Nice Book photos

A few nice book images I found:

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, January 14, 1937
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Image by State Library of Queensland, Australia
Creator: Unidentified

Location: Queensland, Australia

Description: Caption: Good companions.
A man camped in the bush, is reading the Queenslander newspaper by the light of his camp fire.

View this image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/224814
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Image taken from page 31 of ‘The Local Historian’s Table Book of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads, connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Historical Division.
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Image by The British Library
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Image taken from:

Title: "The Local Historian’s Table Book of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads, connected with the Counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Historical Division. vol. 1-5.-Legendary Division. vol. 1-3"
Author: RICHARDSON, Moses Aaron.
Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 797.k.16-20."
Volume: 01
Page: 31
Place of Publishing: London
Date of Publishing: 1841
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 003094600

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Knowledge Wins
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Image by Library Company of Philadelphia
World War I-era poster shows a solider putting down his gear and preparing to cross a bridge of books towards a city. Published by the American Library Association; artist: Dan Smith, ca. 1918.

Accession Number: P.2284.116