The Strife of the Sea / T. Jenkins Haines

Name/Title

The Strife of the Sea / T. Jenkins Haines

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.17

Description

Bound for Beauty #29 [iii]-vii, [6]-328 p., [4] leaves of plates : 11 ill. Note: Illustrated chapter headings

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Sea stories., 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

T. Jenkins Hains

Illustrator

Clifford W. Ashley, George W. Hood

Edition

First

Publisher

The Baker & Taylor Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1903

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Poster Style

Binding Designer

Decorative Designers

Binding Notes

Very scarce three-panel stamped binding on navy blue cloth. Stamped in two shades of gilt, white, and two shades of green. Top panel of gilt clouds with five wobbling penguins, middle panel of turbulent ocean and gilt sky with negatively stamped sailing ship. Bottom panel of undersea scene of two negatively stamped whales. Deckled edges. Signed binding, Decorative Designers. Notable for use of panels and negative stamping to create the design.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection