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Title Page Quiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

The text reads:

QUIET ROADS and SLEEPY VILLAGES

By ALLAN FEA, Author of “Old World Places,” “Nooks and Corners of Old England,” &c.

New York

McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY

1914

The printing is in black and red.

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Added: 2006-01-29

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Bookplate from Leland’s Itinerary Vol I The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

My copy has this book-plate (ex libris) pasted inside the front cover. It has a family crest with the motto “Pour Y Parvenir” (just do it) and the nameLouisa Julia Mannersbeneath it. This is the crest [...]

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Added: 2007-05-20

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Title Page The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Title page from volume I:The Life of Anthony à WoodFro the Year 1632 to 1672,Written by Himself, and Published byMr. Thomas Hearne.Now Continued to the Time of his Death from Authentic Materials.The w [...]

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Added: 2006-03-11

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Title page, Oxford Pictured by Haslehust, described by How Oxford (1910)

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Added: 2006-10-19

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Title Page, Art In England Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart PeriodsWritten by Aymer Vallance, With a Note on the First Century of England Engraving by Malcolm C. Salaman. Illustrations after drawings by Wilfrid [...]

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Title Page, Memorials of Old Hampshire Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

MEMORIALS OF OLD HAMPSHIREEdited by G. E. Jeans, M.A., F.S.A.Vicar of Shorwell and Rector of Mottiston, Isle of WightFellow of Hertford College, OxfordAuthor and Editor of“Murray’s Handbooks for Linco [...]

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Added: 2006-10-11

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White Pawn (Alice) to play, and win in eleven moves. Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

This is a diagram of a chess-board, the sort one finds printed in newspapers as puzzles, with a summary of the “game” that also serves as a table of contents for the book.I will add the table of conte [...]

Keywords: games, chess, puzzles, diagrams, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-02-19

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Aunt Silvia in her Domain Look at the Bright Side (1883)

A small girl plays with a toy horse, dolls, a doll-house and a sheep on wheels; she crouches on the floor. Behind her a boy holds a stick. An older girl talks to the servant, who is dark-skinned, and [...]

Keywords: people, children, women, slavery, slaves, interiors, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-18

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Title Page: Bailey’s Universal Etymological Dictionary Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

The title page of the dictionary:

title page transcription

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Added: 2008-01-30

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Title Page Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

Bill Nye’s History of EnglandFrom the Druids to the Reign of Henry VIII.Illustrated by W. M. Goodes and A. m. RichardsPhiladelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company1900There is a drawing of a king scratching [...]

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Added: 2006-06-10

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Title Page from Peck’s Desiderata Desiderata (1779)

The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in siz [...]

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Added: 2012-06-03

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Title Page A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

Title Page from John Ray’s book of English proverbs.a compleatCOLLECTIONofEnglishProverbs;alsoThe most CelebratedProverbsof theScotch,  Italian, French, Spanish,and other Languages.The whole methodica [...]

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Added: 2007-07-31

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Title Page These Be Your Gods (1929)

These Be Your Gods

By Leslie Roberts

Illustrated by A. G. Racey

The Musson Book Compamy Ltd.
Toronto

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Added: 2006-09-03

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Ornate rococo baroque capital letter M Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A rococo decorative initial letter “M” taken from the title page. It is repeated on page 66 as a drop cap (drop capital), where it is given this caption:Lettre tirée d’un livre italien du commencemen [...]

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Added: 2007-05-06

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Title Page, Round The Coast Round The Coast (1895)

ROUND THE COASTAN album of pictures from photographs of the chief seaside places of interst in Great Britain and Ireland.George Newness LimitedSouthampton Street, and exeter Street Strand, London, W.C [...]

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Added: 2006-11-28

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Title Page A Textbook on Ornamental Design (1901)

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Added: 2007-10-15

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Frontispiece, Judges V. 20. Astrology (1806)

The engraving opposite the title page of this erly 19th century (1806) book on Astrology clearly tries to place a Biblical and Christian veneer over the proceedings. It falls perhaps a little wide of [...]

Keywords: astrology, temples, people, zodiac, spooky, christmas, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-23

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Title Page, American Animals American Animals (1902)

American AnimalsA popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar speciesBy Witmer Stone and William Everett CramNew YorkDoubleday, Page & [...]

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Added: 2006-11-13

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Title Page from Famous Musicians Famous Composers and their Music (1901)

The title page has a border surrounding it printed in green, yellow, blue and black, which I have made available as amusical border.There is also a small picture from the top of the border,an open mus [...]

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Added: 2010-11-14

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St. Mark’s. Turrets Towers and Temples (1899)

St Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, Italy.

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Added: 2007-02-05

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