Half-Hours with the Best Authors / Charles Knight

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Half-Hours with the Best Authors / Charles Knight

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.93

Description

403 pages. Illustrations.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Literature, Collections, 1880s, Japonisme, Eastlake

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Charles Knight

Publisher

Porter & Coates

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1880

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles

Binding Notes

Bound in brown cloth with black stamped diagonal design of geometric patterns and florals, repeated to spine. "Charles Knight" on a diagonal to cover stamped in black. Wide gilt stamped title band to spine and cover. Brown stone endpapers.

Notes

No publication date.