A Spinner in the Sun / Myrtle Reed

Name/Title

A Spinner in the Sun / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.277

Description

393 pages. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers. In original slipcase.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Myrtle Reed

Edition

First

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Place Published

City

London, New York

Country

England, United States

State/Province

New York

Continent

North America

Date Published

1906

Printer

Knickerbocker Press

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

In original slipcase printed in green floral pattern with replicated design of spider web and tree. Box has wear but is sturdy and intact. Bound in the variant grey cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Top edge gilt. Cover in gilt and ivory stamped design of a tree branch and spider web, signed with the initials "SH" underneath the ivory title ribbon. One of a set of Reed titles issued in the same set at various times by Putnam and designed by Armstrong - but not this one! Deckled page edges.

Notes

Second printing, a month after publication. Endpaper inscriptions: J. J. Flynn [stamped] Nellie F. Flynn [written].

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

"The illustration in PTLA (1906), p. 23, differs considerably in detail and in the distribution of the lettering from the published design. Apparently one S.H. was hired to rework the design." Gullans & Espey 207