Name/Title
Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works / Robert BurnsEntry/Object ID
2015.7.223Description
636 pages.
"Campion Bookstore - 520 Summit St. Toledo, Ohio" bookseller's ticket on flyleafCollection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Robert BurnsPublisher
Thomas Y. Crowell & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1900Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- White Spine, FloralBinding Notes
Bound in a wide white cloth spine stamped in an embossed gilt floral design. With glazed pictorial paper covered boards to cover in a branch and flower design printed in gilt, blue, and green against a cream background. All edges gilt. 636pp. Binding represents a style which was extremely popular at the turn of the century noted for white spines and repeating small flower patterns in calico-like cloth or paper - obviously marketed to the feminine buyer.Notes
No publication date.
Owner's name and location erased from title page (Toledo, Ohio) still legibleRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Alexander SmithNotes
index, memoir.Related Entries
Notes
"Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works" (2015.7.222)- Different floral paper.
