Name/Title
Old Rose and Silver / Myrtle ReedEntry/Object ID
2019.4.8Description
vi, 364 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 col. ill., music.
Tissue guarded frontis by Walter Biggs.
One of a set of uniform bindings issued at various times by Putnam. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Myrtle ReedIllustrator
Walter BiggsPublisher
G.P. Putnam's SonsPlace Published
City
New York, LondonState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States, EnglandContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1909Printer
Knickerbocker PressDate Printed
1909Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Front cover has elaborate art nouveau design stamped in silver and pink of roses climbing a trellis. Top edge gilt, deckled page edges.
Signed binding, "MA" in bottom left corner of trellis.Notes
Jan 1909 reprint.Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)Notes
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