#19thCenturyClothBindings

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Our copy of Lydia Howard Sigourney’s The Weeping Willow (Hartford, 1847) is bound in a striped cloth that nearly obscures the blind-blocked decorative border on the cover. #PublishersBindingThursday

Sigourney, L. H. Hartford : Henry H. Parsons. 1847.    

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It’s a #Feathursday edition of #PublishersBindingThursday! Our copy of Browne’s American Poultry Yard (New York, 1850) features a gold-stamped composite image based on several different illustrations from the text. #GreenPublishersBindingThursday

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Browne, Daniel Jay. The American poultry yard. New York : C. M. Saxton. 1850.  20 cm x 13 cm x 3.5 cm

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We’re bringing a little divination to this Publishers’ Binding Thursday. The Ladies’ Diadem, or, Starry Oracles (1847) measures just 4.5 inches tall and contains the name of a star for each day of the year, accompanied by a “poetical prophecy”. The star for today, February 16, is Mebusta, from the constellation of Gemini, and the accompanying prophecy reads “There lives more life in one of thy fair eyes, / Than all the poets can in praise devise.” 

This little books features a lovely gold-stamped crown surrounded by gold stars and blind-stamped decoration on faded red cloth.

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1847, The ladies' diadem, or, Starry oracles; in which each day in the year is designated by a star and a poetical prophesy or description. Lowell : Milton Bonney.

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We are enchanted by this stunning publisher’s binding on our copy of A Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers (New York,1855), which features paper onlays in several colors. It’s also enabling our summer daydreams on this winter day! 

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Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. A winter wreath of summer flowers. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 1855, [c1854]