The Golden Key: Stories of Deliverance / Henry Van Dyke
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.356
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
Edition
First
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. Notable for very scarce dust jacket priced at 2.00. Jacket repeats spine and cover designs. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.
Notes
Faint flyleaf inscription: To the Douglass [unclear]. From Closter Millun [?] [unclear].
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
