Bound for Beauty #33
127 p. : ill.
Distinctive title page printed in black and green reads "Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong."
Stunning black and white photos chronicle a vanished way of life among Southern African-American families at the turn of the century. The equally distinctive text features a green wreath of floral decoration surrounding a Dunbar poem, with the opposite page featuring a photograph.
Contents: Dinah kneading dough -- Dat ol' mare o' mine -- A spring wooing -- The old front gate -- Fishin' -- When dey listed Colored soldiers -- Lullaby -- Song of summer -- At candle-lightin' time.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
African Americans, Poetry, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-3/4 in
Width
5-3/4 in
Book Details
Author
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Illustrator
Hampton Institute Camera Club
Edition
First
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1901
Printer
University Press ; John Wilson and Son)
Place Printed
City
Cambridge
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Bound in olive green linen-weave cloth in an unsigned art nouveau Margaret Armstrong binding. Spine in elaborate bright gilt stamping, cover design is stamped in black, maroon, cream, and gilt and depicts a field of flowers (cotton plants?) reaching up to a gilt moon within a black bordered frame of flowers. Top edge gilt.
Notes
Stated first edition published October 1901. Title page date of 1902, 2nd State (title in green on title-page).
Owner's name to front endpaper dated 1903.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Person or Organization
Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)
Person or Organization
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong
Notes
binding designer.
Related Publications
Publication
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Notes
Featured on page 71.
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
