Love Finds The Way / Paul Leicester Ford

Name/Title

Love Finds The Way / Paul Leicester Ford

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.235

Description

107 pages. 5 leaves of black and white plates with tissue guards. Stated First Edition. Art Nouveau bordered text illustrations to each page, designed by Margaret Armstrong.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Book Details

Author

Paul Leicester Ford

Illustrator

Harrison Fisher

Edition

First

Publisher

Dodd, Mead & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1904

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with Art Nouveau signed binding by Armstrong stamped in a pale green, gilt and white flower and vine design surrounding the central oval title in gilt. Gilt titles and similar motif nouveau design to spine. Top edge gilt. One of the more desired Margaret Armstrong books, since she provided not only the cover design but also the margin decorations for each page. Binding variously issued in dark green cloth with gold lettering, white cloth with gold lettering, and pale green cloth with silver lettering. Cf. Gullans & Espey.

Notes

Flyleaf inscription: Hattie Oliver Milbury. Winchester, Mass. Winter of 1921-'22.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

Related Publications

Publication

The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky

Notes

Featured on page 70.