Threescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged / W.H. De Puy

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Threescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged / W.H. De Puy

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.44

Description

512 pages. Illustrated edition, with six plate engravings. Sold by subscription. Dedicated to "all old people". Includes stories of individual "old people". Includes six engraved tissue guarded portraits. An early sociological study of the effects and trials of aging.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Biography., Old age., 1870s

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Book Details

Author

W.H. De Puy

Edition

First

Publisher

Phillips & Hunt

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1871

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design

Binding Notes

Bound in a dark green cloth binding in an ornate Victorian style typical of the 1870's with gilt and black stamping to spine and front board. Note the diagonal design of the cover and ribbon titles. Double black lined border with beveled edges. Blindstamping to rear board. Brown stone endpapers.

Notes

Owner's name to front pastedown.