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[All the Year Round, cover and spine]

Description: Photograph of the cover and spine of All the Year Round, volume 1. It is bound in cloth with an embossed cover and spine. There is gold-stamped lettering on the spine that reads "All the Year Round. Vol. I. Conducted by Charles Dickens. --- 5/6." The book is propped up in a white book stand.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Idylls of the King, cover and spine]

Description: Photograph of the cover and spine of Idylls of the King. The cover is green cloth and has a frame detail and vine scroll-work on the front. The spine is brown and has five compartments and the title is applied in gold-stamp in the second compartment. The top and bottom of the spine is fraying. The book is resting on a clear book stand.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Tennyson, Alfred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[All the Year Round, Vol 1. cover and spine]

Description: Photograph of the cover and spine of All the Year Round, volume 1. It is bound in cloth with an embossed cover and spine. There is gold-stamped lettering on the spine that reads "All the Year Round. Vol. I. Conducted by Charles Dickens. --- 5/6." The book is propped up in a white book stand.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Christmas Carol, cover and spine]

Description: Photograph of the cloth cover and spine of A Christmas Carol. The spine has a bit of damage to the top and bottom where the cover has fallen away and the cover has some stains on it. The title is stamped on the spine in gold and there is a nature-themed design with it. The cover has the title and Charles Dickens stamped on it in gold and is circled with a plant and ribbon design. The book is on a black book stand and has a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles & Leech, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Life of Charles Dickens, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of the book The Life of Charles Dickens. The cover is made with a blue leather and is stamped with a tree and figures. The book was written by John Forster with the approval of Dickens and was originally printed from 1872-1874 as a series of volumes.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Forster, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mary Barton, title page and stamp]

Description: Photograph of the title page of the book Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life by Elizabeth Gaskell. The page reads "Collections of British Authors Vol. CLXXXII/Mary Barton A Tale of Manchester Life/in one volume." Anne Thackeray's signature is at the top and there is a blue stamp underneath. It is propped up with a clear book stand and is against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Little Dorrit and Nicholas Nickleby, covers]

Description: Photograph of the covers of Little Dorrit and Nicholas Nickleby in their Lloyd's Sixpenny Dickens versions. Both have small pictures in the center, Little Dorrit has an illustration of Mr. Blandois in a coat and a hat standing on a cliff, and Nicholas Nickleby has two men, one who is Sir Mulberry, in evening suits carrying walking canes and a woman is standing between them. Both the books are resting in book stands in front of a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, spine and cover]

Description: Photograph of the pine and cover the Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. The cover is a marbled pattern with red, orange, blue, green, grey, and white colors. There are also leather corners and the spine is covered in leather. There are six compartments on the spine, the second has the "Pickwick Papers" gold-stamped on a red backing and "Dickens" is stamped in gold in the third compartment. The book is in a clear book stand against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Our Mutual Friend, number 1 cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of the first issue of Our Mutual Friend from May, 1864. There are illustrations all over the blue-green cover around the title box. There are scenes from the stories and a boat and bridge at the top. The book is resting in a clear book cradle against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles & Stone, Marcus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mary Barton, title page]

Description: Photograph of the title page of the book Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life by Elizabeth Gaskell. The page reads "Collections of British Authors Vol. CLXXXII/Mary Barton A Tale of Manchester Life/in one volume." Anne Thackeray's signature is at the top and there is a blue stamp underneath. It is propped up with a clear book stand and is against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mary Barton, title page and signature]

Description: Photograph of the title page of the book Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life by Elizabeth Gaskell. The page reads "Collections of British Authors Vol. CLXXXII/Mary Barton A Tale of Manchester Life/in one volume." Anne Thackeray's signature is at the top and there is a blue stamp underneath. It is propped up with a clear book stand with a clear band over the pages to keep them down, and it is set against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Life of Charles Dickens, spine and cover]

Description: Photograph of the spine and cover of the book The Life of Charles Dickens. The spine is black with gold lettering that reads "Oxford India Paper Dickens" and "Life of Charles Dickens Forster". The cover is made with a blue leather and is stamped with a tree and figures. It is propped up with a clear book stand and is against a white background. The book was written by John Forster with the approval of Dickens and was originally printed from 1872-1874 as a series of volumes.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Forster, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cover and illustrations in "Practical Taxidermy"]

Description: Photographs of "Practical Taxidermy" held by UNT Special Collections. Image 1, shows the cover, which is bound in a bronze material with a design of a stand, plants, and a border in a darker brown. The title as well as the bird on the cover are done in a lighter yellow shade to make them stand out. The book is resting on a clear stand. Image 2, The illustration is of a peregrine falcon in the process of being taxidermied. A note beneath it reads "Peregrine Falcon on Flight. Showing method of bi… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover is made of a light gray fabric with illustrations in green and dark gray. The illustration is of Heidi, a young girl in a green dress, playing barefoot with gray goats on a mountain. On the ground were small rocks and patches of grass. In the background are more mountains. On the spine is the title , the names of the author and publishing company, and an illustration of a goat standing on its hind legs against a backdrop of mountains. Attached … more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The History of Pendennis, spine and cover]

Description: Photograph of the spine and cover of The History of Pendennis. The spine is divided into six equal compartments with spacing between each and at the bottom. In the second the title is printed in gold-stamping and in the third is the roman numeral "II". The others are filled with detailed gold-stamped floral designs. The cover has colorful marbling and green corners and a green edge where it connects to the spine. The book is in a clear book stand against a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Thackeray, William Makepeace
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Article Holder or Stand.

Description: Patent for a device that conveniently and readily supports books, photographs, picture cards, and other similar articles. The new design is formed from a single strand of wire, and is specifically adapted for holding books in an open position and allowing the pages to be turned as needed.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Boyette, Oren K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Book Support.

Description: Patent for a new and improved book rest. This design consists "of an upright pivoted in a support or base, a sliding lower supporting cross-bar, an upper sliding supporting-bar, both bars having sockets upon their rear sides sliding upon the upright and provided with set-screws, and leaf-clamps consisting of a piece of spring doubled at one end to form slides sliding upon the arms of the upper cross-bar, forming curved yielding portions, forming transverse eyes at the other ends, having flat bl… more
Date: November 25, 1884
Creator: Johnson, William Oscar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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