146 p., [8] leaves of plates.
Art deco plates, some in full color, with tissue guards in a unique spider web pattern.
Mylar covered dust jacket.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1920s, Subscription
Dimensions
Height
9-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Honoré de Balzac
Illustrator
Donald Denton
Edition
First
Publisher
Peacock Press
Place Published
City
Chicago
State/Province
Illinois
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1928
Printer
Peacock Press
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Deco
Binding Notes
Elaborately decorated black cloth boards with black cloth overlay to front and rear in a gilt shell repeating motif. Gilt decoration and title to spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled edge heavy stock.
Notes
Privately Printed and Designed at The Sign of the Peacock. August 1928.
