Name/Title
Wanted- A Chaperon / Paul Leicester FordEntry/Object ID
2015.7.236Description
109 pages. Illustrated with 6 leaves of colored full page tissue guarded plates. Art Nouveau bordered text illustrations to each page by Armstrong. Stated First Edition.
Also seen in light lavender cloth with purple, blue, and white floral designs.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Upper class, Fiction, 1990sBook Details
Author
Paul Leicester FordIllustrator
Howard Chandler ChristyEdition
FirstPublisher
Dodd, Mead & CompanyPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1902Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Bound in bright green cloth with Art Nouveau signed binding by Armstrong in dark green and white with bordered title in gilt. Gilt titles and nouveau design to spine. Top edge gilt. Issued as a companion volume to Wanted - A Matchmaker, Ford's book published by Dodd, Mead two years earlier. It is one of the more desired Margaret Armstrong books, since she provided not only the cover design but also the margin decoration for each page.Relationships
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City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North America
