Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things / Henry Van Dyke
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.306
Description
Bound for Beauty #81
285 p., [8] leaves of plates
Contents: Fisherman's luck.--The thrilling moment.--Talkability.--A wild strawberry.--Lovers and landscape.--A fatal success.--Fishing in books.--A Norwegian honeymoon.--Who owns the mountains?--A lazy, idle brook.--The open fire.--A slumber song.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
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
1905
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Signed Margaret Armstrong Art Nouveau design of gilt fish swimming in a figure eight. Stamped in gilt, pale blue, and green on navy blue cloth. Gilt title and design to spine.
One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyck titles issued by Scribners.
Notes
New Edition from new plates, October 1905.
Former owner pasted illustrated seasonally-themed cut-outs to front and rear endpapers: Winter inside front, summer and autumn inside rear
Relationships
Related Places
Place
Country
United States
Continent
North America
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 281
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
