A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath / James Lane Allen

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath / James Lane Allen

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.6

Description

Bound for Beauty #82 xxxii, 286 p. : ill. Note: advertisement in rear for New Cranford Series. 2 titles in one volume.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

James Lane Allen

Illustrator

Hugh Thomson

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1900

Printer

R. & R. Clark

Place Printed

City

Edinburgh

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Date Printed

1901

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Cranford Series

Binding Designer

Hugh Thomson

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with unsigned cover design attributed to Hugh Thomson. Highly embellished art nouveau gilt stamping of tree branches, flowers, and cardinals. All edges gilt. Plain endpapers.

Notes

1901 to title page. Owner's bookplate inside front cover and name written throughout text: Grace M. Pugh.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection