The Weavers: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago / Gilbert Parker

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Weavers: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago / Gilbert Parker

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.266

Description

532 pages. Black and white frontis and 8 plates. Glossary of Egyptian words. From the publisher's advertisement: "A tale of rural England and the glittering Orient. A sturdy Quaker youth in the toils of Mohammedan Egypt."

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Society of Friends, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Gilbert Parker

Illustrator

Andre Castaigne

Edition

First

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1907

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Deco

Binding Designer

Decorative Designers

Binding Notes

Olive green cloth art deco binding with Egyptian motif in gilt and red to cover and spine. Signed binding by the Decorative Designers: monogram is on the right wing of the scarab. Black and white frontis and 8 plates.