The Built-Upon House / Janet Field Heath

Name/Title

The Built-Upon House / Janet Field Heath

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.21

Description

126 p.: ill. incl. col. front. Top of the line children's book for the publisher.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1920s

Dimensions

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

6-7/8 in

Book Details

Author

Janet Field Heath

Illustrator

Lloyd J. Dotterer

Edition

First

Publisher

Albert Whitman & Co.

Place Published

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1929

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Notes

Bound in olive green cloth with a full cover pictorial onlay depicting a contented elderly couple sitting on the stoop of their cozy cottage. Note the use of the indented gilt stamped border to frame the pictorial onlay, rather than simply having the gilt border printed as part of the onlay itself, a surprising choice by the publisher because of the added costs. Note also the presence of a matching dust jacket and the elaborate colorful printed endpapers, all of which add to the production costs.

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