Told in the Hills / Marah Ellis Ryan

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Told in the Hills / Marah Ellis Ryan

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.292

Description

Bound for Beauty #30 362 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Frontier and pioneer life, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

Marah Ellis Ryan

Illustrator

John Clitheroe Gilbert

Publisher

Rand, McNally & Company

Place Published

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

circa 1905

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Alberta Hall

Binding Notes

Bound in green cloth with red outlined gilt stamped art nouveau design to cover and spine. Unsigned binding attributed to Alberta Hall according to John Lehner, quoted in Minsky. This design has also been seen on "An Arkansas Planter" by Opie Read, published by Rand McNally.

Notes

No publication date. Front endpaper has multiple stamps and handwritten owner's marks for David W. Rust, Detroit, Michigan.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

Lincoln County Region

State/Province

Montana

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Related Publications

Publication

American Decorated Publisher's Bindings 1872-1929. Collected and Described by Richard Minsky

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection