A Spinner in the Sun /Myrtle Reed

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Spinner in the Sun /Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.7

Description

iv p., 393 p. One of a set of Reed titles issued in the same set at various times by Putnam and designed by Armstrong- but not this one. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Myrtle Reed

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Place Published

City

New York, London

State/Province

New York

Country

United States, England

Continent

North America

Date Published

1906

Printer

Knickerbocker Press

Date Printed

1907

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Front cover stamped in gilt and ivory in design of a tree branch and spider web signed with the initials "SH" (in spider web, just to the right of the branch and underneath the title panel). Top edge gilt, deckled page edges.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullens & Espey 207

Web Links and URLs

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