Name/Title
The Haunters of the Silences: A Book of Animal Life / Charles G.D. RobertsEntry/Object ID
2015.7.283Description
316 pages, plus advertisements. Tissue guarded frontis, black and white illustrations.
Contents: The summons of the North.- The last barrier.- Answerers to the call.- The prisoners of the pitcher-plant.- The prowlers.- A stranger to the wild.- When the logs come down.- A duel in the deep.- The little tyrant of the burrows.- The Ringwaak buck.- The heron in the reeds.- In the deep of the silences.- On the night trail.- When the tide came over the marshes.- Under the ice-roof.- The terror of the air.- In the unknown dark.- The terror of the sea caves.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Animals, Anecdotes, 1900sBook Details
Author
Charles G.D. RobertsIllustrator
Charles Livingston BullPublisher
L.C. Page & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1905Date Printed
1918Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Designer
Charles Livingston BullBinding Notes
Bound in olive green cloth with a triple gilt ruled decoration to the front cover depicting a polar bear in an arctic landscape. Design is stamped in gilt, blue, white and black and attributed to Charles Livingston Bull. The spine is decorated with a gilt stamped animal head. Deckled page edges. Illustrated end papers.
Monogram "CL Bull" underneath polar bear's paw, on last section of white stamping.
Note: rubbing wear to the areas that are stamped in white; a common problem with books that were stamped in white, a pigmentation that easily flaked and rubbed.Notes
6th impression, Feb 1918.
