A Weaver of Dreams / Myrtle Reed

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Weaver of Dreams / Myrtle Reed

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.347

Description

Bound for Beauty #57 374 p., [1] leaf of plates, frontis : col. ill. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

American fiction, 1910s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Myrtle Reed

Illustrator

A.J. Learned

Edition

First

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1911

Printer

Knickerbocker 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

Cover has elaborate art nouveau design stamped in gilt, ivory, pink, and green with flowers and butterflies. Bound in a lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

Related Places

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 212

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection