Items matching colour, book covers (results page 8)

Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (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 England The 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.

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Added: 2020-10-15

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Front Cover Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

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

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Added: 2008-01-30

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Front Cover detail: jester reading a book Bill 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!

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Added: 2006-06-10

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

This copy was bound in full leather.

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Added: 2023-03-15

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Front cover, Divers Proverbs Dictionary 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 [...]

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Front Cover, Cambridge Cambridge 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 Cover These 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 Coast Round The Coast (1895)

A simple binding.

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Added: 2006-11-28

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Front Cover A 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 Cover A 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.

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Added: 2010-06-02

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Front Cover, American Animals American 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, The Gnome King of Oz The 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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Front Cover Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

The front cover is green with gold foil.

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Added: 2004-03-20

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Front Cover, The Leisure Hour The Leisure Hour (1896)

Blue cloth with black and gold printing; a fine cover for this collection ofThe Leisure Hourfrom 1896.

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Added: 2006-12-14

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Front cover from Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers Electric Lighting for Ships (1892)

A dark red cover with an illustration of a battleship in black; in gold, a beam of light from the ship’s mast illuminates a smaller, distant, floating ship or submarine. The crescent moon and the let [...]

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Added: 2006-10-06

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Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford The Charm of Oxford (1920)

One of the more interesting book covers I’ve seen from this period.

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Added: 2007-01-14

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Front Cover, Gilbert White’s Selbourne The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

Light brown with green florets, and “Natural History of Selbourne” in blakc on a gold foil background.

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Added: 2006-08-29

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Holly Wreath The Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from thefront coverof the book is a green holly wreath with red berries, a symbol of Christmas.

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Added: 2011-01-06

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Railway Trains in Space The Book of Knowledge Volume 1 (1911)

Ten passenger trains, each with five carriages pulled by a steam locomotive, are heading for the sun, the moon, the nearest star, and for each of the other planets in this steam-punk Vctorian illustra [...]

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Added: 2018-02-13

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