Master of the Vineyard / Myrtle Reed

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Master of the Vineyard / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.281

Description

Bound for Beauty #55 372 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. 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

Illustrator

Blendon Campbell

Edition

First

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

1910

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

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Art Nouveau gilt and purple grapevine design by Margaret Armstrong in a signed binding with the initials "MA" located outside of the vine circle, towards the bottom right. One of a set of Reed titles issued at various times by Putnam. Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.

Notes

Second printing 1910 a month after publication.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 211

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection