A Rebellious Heroine / John Kendrick Bangs

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Rebellious Heroine / John Kendrick Bangs

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.15

Description

Bound for Beauty #23 225 p., [8] plates: ill.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

4-5/8 in

Book Details

Author

John Kendrick Bangs

Illustrator

W.T. Smedley

Edition

First

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1896

Date Printed

1896

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Poster Style

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Bound in a mustard yellow ungrained cloth in a four panel design created by black lines, with three panels to the top and a large blank one to the bottom. The design, at top center, is taken from the frontis illustration, and shows a contemplative, stylishly dressed woman wearing a large hat, long skirt, and puffy sleeves, seated on a rock in a wooded setting. Notable is the use of black negative stamping to create the woman and her dress. Behind her, stamped in olive green and outlined in black are three art nouveau tree trunks with a gilt sky in the background. The simplicity of the design, and its judicious use of space on the cover, creates a powerful image, particularly the black mass of the woman's skirt.

Notes

First printing

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Bibliography of American Literature

Notes

BAL 729

Web Links and URLs

LOC Record

Exhibitions

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020