Posson Jone and Pere Raphael / George W. Cable

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Posson Jone and Pere Raphael / George W. Cable

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.224

Description

162 pages. 8 full color plates and a title vignette.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Fiction, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

George Washington Cable

Illustrator

Stanley Massey Arthurs

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1909

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Margaret Armstrong designed decorative cloth binding in French blue cloth with titles and gilt design to cover and spine. Cover depicts a shelf with two white vases with flowers under a large wall sconce with candles. Monogram of "MA" in vase on right. Top edge gilt. Plain endpapers.

Notes

Owner's name and date [1911] to title page.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Louisiana

Country

United States

Continent

North America