The book of elegant extracts
By: illustrated by eminent artists.
Series: Nimmo's elegant gift books
Publisher: W.P. Nimmo
Published: 1868
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Gift books.
Notes: Cover photo added 6/27/09 is from copy of book that has an inside inscription label as 1st Prize for French dated 21 July 1870. The inscription label has address of 30 Great King Street, Edinburgh. Book's page edges are in real gold leaf and I suspect that the highlights on the cover are gold leaf. Good thing for inscription date since book otherwise is not dated. Also note that the inscription label is printed with fill in the blanks for type prize, to whom, for what, and date. Date is interesting as it is printed ___July 18___. Last page is printed without page number, "EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PAUL'S WORK". There is a second full page that would be the third page before page numbering begins that could appear to be a book cover since it is pictorial with more information as "Illustrated by Eminent Artists" and "William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh". Information and cover photo is from book I'm holding in my lap that was found in a storage box today.