Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.55
Description
65 pages. Illustrations.
Compare to the similar binding of Whittier's "Mabel Martin," which at first glance appears to be a uniform binding, but is actually by a different publisher and is a close design match, but not identical, a common publishing practice in the 1870s and 1880s.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1870s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/2 in
Width
6 in
Book Details
Author
John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1867
Date Printed
circa 1870
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Victorian
Binding Notes
Bound in bright blue colored cloth black stamped double crossed lines surrounding a central gilt-stamped square containing the title and vertical sheafs of grains, ice-covered twigs, and pinecones. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Gilt titles to spine.
