Name/Title
Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks / Ralph ConnorEntry/Object ID
2015.7.227Description
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' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Lumber camps, Fiction, 1900sBook Details
Author
Ralph ConnorIllustrator
Louis F. GrantEdition
ReprintPublisher
Grosset & DunlapPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1901Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Unidentified DesignerBinding 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 MountainsState/Province
British ColumbiaCountry
CanadaExhibition
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