A Tin Bicuit Box Shaped As Eight Classic Novels Tied With A Strap This ' Library ' = Gulliver's Travels; Burns; Robinson Crusoe; Pickwick Papers; Self-Help; Shakespeare; Pilgrims Progress and the History of England.

Reading & London. UK: Huntley & Palmers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1900. Unknown. Hardcover. A GOOD PLUS/NEAR VERY GOOD fancy embossed British Biscuit Tin from Huntley & Palmers, in shape of a small Library of bound CLASSIC BOOKS, each with a separate embossed design/title and individual marbled edges, all encircled with a 'simulated leather' tin strap. The Tin box measures approximately 6 ¼ in x 6 ¼ x 4½ in. (c. 16 cm x16 cm x 11. 5 cm). Its appearance, although moulded in tin, is that of eight 'leather bound' books all tied together with a 'leather' strap. The 'spines' have the titles of eight novels. The 'fore-edges' and the 'top & bottom edges' are in various types of marbling. The top panel of the box opens on a hinge with a metal tab to reveal the inside - now empty. Undated but about 1900 according to research, but these book tins were one of the most popular tins with customers and were produced, in ten different variations, until 1924. The brand name "Huntley & Palmers Biscuits Reading & London" is stamped on the bottom centre of the box. This 'Library' consists of - Gulliver's Travels; Burns; Robinson Crusoe; Pickwick Papers; Self-Help; Shakespeare; Pilgrims Progress and The History of England. NO Date but probably Turn of the Century, and produced by the newer 'offset lithography' process for printing on metal. This new technique allowed the manufacture of more complex shapes and coloured tins. Some scratches, marks, ingrained dust, some old rust, and wear, but overall this item is one of the Nicest, Brightest versions of this 'BOOK BOX' I've seen in a very long time, as most have rusted/worn badly and made the books almost invisible - and I've been in the book trade for over 40 years! SEE IMAGES. ; 6 ¼" x 6 ¼ " x 4 ½" .