Name/Title
England / Frank FoxEntry/Object ID
2015.7.335Description
206 pages. Frontis, 64 tissue guarded color illustrations, map at rear.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Manners and customs, Description and travel, 1910sBook Details
Author
Frank FoxEdition
ReprintPublisher
A. and C. BlackDate Published
1918Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art NouveauBinding Designer
A.A. TurbayneBinding Notes
Distinctively bound in bright red decorated cloth with an art nouveau pattern of rose and stem printed in yellow, red and green within a yellow framed border. Pattern repeats to spine. Titles in gilt to spine and pale green to front board.
Signed binding. This scarab design is a simplified version of Turbayne's initials.
Note: Same binding and cloth as "Familiar London", another Black title. Only difference is a different shade of pink for the rose petals.Notes
Published in 1914 with 32 illustrations. Reprinted in 1918 with 64 illustrations.Relationships
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Notes
"Familiar London" 2015.7.215
