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In the 19th century, not every book from the same edition would have been bound identically. Therefore, it is possible to have a book of the same edition listed below, but which is not bound in emerald green bookcloth, paper, or leather. We provide this table of arsenical, mass-produced bookbindings as a starting point from which other institutions and private collectors may consider their own collections. This table includes information collected from bookmark recipients about possible emerald green cloth bindings, as well as more conclusive identification by Winterthur and other contributing institutions using instrumental analysis. To contribute data to the project, please read [[How To Submit Data to the Poison Book Project]].  
 
In the 19th century, not every book from the same edition would have been bound identically. Therefore, it is possible to have a book of the same edition listed below, but which is not bound in emerald green bookcloth, paper, or leather. We provide this table of arsenical, mass-produced bookbindings as a starting point from which other institutions and private collectors may consider their own collections. This table includes information collected from bookmark recipients about possible emerald green cloth bindings, as well as more conclusive identification by Winterthur and other contributing institutions using instrumental analysis. To contribute data to the project, please read [[How To Submit Data to the Poison Book Project]].  
  
<B>This table was last updated on February 7, 2022.</B>  
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<B>This table was last updated on March 23, 2022.</B>  
  
 
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! OCLC No. !! Title !! Author !! Imprint !! Date !! Owner !! Arsenical Material !! ID Method
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! Date Added !! OCLC No. !! Title !! Author !! Imprint !! Date !! Owner !! ID Method !! Arsenical Material
 
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|  || Affection's Gift ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1850 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Affection's Gift ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Angel Whispers; or, The Echo of Spirit Voices Designed to Comfort those who Mourn || Eddy, Daniel C. || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1854 || private owner || bookcloth || bookmark
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Angel Whispers || || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Wentworth & Co. || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Angel Whispers || || Boston: Wentworth & Co. || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 8/9/2021 ||  || Angel Whispers; or, The Echo of Spirit Voices Designed to Comfort those who Mourn || Eddy, Daniel C. || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1854 || private owner || bookmark || bookcloth
 
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| 15320195 || Book of beauty, or Token of friendship, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1858 || William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 3/24/2022 || || Aphorisms of the Wise & Good || Stanesby, Samuel || || 1862 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 18371729 || Canine Pathology || Blaine, D.P.; Boosey, Thomas || London: T. & T.Boosey || 1832|| William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 15320195 || Book of beauty, or Token of friendship, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1858 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq., The ||  || New York & Philadelphia: Appleton & Co. || 1845 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Book of the Royal Horticultural Society, The ||  Murray, Andrew || || 1863 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| || Crystal Sphere: its forces and its beings, The || Sanders, J. Milton || London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 219, Regent Street, and 290, Broadway, New York. Paris: J.B. Bailliere, Rue Hautefeuille. Madrid: Bailly Bailliere, Calle del Principe. || 1857 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 18371729 || Canine Pathology || Blaine, D.P.; Boosey, Thomas || London: T. & T.Boosey || 1832 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 54211672 || Elementary Instruction in the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum, etc, 4th edition || Laurent de Lara, D. || London: Ackermann & Co. Strand, and all booksellers || 1858 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 3/24/2022 || || Christian Graces in Olden Time, The || Stebbing, Henry || || 1852 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Ellen; or, The Chained Mother || Harlan, Mary B. || Cincinnati. : Published for the author, by Applegate & Co. || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Court Album: Fourteen Portraits of the Female Aristocracy, The || || London: David Bogue || 1850-1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Faggots for the Fireside || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Deserted Village, The || Goldsmith, Oliver || London: Sampson Low & Son || 1859 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| || Faggots for the Fireside || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || 54211672 || Elementary Instruction in the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum, etc, 4th edition || Laurent de Lara, D. || London: Ackermann & Co. || 1858 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| 48393610 || Faithful Hound, The || Thomas, Emily, Lady || London: Griffith and Farran || 1863 || William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || || Ellen; or, The Chained Mother || Harlan, Mary B. || Cincinnati: Published for the author, by Applegate & Co. || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Faithful Hound, The: a true tale for children || Thomas, Emily, Lady || London: Griffith and Farran || 1863 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Faggots for the Fireside || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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|  || Floral Souvenir, A Perennial Gift || || Chambersburg, PA: Shryock, Reed & Co. || 1841 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || Faggots for the Fireside, or, Fact and fancy || Goodrich, Samuel G. || New York: D. Appleton and Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || green onlay
 
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| || Friendship's Offering || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 48393610 || Faithful Hound, The || Thomas, Emily, Lady || London: Griffith and Farran || 1863 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Gem Annual, The || || Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || Faithful Hound, The: a true tale for children || Thomas, Emily, Lady || London: Griffith and Farran || 1863 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Gift of Love || || Boston: J.Buffum || 1850 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Farmer's Boy, The || Bloomfield, Robert || London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. || 1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Golden Legacy to Daughters, or Advice to Young Ladies, A ||  || Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton || 1857|| private owner || bookcloth || bookmark
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Floral Souvenir, A Perennial Gift ||  || Chambersburg, PA: Shryock, Reed & Co. || 1841 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Grandpapa's Tales About Animals || Bland, James || Halifax [Eng.]: Milner and Sowerby || 1850 || private owner || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Friendship's Offering || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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|  || Guadaloupe: A Tale of Love and War || One who served in the campaign of 1846-7 || Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co. || 1860 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Gift of Love || || Boston: J.Buffum || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Hoyle's Games ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1845 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 8/9/2021 ||  || Golden Legacy to Daughters, or Advice to Young Ladies, A ||  || Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton || 1857 || private owner || bookmark || bookcloth
 
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|  || Kanavagh: a tale, Illustrated || Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth || London: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue) 86, Fleet Street || 1858 || WUDPAC Study Collection || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 8/9/2021 ||  || Grandpapa's Tales About Animals || Bland, James || Halifax [Eng.]: Milner and Sowerby || 1850 || private owner || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Leaflets of Memory || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 12/15/2021 ||  || Guadaloupe: A Tale of Love and War || One who served in the campaign of 1846-7 || Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co. || 1860 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Liberty Bell, The ||  || Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Hoyle's Games ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1845 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome || Macaulay, Thomas Babington || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Kanavagh: a tale, Illustrated || Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth || London: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue) 86, Fleet Street || 1858 || WUDPAC Study Collection || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny || || Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Lallah Rookh, an Oriental Romance || Moore, Thomas || London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans || 1854 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Leaflets of Memory || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome || Macaulay, Thomas Babington || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Nellie Gray, or Ups and Downs of Everyday Life || || Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || May Queen, The || Tennyson, Alfred || London: Day & Son || 1861 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 4272866 || Nothing to Eat, Illustrated || Jenkins, Edward O. || New York: Dick and Fitzgerald || 1857 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 || || Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny ||  || Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Ferguson, N.L., Ed. || Boston: Dayton and Wentworth, 86 Washington Street || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Musings on Guard || Felix, Frank || || 1858 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 15344101 || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Percival, M.J. || Boston: Wentworth & Co.|| 1856 || William & Mary Libraries|| bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium || Humphreys, H. Noel|| London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. || 1857 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || On Human Longevity and the Amount of Life Upon the Globe || Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867. || London: New York: H. Bailliere, Publisher || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Nellie Gray, or Ups and Downs of Everyday Life || || Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 12540092 || Our Folks at Home || Toliver, Edward || Philadelphia, New York: C.G. Henderson & Co, D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || 4272866 || Nothing to Eat, Illustrated || Jenkins, Edward O. || New York: Dick and Fitzgerald || 1857 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| || Our Folks at Home || Toliver, Edward || Philadelphia, New York: C.G. Henderson & Co, D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 15344101 || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Percival, M.J. || Boston: Wentworth & Co. || 1856 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Patent Hat, The || Ballou, Ellis, d. 1903. || New-York: : Published for the author by Carlton and Phillips, 200 Mulberry-St. || 1855 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 12/15/2021 ||  || Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium || Humphreys, H. Noel || London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. || 1857 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which Is To Come, The || Bunyan, John || Philadelphia: John B. Perry || 1855 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || On Human Longevity and the Amount of Life Upon the Globe || Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867. || London: New York: H. Bailliere, Publisher || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| || Plants of the Holy Land || Osborn, Henry S. || Philadelphia : Parry & McMillan || 1860 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 11/15/2021 || 12540092 || Our Folks at Home || Toliver, Edward || Philadelphia, New York: C.G. Henderson & Co, D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, The || || London and New York: George Routledge & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || Our folks at home, or, Life at the old manor house || Toliver, Edward || Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co.; New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Positivist Calendar, The || Edger, Henry || Published by the Author, Modern Times (Thompson) L.I. || 1856 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 12/15/2021 ||  || Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which Is To Come, The || Bunyan, John; collated by Thomas Scott, D.D. || Philadelphia: John B. Perry || 1855 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Rambles About Boston; or, Efforts to do Good || || Boston: New England Sabbath School Union (Heath and Graves) || 1856 || private owner || bookcloth || bookmark
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Plants of the Holy Land || Osborn, Henry S. || Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan || 1860 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Rosebud, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 12/15/2021 ||  || Positivist Calendar, The || Edger, Henry || Published by the Author, Modern Time (Thompson) L.I. || 1856 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| || Rosebud, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || 4799738 || Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition || Hibberd, Shirley || London: Groombridge & Sons || 1857 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Rural Annual and Year-Book of Country Life || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition || Hibberd, Shirley || London: Groombridge & Sons || 1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 4799738 || Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition || Hibberd, Shirley || London: Groombridge & Sons || 1857 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 11/15/2021 || 22457189 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie || 1853 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || leather
 
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| || Snowflake: a Christmas, New Year, and birthday gift, for MDCCCLIV || || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 1427349 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... || 1857 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || paper
 
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| 22457189 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie || 1853 || William & Mary Libraries || leather || bookmark, XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 22457189 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie || 1853 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || leather
 
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| 22457189 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie || 1853 || William & Mary Libraries || leather || bookmark, XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 1427349 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... || 1857 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || paper
 
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| 1427349 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... || 1857 || William & Mary Libraries || paper || bookmark, XRF
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| 11/15/2021 || 5154306 || Step from the New World to the Old, A (Vol. 2) || Tappan, Henry Philip || D. Appleton & Co. || 1852 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 1427349 || Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) || Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. || Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... || 1857 || William & Mary Libraries || paper || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Sweet Home; or: Friendship's Golden Altar || || Boston: L.P. Crown & Co.; Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 5154306 || Step from the New World to the Old, A (Vol. 2) || || D. Appleton & Co. || 1852 || William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| || Sweet Home; or: Friendship's Golden Altar || || Boston: L.P. Crown & Co.; Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 || 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 || || The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq. || || New York & Philadelphia: Appleton & Co. || 1845 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 1044734 || Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc || Tallis, John || London & New York: J. Tallis and co. || 1852 || Winterthur Library || bookcloth || XRF, Raman
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| 2/6/2020 || || The Crystal Sphere: its forces and its beings || Sanders, J. Milton || London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 219, Regent Street, and 290, Broadway, New York. Paris: J.B. Bailliere, Rue Hautefeuille. Madrid: Bailly Bailliere, Calle del Principe || 1857 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Wanderers by Sea and Land, The || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Gem Annual… || || Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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|  || Wanderers by Sea and Land, The || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Liberty Bell || || Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 5339885 || White Veil: A Bridal Gift, The || Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell|| Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || William & Mary Libraries || bookcloth || bookmark, XRF
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| 2/6/2020 || || The Oasis, or Golden Leaves of Friendship || Ferguson, N.L., Ed. || Boston : Dayton and Wentworth, 86 Washington Street || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers, A || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Patent Hat || Ballou, Ellis, d. 1903. || New-York: : Published for the author by Carlton and Phillips, 200 Mulberry-St. || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers, A || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith || || London and New York: George Routledge & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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|  || Works of Robert Burns, The ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company of Philadelphia || bookcloth, green onlay || XRF
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Rosebud ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Rosebud ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Rural Annual and Year-Book of Country Life ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Snowflake: a Christmas, New Year, and birthday gift, for MDCCCLIV. || na || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Wanderers by Sea and Land || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Works of Robert Burns ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth. green onlay
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || Wanderers by Sea and Land, The || Goodrich, Samuel G. || New York: D. Appleton and Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || green onlay
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| 11/15/2021 || 5339885 || White Veil: A Bridal Gift, The || Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell || Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers, A || Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. || New York: D. Appleton & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 2/7/2022 ||  || Winter wreath of summer flowers, A || Goodrich, Samuel G. || New York: D. Appleton and Co. || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || green onlay
 
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Revision as of 14:22, 23 March 2022

This growing list of known arsenical green bookbindings was initially based on emerald green, cloth-bound books discovered by the Poison Book Project; however, as contributing institutions have discovered emerald green paper and leather bindings, as well, we have expanded the scope of the list to include any green, mass-produced, 19th-century bookbinding that contains arsenic.

In the 19th century, not every book from the same edition would have been bound identically. Therefore, it is possible to have a book of the same edition listed below, but which is not bound in emerald green bookcloth, paper, or leather. We provide this table of arsenical, mass-produced bookbindings as a starting point from which other institutions and private collectors may consider their own collections. This table includes information collected from bookmark recipients about possible emerald green cloth bindings, as well as more conclusive identification by Winterthur and other contributing institutions using instrumental analysis. To contribute data to the project, please read How To Submit Data to the Poison Book Project.

This table was last updated on March 23, 2022.

Date Added OCLC No. Title Author Imprint Date Owner ID Method Arsenical Material
2/6/2020 Affection's Gift Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners 1850 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Angel Whispers Boston: Dayton & Wentworth 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Angel Whispers Boston: Wentworth & Co. 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
8/9/2021 Angel Whispers; or, The Echo of Spirit Voices Designed to Comfort those who Mourn Eddy, Daniel C. Boston: Dayton & Wentworth 1854 private owner bookmark bookcloth
3/24/2022 Aphorisms of the Wise & Good Stanesby, Samuel 1862 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
11/15/2021 15320195 Book of beauty, or Token of friendship, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1858 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Book of the Royal Horticultural Society, The Murray, Andrew 1863 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
11/15/2021 18371729 Canine Pathology Blaine, D.P.; Boosey, Thomas London: T. & T.Boosey 1832 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Christian Graces in Olden Time, The Stebbing, Henry 1852 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Court Album: Fourteen Portraits of the Female Aristocracy, The London: David Bogue 1850-1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Deserted Village, The Goldsmith, Oliver London: Sampson Low & Son 1859 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 54211672 Elementary Instruction in the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum, etc, 4th edition Laurent de Lara, D. London: Ackermann & Co. 1858 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/6/2020 Ellen; or, The Chained Mother Harlan, Mary B. Cincinnati: Published for the author, by Applegate & Co. 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Faggots for the Fireside Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/7/2022 Faggots for the Fireside, or, Fact and fancy Goodrich, Samuel G. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF green onlay
11/15/2021 48393610 Faithful Hound, The Thomas, Emily, Lady London: Griffith and Farran 1863 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/7/2022 Faithful Hound, The: a true tale for children Thomas, Emily, Lady London: Griffith and Farran 1863 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Farmer's Boy, The Bloomfield, Robert London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Floral Souvenir, A Perennial Gift Chambersburg, PA: Shryock, Reed & Co. 1841 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Friendship's Offering New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/6/2020 Gift of Love Boston: J.Buffum 1850 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
8/9/2021 Golden Legacy to Daughters, or Advice to Young Ladies, A Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton 1857 private owner bookmark bookcloth
8/9/2021 Grandpapa's Tales About Animals Bland, James Halifax [Eng.]: Milner and Sowerby 1850 private owner XRF, Raman bookcloth
12/15/2021 Guadaloupe: A Tale of Love and War One who served in the campaign of 1846-7 Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co. 1860 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Hoyle's Games Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners 1845 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Kanavagh: a tale, Illustrated Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth London: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue) 86, Fleet Street 1858 WUDPAC Study Collection XRF, Raman bookcloth
3/24/2022 Lallah Rookh, an Oriental Romance Moore, Thomas London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1854 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Leaflets of Memory New York: Leavitt & Allen 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome Macaulay, Thomas Babington Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 May Queen, The Tennyson, Alfred London: Day & Son 1861 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1859 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
3/24/2022 Musings on Guard Felix, Frank 1858 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 My Own Garden Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) London: Kerby & Son 1855 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/7/2022 My Own Garden Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) London: Kerby & Son 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Nellie Gray, or Ups and Downs of Everyday Life Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 4272866 Nothing to Eat, Illustrated Jenkins, Edward O. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald 1857 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
11/15/2021 15344101 Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The Percival, M.J. Boston: Wentworth & Co. 1856 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
12/15/2021 Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium Humphreys, H. Noel London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. 1857 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 On Human Longevity and the Amount of Life Upon the Globe Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867. London: New York: H. Bailliere, Publisher 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
11/15/2021 12540092 Our Folks at Home Toliver, Edward Philadelphia, New York: C.G. Henderson & Co, D. Appleton & Co. 1855 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/7/2022 Our folks at home, or, Life at the old manor house Toliver, Edward Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co.; New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF bookcloth
12/15/2021 Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which Is To Come, The Bunyan, John; collated by Thomas Scott, D.D. Philadelphia: John B. Perry 1855 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Plants of the Holy Land Osborn, Henry S. Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan 1860 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
12/15/2021 Positivist Calendar, The Edger, Henry Published by the Author, Modern Time (Thompson) L.I. 1856 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 4799738 Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition Hibberd, Shirley London: Groombridge & Sons 1857 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
3/24/2022 Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition Hibberd, Shirley London: Groombridge & Sons 1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
11/15/2021 22457189 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie 1853 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF leather
11/15/2021 1427349 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... 1857 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF paper
11/15/2021 22457189 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Librairie d'Adrien le Clere et Cie 1853 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF leather
11/15/2021 1427349 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... 1857 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF paper
11/15/2021 5154306 Step from the New World to the Old, A (Vol. 2) Tappan, Henry Philip D. Appleton & Co. 1852 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Sweet Home; or: Friendship's Golden Altar Boston: L.P. Crown & Co.; Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 1044734 Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc Tallis, John London & New York: J. Tallis and co. 1852 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/6/2020 1044734 Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc Tallis, John London & New York: J. Tallis and co. 1852 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/6/2020 1044734 Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851; illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc Tallis, John London & New York: J. Tallis and co. 1852 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq. New York & Philadelphia: Appleton & Co. 1845 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Crystal Sphere: its forces and its beings Sanders, J. Milton London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 219, Regent Street, and 290, Broadway, New York. Paris: J.B. Bailliere, Rue Hautefeuille. Madrid: Bailly Bailliere, Calle del Principe 1857 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Gem Annual… Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Liberty Bell Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Oasis, or Golden Leaves of Friendship Ferguson, N.L., Ed. Boston : Dayton and Wentworth, 86 Washington Street 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Patent Hat Ballou, Ellis, d. 1903. New-York: : Published for the author by Carlton and Phillips, 200 Mulberry-St. 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith London and New York: George Routledge & Co. 1859 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Rosebud New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/6/2020 The Rosebud New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/6/2020 The Rural Annual and Year-Book of Country Life New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/6/2020 The Snowflake: a Christmas, New Year, and birthday gift, for MDCCCLIV. na Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 The Wanderers by Sea and Land Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/6/2020 The Works of Robert Burns New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth. green onlay
2/7/2022 Wanderers by Sea and Land, The Goodrich, Samuel G. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF green onlay
11/15/2021 5339885 White Veil: A Bridal Gift, The Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. 1854 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
2/6/2020 Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers, A Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF green onlay
2/7/2022 Winter wreath of summer flowers, A Goodrich, Samuel G. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF green onlay