Name/Title
Days Off and Other Digressions / Henry Van DykeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.303Description
Bound for Beauty #80
322 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill.
Contents: Days off -- A holiday in a vacation -- His other engagement -- Books that I loved as a boy -- Among the Quantock Hills -- Between the lupin and the laurel -- Little Red Tom -- Silverhorns -- Notions about novels -- Some remarks on gulls -- Leviathan -- The art of leaving off.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
American essays, 1900sBook Details
Author
Henry Van DykeIllustrator
Frank Schoonover, F. FrithEdition
ReprintPublisher
Charles Scribner's SonsPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1907Date Printed
1914Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
Margaret ArmstrongBinding Notes
Signed Margaret Armstrong art nouveau floral cover design in gilt, pale blue, pale green and white 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. Top edge gilt.
Monogram MA negative stamped at bottom of gilt panel, to the right of center.Notes
1914 Reprint Edition.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)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 283Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
