Forrest House / Mary J. Holmes

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Forrest House / Mary J. Holmes

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.241

Description

394 pages, plus 6 pages advertisements to rear.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Mary Jane Holmes

Publisher

G.W. Dillingham Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1907

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Notes

Bound in green cloth with an art nouveau design of fuschia-like pendular flowers suspended from a vertical stem. Larger flower stamped in gilt to cover. Publisher's device above name in gilt on spine.

Notes

No publication date. First published in 1879 in book form.