I can’t remember where I found this very old book. Being so frugal, I’m sure I didn’t pay more than $10 for it. It’s The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., (1869.) The distressed leather binding and marbled cover & page edges are so incredibly beautiful.
There’s a handwritten inscription inside dated 1872. So I’m referring to it simply as the 1870 book. 
I scanned and prepped the images for your crafty projects, paper or digital. I thought it would be perfect for a Father’s Day project. Click on the images below for full size files.
I grabbed a vintage label from a past download, modified the colors and included it as well. 
Let me know if you make something with the cover images, I would love to see it.
This is awesome! Thank you so much for this beautiful book cover. The fact that it is by Sir Walter Scott and it has a medieval look to it makes it doubly special!
Have a blessed weekend!
LOVE it! I love the teal color!
P.S. I just visited the pictures of your studio! What a fun-looking workspace! Would love to have something like that with a medieval flair to it! Thank you for the inspiration!
this is beautiful and I think I will have an awful lot of fun with this!! Thanks so much!
Love it! Thank you very much!
The book covers are fabulous – love the colors! Time to think up a great project I can use them for! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you…this is a GREAT find. Especailly with the inscription that is dated.
Rose
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Thank you. That’s a beautiful book. Thanks for sharing.
Your vintage book is quite the treasure. I love old handwriting especially. The marbled cover is just beautiful. You are super to share. Thank you and Wonderful Weekend to you…
YOU are so awesome! I love how you are always giving free images to your readers. Also, that the images are unique bc you made them! Thanks so much! I love reading about all of your projects!
Love it! Not sure what I’ll do with it but had to have it! Have you scanned in quilts? I love them, you can even see the stitches!
Thanks so much! I love the colours.
Cathe, thank you for these. I snagged them in hopes that I use them soon. Love them.
Thank you for these wonderful images of the 1870′s book! Wonderful!!
You. are. the. BEST! Thank you for your generosity! This is gorgeous.
Very very cool. You have the best stuff for your readers – so creative and so thoughtful!
So beautiful! I love old books!!
This is gorgeous! Thank you so much for all of the sharing that you do on this site – you have inspired me greatly! Oh…and I love your newsletter. It’s wonderful!
This book is really beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
That marbling is TO DIE FOR! I have some old books in my collection but nothing with covers this glorious. Thanks for the download!
I love your style and the freebies you put up. Keep up the beautiful work.
P.S. How did you form your relationship with SC Johnson Family? I would love to talk with some manufacturers of products I believe in and possibly do a similar thing. I know I have a favorite paint manufacturer in mind
I love this look. What a great find!
Wow! That IS beautiful!
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This is so fun! I have no idea what to do with it yet, but I’m thinking. Maybe I can create a kindle cover with it… that’d be fantastic. I’ll let you know what I make with it. I’m sure I’ll post it on my blog: http://vibrantgrace.com. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiul, Cathe! I have a similar ledger book with a marbleized wine colored cover. Now I have a blue one too!
I will finally get to meet you in person this fall! I signed up for the Creative Connection in September! This will be my first big “craft event”. To prepare, I’m going to be doing a complete blog makeover, new profile pics, step up my blog posts, and more stuff so I can take things to the next level. Can you tell I’m excited?
Oops, I was so excited I spelled “beautiful” wrong…..
This is so so so so adorable & I am going to see what I can do to make book covers for my scrapbooks so they all look the same and they match our new style! This should be perfect! thank you!
Hi Cathe!
I just love the typeface you used to sign your name, would you mind saying what typeface that is? It’s beautiful! Thank you! Awesome site.
love the feel of this one
Cathe, do you think this could be printed onto some sort of “pebbly” stock to give more dimension? I don’t have any such paper, but would love a recommendation!
(love these images, btw)
Pamela
I make a calendar of the kids’ pictures every year as a holiday gift (and for myself too). I think I just found this year’s theme!
Hello,
I love your scan pictures. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them and share them with us. I’d like to use this one to make a purse, can I?
Thank you!
This book binder is so precious because it has got “ebru”. Ebru is Turkish and it means marbling. I do traditional ebru and i love it so much:))
This binder has “battal ebru”
loves from Turkiye.
…..is it only me who gets that special feeling about the vintage art………i always loved it now i am 73 an i still love it….so, what is it about vintage labels, calendars,luggage,chests,clothing etc that gets me so excited.Am i crazy or something….i i especially like that old cover…thank you
This is exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I just love it:)
Thanks so much for the scans! I think I have a craft in mind yey ;D