(Set of 3) 19th c. Decorative Covered Books
Lovely set of three antique books with beautiful tattered pages, found in Michigan. Use as a decorative accent with a collection of items to style your bedside table or stack on a bookshelf in any room of the home.
The listing is for one set of three (3) books.
Two books are covered in old fabric that has been sewn over the original books’ covers
One book is covered in a handmade, decorative, marbleized paper
Overall condition consistent with age and use
Books are tied with vintage satin seam binding ribbon
Marbled rag paper book: Smith’s City and Country Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1832, Dublin: Printed by Brett Smith, 46, Mary Street.
Approximately 7” L x 4.125” W x .5” H
Floral cloth-covered book: “Dale Pierce Portland, Michigan” handwritten on the inside of the front cover
The National Music Course - The New Second Music Reader, by Luther Whiting Mason, c. 1886
Approximately 7.5” L x 5.5” W x .75” H
Striped cloth-covered book: “Dale Pierce, Portland, Michigan” handwritten inside the back cover
Barnes’s New National Third Reader, by Charles J. Barnes, Published by American Book Company, circa 1884
Approximately 7.5” L x 5.5” W x .875” D
Available for pick up, local delivery, and nationwide shipping.
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