Master of the Vineyard / Myrtle Reed

Name/Title

Master of the Vineyard / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.10

Description

vi, 372 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 col. ill. (frontis) Tissue guarded frontis by Blendon Campbell. One of a set of Reed titles issued at various times by Putnam. 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

Illustrator

Blendon Campbell

Edition

First

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

1910

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate art nouveau cover design with gilt and purple grapevine design. Elaborate gilt spine decoration and title. Top edge gilt, deckled page edges. Signed binding, "MA" at lower right side of vines.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 211

Web Links and URLs

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