Name/Title
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things / Henry Van DykeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.306Description
Bound for Beauty #81
285 p., [8] leaves of plates
Contents: Fisherman's luck.--The thrilling moment.--Talkability.--A wild strawberry.--Lovers and landscape.--A fatal success.--Fishing in books.--A Norwegian honeymoon.--Who owns the mountains?--A lazy, idle brook.--The open fire.--A slumber song.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Henry Van DykeEdition
FirstPublisher
Charles Scribner's SonsPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1905Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Signed Margaret Armstrong Art Nouveau design of gilt fish swimming in a figure eight. Stamped in gilt, pale blue, and green on navy blue cloth. Gilt title and design to spine.
One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyck titles issued by Scribners.Notes
New Edition from new plates, October 1905.
Former owner pasted illustrated seasonally-themed cut-outs to front and rear endpapers: Winter inside front, summer and autumn inside rearRelationships
Related Places
Place
Country
United StatesContinent
North AmericaRelated Publications
Publication
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard MinskyNotes
Featured on page 66-67.Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)Notes
Gullans & Espey 281Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
