We, too, believe in the ellipsis.  From I Believe In ... by Norman Snaith, 1949.  See Annotated Ellipses.

If you could use a hand, here's one.  From Here's a Hand by Wallace Bruce, 1892.

Buried in a book.  From Satirikon, 1909.

Composed by one of them: Fallen Angels, A Disquisition Upon Human Existence, an Attempt to Elucidate Some of Its Mysteries Especially Those of Evil and of Suffering by One of Them, 1894.

The Olympians, A Tribute to 'Tall Sun-Crowned Men' by Elbert Hubbard, 1921.

Damaged by seawater: To Lovers and Others by Harry C. Morse, 1918.

Here's a precursor to the Jackson family of musical fame.  Janet, One of Many (1962).

From Hanover's 1931 yearbook.

Is Hell Eternal Or Will God's Plan Fail? by Charles Hamilton Pridgeon, 1920.

From Taylor University's Gem yearbook of 1957.

It wasn't merely a prop in that old Bewitched episode in which Darrin had to be fluent in Spanish within five minutes.  It's actually a book: Fluency in 5 Minutes.

Reblog if you ever pretended to read a Spanish-English dictionary, just to shield yourself for a few moments.  From Susquehanna's 1979 yearbook.

Not only is this a precursor to How to Be Your Own Cat, but check out that word "metamorphosiological"!  This is the only instance of that word in print that we've found.

From The Woman That Was a Cat, A Metamorphosiological Sketch in One Act by Eugene Scribe, originally presented in 1827.

"The seclusion of the stacks provides a satsifying atmosphere for research." From the Eastern Kentucky State College yearbook of 1966.

Marriage as a giant book.  From Der Guckkasten, 1913.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.