Out-Of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit / Henry Van Dyke

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Out-Of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.307

Description

Bound for Beauty #79 325 p., [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. Contents: Travellers' joy -- Going up to Jerusalem -- The gates of Zion -- Mizpah and the Mount of Olives -- An excursion to Bethlehem and Hebron -- The temple and the sepulchre -- Jericho and Jordan -- A journey to Jerash -- The mountains of Samaria -- Galilee and the lake -- The springs of Jordan -- The road to Damascus. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Authors, American, Biography, 1900s, Description and travel

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Book Details

Author

Henry Van Dyke

Edition

First

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1908

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Unsigned Margaret Armstrong Art Nouveau cover design in gilt, coral, and two shades of green stamped upon navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. Notable for a lighter shade of coral, almost pink, stamping and a more green, rather than blue/green, stamping color than other First Editions.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

Person or Organization

Henry Van Dyke

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong

Notes

binding designer.

Related Places

Place

Country

Palestine

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 284

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection