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End Paper: the young mad read to her from a small book. The Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

The end-papers (inside the covers) are printed with an untitled design signed by the author. The picture shows a mediaeval scene: a young lady on an ornate seat in front of a log fire; behind her is a [...]

Keywords: romance, love, people, fire, fireplaces, books, reading, colour

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Added: 2011-08-17

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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!

Keywords: people, costumes, books, colour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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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 [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

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Added: 2007-06-10

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Spine of the book The Leisure Hour (1896)

This bound edition of The Leisure Hour has a luxurious blue and gold cover.

Keywords: book covers, spines, lettering, victoriana, books, colour

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Added: 2012-06-24

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Children with their teacher Chatterbox Annual (1916)

A group of boys and girls surround a grown-up woman, perhaps their grandmother or perhaps their teacher, or perhaps both. The children are holding books; perhaps it is a reading lesson, or perhaps the [...]

Keywords: children, people, books, illustrations for children, greyscale, christmas

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Added: 2007-12-08

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fore-edge The Holy Court (1663)

The fore-edge of the book: you’re looking at the front of the book, the opposite to the spine. It is marbled, a decoration that also served to seal the edges of the pages so that the book can be duste [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, pictures of books, books

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Added: 2012-05-14

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Title page detail: Scholarly King Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-10

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From Her Boy A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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Holy Court Book decorated leather spine The Holy Court (1663)

It’s an antique! This leather-bound book was produced in 1663, although it has for sure been rebound more than once in the meantime. Here is the spine of the book, with gold lettering and tooled deco [...]

Keywords: book covers, spines, lettering, colour, pictures of books, books

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Added: 2011-01-30

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Fox and Goose Decoateive Element The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A decorative motif, or page element, from the imprint page, shpwing a fox and a goose (or a duck maybe) reading a book.

Keywords: ornaments, animals, birds, books, colour

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Added: 2009-01-27

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Frontispiece Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

Chained Bible in Cumnor Church

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books, greyscale

Places shown: Cumnor; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-01-17

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folio 4/recto, illumination, woman writing Works, BL Harley MS 4431 (1414)

A woman is writing in a book; perhaps she is a scribe, or a nun in a monastery. She is wearing mediaeval [medieval]-style blue dress and a white headdress. She is seated at a table with a small open b [...]

Keywords: illumination, people, books, writing, colour

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Added: 2010-08-05

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