Items matching borders, colour (results page 9)

Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of LondonAn Island Story (1920)

King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...]

Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2009-05-05

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Front CoverCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Red with gold lettering.

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Added: 2006-06-29

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Front Cover, Look at the Bright SideLook at the Bright Side (1883)

The front cover of this book is green with gold details.

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Added: 2007-06-18

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Victorian border, Gold on Black.Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover. Gold border on a black background. Red border on a white background. Black border on a white background. Moody silver border on a black back [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, floriated borders

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-08

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Front CoverOur Village (1893)

The front cover of “Our Village” by Miss Mitford; it is a dark greenish colour with gold flowers and gilt lettering.

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Added: 2007-10-05

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Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque ViewsPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

The front cover of the book is dark red with gold inlay. Unfortunately the book has warped, possibly from water damage, and will not sit flat on the scanner.

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Added: 2007-04-20

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Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque ViewsPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 2 (1870)

The front cover of the book is dark red with gold inlay. This is actually the cover of Volume One, which looks the same sexcept that Volume Two is in better condition.

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Added: 2023-02-24

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Front Cover, Nash, Mansions of EnglandThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

The copy i have of this book has been covered in plain brown paper with a title written by hand in pencil.

Keywords: book covers, front covers, colour, books

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Added: 2020-10-15

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Front CoverUniversal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

Like many antiquarian books from the eighteenth century, the front cover of Nathan Bailey’s Universal Etymological Dictionary is half-leather; that is, the spine and the fore-edge corners of the cover [...]

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Added: 2008-01-30

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Front Cover detail: jester reading a bookBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A man in a red jester’s mediaeval outfit reads a book. At first I thought he was a gnome or pixie, but in fact a jester is more appropriate for the cover of this humorous book!

Keywords: people, costumes, books, colour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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Front Cover, LeatherArchidoxes of Magic: Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature (1656)

This copy was bound in full leather.

Keywords: book covers, colour, leather

Places shown: none

Added: 2023-03-15

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Front cover, Divers ProverbsDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

This is a small book, obviously produced to look “quaint.” My copy also still has the remains of the dust-jacket, which I have scanned seperately [dust jacket flaps], and there are also images of eac [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-09

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Front Cover, CambridgeCambridge and its Story (1912)

A blue hardcover book; I have the “third and cheaper edition” according to the imprint page.

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Added: 2007-01-11

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Front CoverThese Be Your Gods (1929)

A small book bound in black with gold lettering on the cover.

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Added: 2006-09-03

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Front Cover, Round The CoastRound The Coast (1895)

A simple binding.

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Added: 2006-11-28

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Front CoverA Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

The front cover of “Ornamental Design” is not itself very ornamented.

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Added: 2007-10-15

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Front CoverA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

Front cover of “A Child’s Garden of Verses”, showing the wrought-iron gate into the garden, and two small children standing inside on the path. The illustration is pasted onto the cover.

Keywords: book covers, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2010-06-02

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Front Cover, American AnimalsAmerican Animals (1902)

Green with a picture of a wold in the middle; the cover has a mistake imn the spelling of the name of one of the authors, and writes “Everitt” instead of “Everett.”

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Added: 2006-11-13

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Front Cover, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The front cover is red cloth with black, grey, and gold foil designs stamped or printed into it. There’s a depiction of a triumpal arch with symbols of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) and a statue of [...]

Keywords: book covers, front covers, colour, red, gold, statuary, arches, czechia, classical architecture

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Added: 2024-12-04

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Front Cover, The Gnome King of OzThe Gnome King of Oz (1927)

The Gnome King of Oz, By Ruth Plumly The
Founded on and Continuing The Famous Oz Storied by L. Frank Baum
Illustrated by Jno. R. Neill.

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Added: 2007-01-08

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