Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things / Henry Van Dyke
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.203
Description
247 pages. 13 black and white 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
Fishing, 1890s
Dimensions
Height
7-3/4 in
Book Details
Author
Henry Van Dyke
Edition
Walton Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1899
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Henry Van Dyke
Binding Notes
Bound in pale green cloth with art nouveau stamped design in gilt and green of fish outlined in gilt swimming among tendrils of water lilies. Horizontal motif repeated on spine. Signed HVD, [Henry Van Dyke] to cover. Armstrong did matching design for Little Rivers.
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1968)
Notes
Attributed to Margaret Armstrong (240)
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Notes
Gullans and Espey reject their previous attribution to Armstrong in the second edition. "A rough imitation of Item 275 [Little Rivers]." (p. 125)
The cover design is attributed to him in The Book Buyer, 19 (September 1899), 84.
