Name/Title
The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature / Henry Van DykeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.308Description
295 pages. Frontis, 8 black and white plates.
Contents: A lover of music.--The reward of virtue.--A brave heart.--The gentle life.--A friend of justice.--The white blot.--A year of nobility.--The keeper of the light.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Manners and customs, Fiction, 1900sBook Details
Author
Henry Van DykeIllustrator
Walter Appleton ClarkEdition
FirstPublisher
Charles Scribner's SonsPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1901Printer
Merrymount PressBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Unsigned Margaret Armstrong art nouveau cover design in gilt and dark green pine cones stamped upon navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine.
One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.Notes
Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press.
