Bound for Beauty #24
270 p., [8] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill.
With an introduction by George Adam Smith.
Reprint edition.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Lumber camps, Fiction, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Book Details
Author
Ralph Connor
Illustrator
Louis F. Grant
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1901
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Unidentified Designer
Binding Notes
Art nouveau binding in bright green fine ribbed cloth with a black lined vertical panel to the left half of the front board depicting a sunrise with sun and rays in bright gilt spreading through the stylized leaves of two elongated nouveau trees outlined in black. This sunrise/tree motif in gilt and black is replicated on the top of the spine. Title to spine and front board is gilt.
Notes
No publication date.
Relationships
Related Places
Place
Mountain Range
Selkirk Mountains
State/Province
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
