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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 March 23, 2022.</B> Total number of emerald green bindings identified to date: 72.  
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<B>This table was last updated on April 5, 2022.</B> Total number of emerald green bindings identified to date: 76.  
  
 
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! Date Added !! OCLC No. !! Title !! Author !! Imprint !! Date !! Owner !! ID Method !! Arsenical Material
 
! Date Added !! OCLC No. !! Title !! Author !! Imprint !! Date !! Owner !! ID Method !! Arsenical Material
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Affection's Gift ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Affection's Gift ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Dayton & Wentworth || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Wentworth & Co. || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Angel Whispers ||  || Boston: Wentworth & Co. || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44417 ||  || 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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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Aphorisms of the Wise & Good || Stanesby, Samuel ||  || 1862 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 44644 ||  || Aphorisms of the Wise & Good || Stanesby, Samuel ||  || 1862 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44515 || 15320195 || Book of beauty, or Token of friendship, The ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1858 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44644 ||  || Book of the Royal Horticultural Society, The ||  Murray, Andrew ||  || 1863 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44515 || 18371729 || Canine Pathology || Blaine, D.P.; Boosey, Thomas || London: T. & T.Boosey || 1832 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Christian Graces in Olden Time, The || Stebbing, Henry ||  || 1852 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 44644 ||  || Christian Graces in Olden Time, The || Stebbing, Henry ||  || 1852 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq., The ||  || New York & Philadelphia: Appleton & Co. || 1845 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44644 ||  || Court Album: Fourteen Portraits of the Female Aristocracy, The || || London: David Bogue || 1850-1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 || || 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 || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44644 ||  || Deserted Village, The || Goldsmith, Oliver || London: Sampson Low & Son || 1859 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 || 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 || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || 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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| 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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| 43867 || || 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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| 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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| 44599 ||  || 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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| 3/24/2022 || || Farmer's Boy, The || Bloomfield, Robert || London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. || 1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 44515 || 48393610 || Faithful Hound, The || Thomas, Emily, Lady || London: Griffith and Farran || 1863 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44599 ||  || 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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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Friendship's Offering || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 44644 ||  || Farmer's Boy, The || Bloomfield, Robert || London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. || 1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Gift of Love ||  || Boston: J.Buffum || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Floral Souvenir, A Perennial Gift ||  || Chambersburg, PA: Shryock, Reed & Co. || 1841 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Friendship's Offering ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Gem Annual…, The || na || Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Gift of Love || || Boston: J.Buffum || 1850 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Hoyle's Games ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1845 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 44417 ||  || Golden Legacy to Daughters, or Advice to Young Ladies, A ||  || Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton || 1857 || private owner || bookmark || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44417 ||  || Grandpapa's Tales About Animals || Bland, James || Halifax [Eng.]: Milner and Sowerby || 1850 || private owner || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44545 ||  || 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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| 2/6/2020 ||  || Leaflets of Memory ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Hoyle's Games ||  || Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners || 1845 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || 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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| 3/24/2022 ||  || May Queen, The || Tennyson, Alfred || London: Day & Son || 1861 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 44644 ||  || Lallah Rookh, an Oriental Romance || Moore, Thomas || London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans || 1854 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Leaflets of Memory ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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| 3/24/2022 ||  || Musings on Guard || Felix, Frank || || 1858 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
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| 43867 ||  || Liberty Bell, The || || Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome || Macaulay, Thomas Babington || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44644 ||  || May Queen, The || Tennyson, Alfred || London: Day & Son || 1861 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny ||  || Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44644 || || Musings on Guard || Felix, Frank || || 1858 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 || || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44599 ||  || My Own Garden || Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) || London: Kerby & Son || 1855 || George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Nellie Gray, or Ups and Downs of Everyday Life || || Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 || 4272866 || Nothing to Eat, Illustrated || Jenkins, Edward O. || New York: Dick and Fitzgerald || 1857 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Oasis, or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Ferguson, N.L., Ed. || Boston : Dayton and Wentworth || 1855 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44655 || 1615988 || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Ferguson, N.J., Ed. || Boston: Dayton and Wentworth || 1854 || Middlebury College Special Collections || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44515 || 15344101 || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Percival, M.J. || Boston: Wentworth and Co. || 1856 || William & Mary Libraries || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44656 || 15344101 || Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The || Percival, M.J. || Boston: Wentworth and Co. || 1856 || Middlebury College Special Collections || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44545 || || 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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| 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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| 43867 ||  || 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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| 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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| 44515 || 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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| 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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| 44599 || || 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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| 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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| 43867 || || Patent Hat, The || 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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| 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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| 44545 || || 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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| 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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| 43867 || || Plants of the Holy Land || Osborn, Henry S. || Philadelphia : Parry & McMillan || 1860 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, The ||  || London and New York: George Routledge & Co. || 1859 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44545 || || Positivist Calendar, The || Edger, Henry || Published by the Author, Modern Time (Thompson) L.I. || 1856 || Athenaeum of Philadelphia || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 || || Rosebud, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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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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| 43867 || || Rosebud, The || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Rural Annual and Year-Book of Country Life, The ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
 
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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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| 43867 || 4799738 || Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition || Hibberd, Shirley || London: Groombridge & Sons || 1857 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
 
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| 2/6/2020 ||  || The Gem Annual… || || Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || Winterthur || XRF, Raman || bookcloth
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| 44644 ||  || Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition || Hibberd, Shirley || London: Groombridge & Sons || 1857 || Undisclosed || bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 43867 ||  || Snowflake: a Christmas, New Year, and birthday gift, for MDCCCLIV, The || na || Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. || 1854 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44515 || 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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| 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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| 44515 || 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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| 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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| 44515 || 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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| 2/6/2020 || || The Rosebud || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 44515 || 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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| 2/6/2020 || || The Rosebud || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || green onlay
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| 44515 || 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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| 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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| 43867 ||  || 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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| 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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| 43867 || 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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| 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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| 43867 || 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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| 2/6/2020 || || The Works of Robert Burns || || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth. green onlay
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| 43867 || 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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| 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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| 44656 || 1345822 || Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: And What I Saw There || Arthur, T.S. || Philadelphia: L.P. Crown & Co || 1855 || Middlebury College Special Collections || Bookmark, XRF || bookcloth
 
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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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| 44656 || 63073611 || Uncle Tom's Cabin or The History of a Christian Slave || Stowe, Harriet Beecher || London: Partridge and Oakey || 1853 || Middlebury College Special Collections || 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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| 43867 ||  || Wanderers by Sea and Land, The || 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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| 44599 ||  || 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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| 44515 || 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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| 43867 ||  || 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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| 44599 ||  || 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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| 43867 ||  || Works of Robert Burns, The ||  || New York: Leavitt & Allen || 1856 || The Library Company || XRF || bookcloth. green onlay
 
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Revision as of 13:25, 5 April 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 April 5, 2022. Total number of emerald green bindings identified to date: 76.

Date Added OCLC No. Title Author Imprint Date Owner ID Method Arsenical Material
43867 Affection's Gift Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners 1850 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Angel Whispers Boston: Dayton & Wentworth 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Angel Whispers Boston: Wentworth & Co. 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44417 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
44644 Aphorisms of the Wise & Good Stanesby, Samuel 1862 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44515 15320195 Book of beauty, or Token of friendship, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1858 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44644 Book of the Royal Horticultural Society, The Murray, Andrew 1863 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44515 18371729 Canine Pathology Blaine, D.P.; Boosey, Thomas London: T. & T.Boosey 1832 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44644 Christian Graces in Olden Time, The Stebbing, Henry 1852 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq., The New York & Philadelphia: Appleton & Co. 1845 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44644 Court Album: Fourteen Portraits of the Female Aristocracy, The London: David Bogue 1850-1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 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 XRF bookcloth
44644 Deserted Village, The Goldsmith, Oliver London: Sampson Low & Son 1859 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 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 XRF, Raman bookcloth
43867 Ellen; or, The Chained Mother Harlan, Mary B. Cincinnati. : Published for the author, by Applegate & Co. 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Faggots for the Fireside Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF green onlay
44599 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
44515 48393610 Faithful Hound, The Thomas, Emily, Lady London: Griffith and Farran 1863 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44599 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
44644 Farmer's Boy, The Bloomfield, Robert London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. 1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Floral Souvenir, A Perennial Gift Chambersburg, PA: Shryock, Reed & Co. 1841 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Friendship's Offering New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
43867 Gem Annual…, The na Philadelphia : E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
43867 Gift of Love Boston: J.Buffum 1850 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44417 Golden Legacy to Daughters, or Advice to Young Ladies, A Boston: Higgins, Bradley and Dayton 1857 private owner bookmark bookcloth
44417 Grandpapa's Tales About Animals Bland, James Halifax [Eng.]: Milner and Sowerby 1850 private owner XRF, Raman bookcloth
44545 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
43867 Hoyle's Games Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners 1845 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Kanavagh: a tale, Illustrated Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth London: W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue) 86, Fleet Street 1858 WUDPAC Study Collection XRF, Raman bookcloth
44644 Lallah Rookh, an Oriental Romance Moore, Thomas London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1854 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Leaflets of Memory New York: Leavitt & Allen 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Liberty Bell, The Boston: National Anti-Slavery Bazaar 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome Macaulay, Thomas Babington Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44644 May Queen, The Tennyson, Alfred London: Day & Son 1861 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1859 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44644 Musings on Guard Felix, Frank 1858 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 My Own Garden Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) London: Kerby & Son 1855 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
44599 My Own Garden Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) London: Kerby & Son 1855 George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Nellie Gray, or Ups and Downs of Everyday Life Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 4272866 Nothing to Eat, Illustrated Jenkins, Edward O. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald 1857 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
43867 Oasis, or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The Ferguson, N.L., Ed. Boston : Dayton and Wentworth 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44655 1615988 Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The Ferguson, N.J., Ed. Boston: Dayton and Wentworth 1854 Middlebury College Special Collections bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44515 15344101 Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The Percival, M.J. Boston: Wentworth and Co. 1856 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44656 15344101 Oasis; or Golden Leaves of Friendship, The Percival, M.J. Boston: Wentworth and Co. 1856 Middlebury College Special Collections bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44545 Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium Humphreys, H. Noel London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. 1857 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
43867 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
44515 12540092 Our Folks at Home Toliver, Edward Philadelphia, New York: C.G. Henderson & Co, D. Appleton & Co. 1855 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44599 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
43867 Patent Hat, The Ballou, Ellis, d. 1903. New-York: : Published for the author by Carlton and Phillips, 200 Mulberry-St. 1855 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44545 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
43867 Plants of the Holy Land Osborn, Henry S. Philadelphia : Parry & McMillan 1860 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
43867 Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, The London and New York: George Routledge & Co. 1859 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44545 Positivist Calendar, The Edger, Henry Published by the Author, Modern Time (Thompson) L.I. 1856 Athenaeum of Philadelphia XRF bookcloth
43867 Rosebud, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
43867 Rosebud, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
43867 Rural Annual and Year-Book of Country Life, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF green onlay
43867 4799738 Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition Hibberd, Shirley London: Groombridge & Sons 1857 Winterthur XRF, Raman bookcloth
44644 Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, 2nd edition Hibberd, Shirley London: Groombridge & Sons 1857 Undisclosed bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Snowflake: a Christmas, New Year, and birthday gift, for MDCCCLIV, The na Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
44515 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
44515 1427349 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 1) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... 1857 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF paper
44515 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
44515 1427349 Souvenirs d'un Voyage (Vol. 2) Huc, Evariste Régis, 1813-1860. Paris, Librairie de Gaume Frères ... 1857 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF paper
44515 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
43867 Sweet Home; or: Friendship's Golden Altar Boston: L.P. Crown & Co.; Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth
43867 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
43867 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
43867 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
44656 1345822 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room: And What I Saw There Arthur, T.S. Philadelphia: L.P. Crown & Co 1855 Middlebury College Special Collections Bookmark, XRF bookcloth
44656 63073611 Uncle Tom's Cabin or The History of a Christian Slave Stowe, Harriet Beecher London: Partridge and Oakey 1853 Middlebury College Special Collections Bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 Wanderers by Sea and Land, The Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 The Library Company XRF green onlay
44599 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
44515 5339885 White Veil: A Bridal Gift, The Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. 1854 William & Mary Libraries bookmark, XRF bookcloth
43867 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
44599 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
43867 Works of Robert Burns, The New York: Leavitt & Allen 1856 The Library Company XRF bookcloth. green onlay