Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works / Robert Burns
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.223
Description
636 pages.
"Campion Bookstore - 520 Summit St. Toledo, Ohio" bookseller's ticket on flyleaf
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
7-1/4 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Robert Burns
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1900
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- White Spine, Floral
Binding Notes
Bound in a wide white cloth spine stamped in an embossed gilt floral design. With glazed pictorial paper covered boards to cover in a branch and flower design printed in gilt, blue, and green against a cream background. All edges gilt. 636pp. Binding represents a style which was extremely popular at the turn of the century noted for white spines and repeating small flower patterns in calico-like cloth or paper - obviously marketed to the feminine buyer.
Notes
No publication date.
Owner's name and location erased from title page (Toledo, Ohio) still legible
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Alexander Smith
Notes
index, memoir.
Related Entries
Notes
"Robert Burns's Complete Poetical Works" (2015.7.222)- Different floral paper.
