Historic Towns of New England / Lyman P. Powell

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Historic Towns of New England / Lyman P. Powell

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.183

Description

599 pages. Tissue guarded frontis. Illustrations, maps. Two fold out maps of Boston.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Cities and towns, History, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6 in

Book Details

Editor

Lyman P. Powell

Edition

First

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1898

Printer

Knickerbocker Press

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with stamping in gilt, black, and dark green. Titles to front and spine outlined in black. Acorn and leaf art nouveau design within a gilt frame. Acorn border. Gilt silhouette design of town to top. Motif repeated to spine. Unidentified SIGNED binding "JF." Top edge gilt.

Notes

Flyleaf inscription "Charles F. Richardson. December 25th 1898."

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Knickerbocker Press

Related Places

Place

Region

New England

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Web Links and URLs

"Woman and the Republic" Helen Kendrick Johnson- same monogram