Distorted fore-edge.
From various pages of The New Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright (1902).
Uncropped images, blank pages, neon.
From The Jolly Beggar; Neil Gow’s Fareweel; My Kimmer and I; Rob Morris (1823).
Distorted page with glimpse of digitization environment.
From p. 56 of Pippins and Cheese by Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1897).
Distorted text and images.
From various pages of Wyoming: Its History, Stirring Incidents, and Romantic Adventures, by George Peck (1858). [Here]
A series of distorted images (!).
From various pages of The Inland Printer, v. 9 (1892). [Here]
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Skewed, distorted. Blue only in the PDF download.
From the front cover of The Pocket Telegraphic Code, containing more than 300 one-word telegrams (1885). [Here]
Submitted to The Art of Google Books by John McVey.
Distorted text.
From various pages of Juvenilia: or, a Collection of Poems, by Leigh Hunt (1803). [Here]
Motion, movement, skewed, stretched, distorted text.
From p. 305 of The British Drama, v. 10 (1872.) [Here]
Endpapers digitized in black and white and color; with some distortion and equipment clips.
From the back matter of The Paradise of Coquettes by Thomas Brown (1817). [Here]
Pages in motion.
From p. 222 (?) of An Elementary Treatise on the Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke, Chemically and Practically Considered by Charles Wye Williams (1858). [Here]
Torn page repaired with (highly acidic) tape; pencil marginalia, multiple filters, distortion.
From p.58-61 of Harmony and Instrumentation: The Principles of Harmony, with Practical Instruction in Arranging Music for Orchestras and Military Bands by Oscar Coon (1883). [Here]
Warped, cropped, partial duplicate of title page with neon filter; shape distorts webpage presentation.
From An essay on the malignant, ulcerated sore throat: containing reflections on its causes and fatal effects in 1787 by William Rowley (1788). [Here]
Bookcloth grain exaggerated with captured motion
From back cover of The New Family Receipt Book (1815). [Here]