight tinge of blue, and has black decorations stamped into it. The size given in the details refers to the front-facing part and does not i [...]

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Added: 2015-09-01

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John Carroll D..D., Portrait and SignatureMy Boy Life (1882)

A portrait of the author, Dr. John Carroll, and a reproduction of his signature.

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Added: 2015-09-01

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Title Page from My Boy LfeMy Boy Life (1882)

MY BOY LIFE, PRESENTED IN A SUCCESSION OF TRUE STORIES, BY JOHN CARROLL, D.D. “The child is father to the man” – Wordsworth. A BOOK FOR OLD OR YOUNG [ornament] TORONTO: / WILLIAM BRIGGS, / 78 & 80 Ki [...]

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Added: 2015-09-02

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Rococo headpieceMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a chapter (in this case, the table of contents). It features curly vines with syilized leaves surrounding a central cir [...]

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Added: 2015-09-01

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Ornate chapter headpiece with vignette of curled-up boyMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a section of the book. It features diamond knotwork branching into grape vines with rococo stylized leaves, but the pro [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, sadness, grief, boys, people, headpieces, ornaments, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-20

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Tailpiece ornament: flowerMy Boy Life (1882)

This woodcut of a flower on a stem with a leaf was used as an end-of-chapter ornament, or tailpiece, in the second book bound in this one volume; the book is called “Ben Owen: A Lancashire Story.”

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Added: 2015-09-26

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