A Spinner in the Sun / Myrtle Reed

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Spinner in the Sun / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.276

Description

Bound for Beauty #56 393 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

1906

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

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Front cover stamped in gilt and ivory stamped design of a tree branch and spider web signed with the initials "SH" right underneath the ivory title banner. 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! Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.

Notes

May 1908 reprint. Flyleaf inscription: Jessie Hayes.

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

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection