The Blue Flower / Henry Van Dyke

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Blue Flower / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.13

Description

Bound for Beauty #74 vii, 298 p., [8] plates : col. ill. One of a series of uniform bindings designed 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

Edition

First

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1902

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 in gilt, green, and pale blue stamping. Gilt title and design to spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed pages. Signed binding, "MA" in lower right corner.

Notes

Reprint from first edition

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 278

Web Links and URLs

LOC Record

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection