The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier / John Greenleaf Whittier
Entry/Object ID
2019.4.37
Description
xxi, 656 p. incl. index, [1] frontis plate (photogravure) : 129 ill.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
5-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston, New York
State/Province
Massachusetts, New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1904
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in olive green fine ribbed cloth with a simple, elegant design of four bisecting horizontal and vertical lines, forming 1/1/4 inch corners, where a gilt wreath and bow is placed. Title in center stamped in gilt. Gilt wreath is also placed to top and bottom of spine.
Binding has features of Sarah Wyman Whitman due to stylistic devices of corner decoration within a ruled grid and the employment of wreaths, which is seen throughout her work.
The design for the Household Series was changed from an earlier design - see The Poetical Works of Tennyson designed by Whitman.
