A Pretty Tory / Jeanie Gould Lincoln

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Pretty Tory / Jeanie Gould Lincoln

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.172

Description

Bound for Beauty #26 268 p. : [1] leaf of plates : ill.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s, History, Revolution, 1775-1783

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

Jeanie Gould Lincoln

Edition

First

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1899

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Poster Style

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Bright red decorative cloth with illustrations stamped in gilt, black, and white. Stylized Colonial woman and crown to front cover. Titles in gilt to spine and cover. Cover signed "B.W-T" unknown designer.

Notes

Flyleaf inscription: "Ada L. Graham, 1912." "Ellis T. Boonstra."

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

American Revolution (1775-1783)

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection