Tommy Hickup; Or, A Pair of Black Eyes / Rose Abbott

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Tommy Hickup; Or, A Pair of Black Eyes / Rose Abbott

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.38

Description

254 pages, plus 4 pages publisher's advertising. Illustrations.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Grandmothers, Juvenile fiction, 1870s, Japonisme

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Book Details

Author

Rose Abbott

Publisher

Lee & Shepard

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1867

Date Printed

circa 1870

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in red cloth with black Japanese-inspired asymetrical floral design stamped in black. Black stamped geometric border to top and bottom. Motif repeated to spine. Wide gold title band to spine.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rosa Abbott Parker