The Ruling Passion / Henry Van Dyke

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Ruling Passion / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.14

Description

Bound for Beauty #75 [6] leaves, vii-x, 296 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some color) One in 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

Walter Appleton Clark

Edition

First

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1901

Printer

Merrymount Press

Date Printed

1912

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Bound in navy blue cloth with art nouveau cover design of pinecones in gilt and dark green stamping. Gilt title and design to spine. Unsigned binding.

Notes

Reprint of first edition. Printed by D.B. Updike at Merrymount Press.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 277

Web Links and URLs

LOC record

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection