The Golden Key: Stories of Deliverance / Henry Van Dyke
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.357
Description
Bound for Beauty #66
viii, 347 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.
Contents: To Avernus and out -- A Cast-off son -- The Sweet influence of the Pleiades -- A Queen's deliverance -- The Devil at sea -- A Wilful Andromeda -- A Sunflower in the West -- A Garden enclosed -- A Blind lamplighter -- A Garment of praise -- The Silver doctor -- "The Head that wears a crown."
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Short stories, 1920s
Dimensions
Height
7-3/4 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
1926
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Art nouveau cover design in gilt, orange and periwinkle blue of a large, ornate key stamped upon navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.
Signed binding, monogram "MA" to left of the key's pin.
Notes
Second printing.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)
Related Publications
Publication
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Notes
Gullans & Espey 290
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
