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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 [...]
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games, chess, puzzles, diagrams, illustrations for children, greyscale
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Frontispiece: “Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!”
Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)
“At length—not that he was weary, but only idle and luxurious—Pegasus folded his wings, and lay down on the soft green turf. But, being too full of aërial life to remain quiet for many moments togeth [...]
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mythology, mythical creatures, people, illustrations for children, colour
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Added: 2006-07-29
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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 [...]
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people, children, women, slavery, slaves, interiors, greyscale
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Added: 2007-06-18
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Victorian Border, Red on White.
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 backgrou [...]
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borders, colour
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Spine from Our village book
Our Village (1893)
The spine of “Our Village” by Miss Mitford; it is a dark greenish colour with gold flowers and gilt lettering.
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book covers, colour
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Added: 2010-09-23
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Photograph of the Book
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)
A photograph of the “Picturesque Views” book showing the red moroccan leather cover and the gold tooling. In the background are some other antique books, and a brown leather-bound antiquarian book fr [...]
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pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour
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A Siege of the Fifteenth Century
Castles (1926)
From a manuscript belonging to EdwardIV., now in Sir John Soan’s Museum.The [castle] walls, having ben breached by the artillery, are being stormed through the breaches; the stormers are covered by th [...]
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castles, colour, people, weapons, soldiers, towers
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Added: 2010-08-13
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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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title pages, typography, page images, colour
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Added: 2012-06-03
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Dustjacket flaps from Proverbs book
Dictionary of Proverbs (1917)
The dust-jacket of the fac-simle had adverts on the front and back flaps for other books by Yale University Press, includingThere’s Pippins and Cheese to Come,Journeys to Bagdad,Les TrophéesandThe Div [...]
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advertisements, book covers, colour
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Frontispiece: She clipped a precious golden lock
Goblin Market (1933)
Laura snips off a lock of her golden hair to give to the goblin fairy folk, so that she can buy something to eat and drink.But sweet-tooth Laura spoke in haste:“Good folk, I have no coin;To take were [...]
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goblins, people, trees, forests, colour, illustrations for children
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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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letterm, initials, floriated initials, greyscale
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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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title pages, page images, greyscale
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Added: 2006-11-28
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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 [...]
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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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title pages, page images, colour
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