Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness / Henry Van Dyke
Entry/Object ID
2019.4.30
Description
viii, 291 p. incl. index, [31] leaves of plates incl. frontis : ill.
This binding by Armstrong precedes the blue art nouveau design for the same title.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
7-3/4 in
Width
5-1/2 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
1900
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Bound in pale green smooth grain cloth with art nouveau stamped design in gilt, pale aqua, and green of an underwater scene. Green leafy plants grow from the lake bottom, with the water represented by horizontal aqua lines with extend to spine. Border and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt.
Signed MA in bottom right corner.
Compare to the Henry Van Dyke designed cover for Fisherman's Luck.
Notes
Copyright date 1895, later printing.
Relationships
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Notes
"Fisherman's Luck" 2015.7.203- binding designed by HVD after this one.
