The Fifth String / John Philip Sousa

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Fifth String / John Philip Sousa

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.297

Description

124 pages. Tissue guarded color frontis, two full page color illustrations. Sousa, the "March King", was a composer, bandmaster, and author. This is his first book.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1990s

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

John Philip Sousa

Illustrator

Howard Chandler Christy

Edition

Reprint

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1902

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Notes

Lavender decorated cloth with blind stamped floral pattern with oval onlay color illustration of a woman. Titles in gilt to spine and cover. Deckled edges, as issued.

Notes

Early undated reprint edition. Flyleaf inscription: "Ella L. Bartlett"