The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year / C. William Beebe

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year / C. William Beebe

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.217

Description

345 pages. Tissue guarded color frontis, plus 51 color plates, illustrations from photos and drawings. 52 full page illustrations by Walter King Stone. Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) and index.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Natural history, Outdoor books, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

William Beebe

Illustrator

Walter King Stone

Edition

First

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1906

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

Walter King Stone

Binding Notes

Signed binding by Walter King Stone. Binding depicts a blazing sun setting over green fields with the sun's reflecting in a peaceful river. The scene is viewed through dark silhouetted tree trunks with a flock of birds in lighter green flying in the foreground. Motif is repeated on the decorated spine. All edges gilt.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky

Notes

Featured on page 85