Christie's Christmas / Pansy

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Christie's Christmas / Pansy

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.105

Description

443 pages. 4 pages publisher's advertisements at rear. Illustrations. One of the uniform "Pansy Series" bindings.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1880s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Pansy

Illustrator

H. Pruett Share, W. Parker Bodfish, Frederick S. Church

Publisher

D. Lothrop & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1884

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Victorian

Binding Notes

Bound in a typical Victorian binding in dark green cloth with black detailed line stamping and gilt titles and elaborate gilt decoration to spine and cover.

Notes

Christmas inscription on front endpaper dated 1885.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Samuel Smith Kilburn

Notes

engraver.