The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm / John Williams Streeter

Name/Title

The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm / John Williams Streeter

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.298

Description

406 pages, plus advertisements. Frontis.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Agriculture, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

John Williams Streeter

Edition

First

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1904

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Deco

Binding Notes

Bound in dark brown fine ribbed cloth with a white bordered stylized art deco design of upright shafts of wheat. Titles in gilt. Spine has repeating motif of 3 wheat shafts.

Notes

First edition, first printing. Flyleaf inscription: "Ralph to Papa. April 13th 1904"