Beauty in common things
By: illustrated by twelve drawings from nature by Mrs. J. W. Whymper ; printed in colors by William Dickes ; with descriptions by the author of "Life underground," "Life in the walls," "Robin the bold," &c., &c. ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Contributors: Whymper, Emily Hepburn, 1833-1886, illustrator; Dickes, William, 1815-1892 (printer); Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904 engraver; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee
Series: Dickes -- no. 11
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ...; Pott, Young & Co.
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Botany; Flowers; Wild flowers; Pictorial works
Notes: Author identified in BM Cat and Halkett & Laing as Miss A. C. Chambers.

Docker, Alfred.  The colour prints of William Dickes, 11

Victoria University Library copy: Bound in red calico-grain cloth blocked in blue, black, gold and blind; Whitelands College Prize for Religious Knowledge bookplate engraved by Edward Stanford.

Victoria University Library copy has sepia photography of St. John's Church, Frome by Geo. Bradbury bound between pages 26 and 27; and a printed sheet with the title, "Whitelands College. Instruction of students in the art of teaching in the three practising schools, &c" signed, J. P. Faunthorpe, Principal, dated 1880 bound after the colour plate between pages [28] and [29].

Fisher Copy: Bound in green sand grain publisher publisher's cloth over bevelled boards; floral design in gold and black, lettering and title bands in gold with blue initials on upper cover; border with central ornament in blind on back; spine in black.