The book of elegant extracts
By: illustrated by eminent artists.
Contributors: Nimmo, William Philip, 1831-1883.; J. Durie & Son,
Series: Nimmo's elegant gift books
Publisher: William P. Nimmo
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.
Other titles: Nimmo's elegant gift books
Notes: Added chromolithographed title page entitled: Nimmo's elegant gift books.

MASS copy 1: With presentation inscription dated 1882, and a miniature photographic portrait pasted on front free endpaper. Bound in brown diagonal fine ribbed-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind; a.e.g.; probably a later binding as this grain of cloth did not come into use until the mid 1870s. Bookseller's label: J. Durie & Son ... Ottawa.

MASS copy 2: Bound in purple bead-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind in the same design as copy 1; a.e.g.