Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor / R.D. Blackmore

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor / R.D. Blackmore

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.64

Description

xv, 703 p. : ill., map Reprint edition.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685, Fiction., 1880s

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

R.D. Blackmore

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1889

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Bound in sage green fine-ribbed cloth stamped in an art-nouveau design of long-stemmed stylized flowers, stamped in red, darker green, and pale green. Motif repeated to spine. Signed binding, "G" to lower right corner.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Exmoor

Country

England

Related Events

Event

Monmouth's Rebellion (1685)

Web Links and URLs

Variant binding: blue cloth, pink flowers, missing the stamped leaves, and signed with "G" (unidentified designer)