December 26, 2011

Distorted fore-edge. 

From various pages of The New Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright (1902). 

December 25, 2011

Uncropped images, blank pages, neon.

From The Jolly Beggar; Neil Gow’s Fareweel; My Kimmer and I; Rob Morris (1823). 

December 23, 2011

Distorted image.

The frontispiece to Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, v.2 (1903). 

December 18, 2011
Distorted page with glimpse of digitization environment.
From p. 56 of Pippins and Cheese by Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1897). 

Distorted page with glimpse of digitization environment.

From p. 56 of Pippins and Cheese by Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1897). 

November 16, 2011

Distorted text and images.

From various pages of Wyoming: Its History, Stirring Incidents, and Romantic Adventures, by George Peck (1858). [Here]

November 10, 2011

A series of distorted images (!).

From various pages of The Inland Printer, v. 9 (1892). [Here]

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October 24, 2011

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

October 20, 2011
Text skewed, distorted.
From p.282 of Lodore, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835).  [Here]

Text skewed, distorted.

From p.282 of Lodore, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1835).  [Here]

October 1, 2011

Distorted text.

From various pages of Juvenilia: or, a Collection of Poems, by Leigh Hunt (1803). [Here]

September 18, 2011

Motion, movement, skewed, stretched, distorted text.

From p. 305 of The British Drama, v. 10 (1872.) [Here]

September 7, 2011
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]

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]

August 28, 2011
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]

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]

August 21, 2011

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]

August 7, 2011

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]

July 27, 2011
Bookcloth grain exaggerated with captured motion
From back cover of The New Family Receipt Book (1815). [Here]

Bookcloth grain exaggerated with captured motion

From back cover of The New Family Receipt Book (1815). [Here]