Name/Title
Old Rose and Silver / Myrtle ReedEntry/Object ID
2015.7.275Description
364 pages. Color tissue guarded frontis by Walter Briggs. Tipped in informational sheet regarding availability of musical score.
Bordered text with red lettering on page headers.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Musicians, Fiction, 1900sBook Details
Author
Myrtle ReedIllustrator
Walter BiggsPublisher
G.P. Putnam's SonsPlace Published
City
New York, LondonState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States, EnglandContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1909Printer
Knickerbocker PressDate Printed
1909Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Art nouveau design stamped in silver and pink of roses climbing a trellis. Signed cover design by Margaret Armstrong with the initials "MA" in bottom left square. One of a set of uniform bindings issued at various times by Putnam. All are bound in pale lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.Notes
January 1909 reprint.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)Related Places
Place
Country
United StatesContinent
North AmericaRelated Publications
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)Notes
Gullans & Espey 210
