The Golden Key: Stories of Deliverance / Henry Van Dyke

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Golden Key: Stories of Deliverance / Henry Van Dyke

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.357

Description

Bound for Beauty #66 viii, 347 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. Contents: To Avernus and out -- A Cast-off son -- The Sweet influence of the Pleiades -- A Queen's deliverance -- The Devil at sea -- A Wilful Andromeda -- A Sunflower in the West -- A Garden enclosed -- A Blind lamplighter -- A Garment of praise -- The Silver doctor -- "The Head that wears a crown."

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Short stories, 1920s

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

Henry Van Dyke

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1926

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

Margaret Armstrong

Binding Notes

Art nouveau cover design in gilt, orange and periwinkle blue of a large, ornate key 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. Signed binding, monogram "MA" to left of the key's pin.

Notes

Second printing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

Related Publications

Publication

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Notes

Gullans & Espey 290

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection