Lavender and Old Lace / Myrtle Reed

Name/Title

Lavender and Old Lace / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.271

Description

Bound for Beauty #58 267 p. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Myrtle Reed

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Place Published

City

New York, London

State/Province

New York

Country

United States, England

Continent

North America

Date Published

1902

Printer

Knickerbocker Press

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1908

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Front cover has elaborate art nouveau gilt and ivory design signed by Margaret Armstrong with the initials "MA," at the bottom of the decorated panel. One of a set of Reed titles isssued at various times by Putnam. All are bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Set has also been seen in pale grey cloth. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.

Notes

May 1908 reprint.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 202

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection