393 pages.
Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.
In original slipcase.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
Myrtle Reed
Edition
First
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place Published
City
London, New York
Country
England, United States
State/Province
New York
Continent
North America
Date Published
1906
Printer
Knickerbocker Press
Place Printed
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Unidentified Designer
Binding Notes
In original slipcase printed in green floral pattern with replicated design of spider web and tree. Box has wear but is sturdy and intact. Bound in the variant grey cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Top edge gilt. Cover in gilt and ivory stamped design of a tree branch and spider web, signed with the initials "SH" underneath the ivory title ribbon. One of a set of Reed titles issued in the same set at various times by Putnam and designed by Armstrong - but not this one! Deckled page edges.
Notes
Second printing, a month after publication.
Endpaper inscriptions: J. J. Flynn [stamped] Nellie F. Flynn [written].
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Notes
"The illustration in PTLA (1906), p. 23, differs considerably in detail and in the distribution of the lettering from the published design. Apparently one S.H. was hired to rework the design."
Gullans & Espey 207
