A Maid in Arcady / Ralph Henry Barbour

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Front cover

Name/Title

A Maid in Arcady / Ralph Henry Barbour

Entry/Object ID

2017.11.7

Description

213 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) Note: hand-tinted plates, photographic vignettes to the borders printed in green and mauve.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Classicism in literature, Fiction, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator

Frederic J. von Rapp

Edition

First

Publisher

J.B. Lippincott & Company

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1906

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Designer

Edward Stratton Holloway

Binding Notes

Bound in beige-grey ribbed cloth; front board with an elaborate symmetrical frame stamped in gold, surrounding an oval paper onlay featuring a image of a girl in classical dress. The title and author are stamped in dark blue; spine with title and author stamped in gold. Possibly designed by Edward Stratton Holloway. Gilt top edge. Also seen in maroon and blue cloth covers.

Exhibition

Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020