March, Daniel. Our Father’s House, or the Unwritten Word. Philadelphia: Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., 1870.

Brown leather, with beveled boards.

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Songs Before Sunrise. London: F. S. Ellis, 1871.

Blue cloth blocked in gold on front, spine, and back.

Below: Close-up of the three circular designs, featuring the moon, sun, and stars.

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Bryant, William Cullen. The Song of the Sower. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1871.

Green sand-grained cloth blocked in gold and black on front, gold on spine, and in blind on back, with beveled boards.

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Carleton, Will. Farm Ballads. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873.

Green cloth blocked in gold and black on front and spine, black on back.

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Rossetti, Christina. Speaking Likenesses. London: Macmillan, 1874. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.

Blue cloth blocked in gold on front and spine, and in blind on back. From a design by Arthur Hughes.

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Tuttle, Charles R. Tuttle's Popular History of the Dominion of Canada. Montréal: D. Downie & Company, 1877.

Black sand-grained cloth blocked in gold on front, spine, and back. An interesting Canadian binding, patterned after medieval clasped books yet utilizing native elements of design.

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Glazed paper printed from wood.

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