Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness / Henry Van Dyke

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.304

Description

Bound for Beauty #76 338 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (duotone) Contents: Prelude -- Little rivers -- A leaf of spearmint --Ampersand --A handful of heather -- The Ristigouche from a horse-yacht -- Alpenrosen and goat's milk -- Au large -- Trout-fishing in the Traun -- At the sign of the balsam bough -- A song after sundown.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Outdoor life, Fishing, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

Henry Van Dyke

Illustrator

Frank Vincent DuMond

Edition

First

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1903

Printer

Caxton Press

Place Printed

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Signed Margaret Armstrong art nouveau design of intertwining leaf, flower, and dragonflies in gilt, pale blue and green stamped on navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. Monogram at top center. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky

Notes

Featured on page 66-67.

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 279

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection