The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales / Henry Van Dyke

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.12

Description

xiv, 370 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) Color frontis, 6 black and white plates. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Henry Van Dyke

Illustrator

Garth Jones

Edition

First

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1912

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Bound in navy cloth with art nouveau cover design of tree, fruit, and flower in gilt, pale blue, and rust stamping. Gilt title and design to spine. Top edge gilt, untrimmed page edges.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullens and Espey 285

Web Links and URLs

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