Threads of Grey and Gold / Myrtle Reed

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Threads of Grey and Gold / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.278

Description

371 pages. Color frontis of a drawing by Clara M. Burd depicting a scene of George Washington courting Martha Custis, and a sepia portrait of Myrtle Reed, each with descriptive tissue guard. 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

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

1913

Printer

Knickerbocker Press

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Stamped Art Nouveau gilt and pink floral design by Margaret Armstrong signed with the initials "MA" at bottom of the flower's stem. A memorial edition of Reed's short stories and writing commentary. Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.

Notes

First edition, first printing. Endpaper inscription: 2444 Reed Threads of Grey & Gold. Presented to Hartford Library by Mr. G. S. Harrison Apr. 4, 1928., Library stamp on flyleaf and title page: West Hartford Library, West Hartford, Vermont. Signs of removed library checkout label.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 214