The Kindred of the Wild: A Book of Animal Life / Charles G.D. Roberts
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.284
Description
Bound for Beauty #53
374 p., [51] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill. (from drawings)
Advertisements to rear.
Contents: The animal story -- The moonlight trails -- The lord of the air -- Wild motherhood -- The homesickness of Kehonka -- Savoury meats -- The boy and Hushwing -- A treason of nature -- The haunter of the pine gloom -- The watchers of the camp-fire -- When twilight falls on the stump lots -- The king of the Mamozekel -- In panoply of spears.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Animals, Nature stories, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Book Details
Author
Charles G.D. Roberts
Illustrator
Charles Livingston Bull
Publisher
L.C. Page & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1902
Printer
C.H. Simonds & Company
Place Printed
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Printed
1922
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Designer
Amy M. Sacker
Binding Notes
Bound in light green cloth with a triple gilt ruled decoration to the front cover showing a stag with antlers standing on a ridge in silhouette before a gilt moon. In the foreground, through the trees, a gilt eyed hawk is soaring. Signed binding by Amy Sacker; her monogram is at the bottom of the far left tree. The spine is decorated with two gilt standing rabbits. Design is stamped in gilt and dark green. Deckled page edges.
Notes
19th impression, Dec 1922.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Colonial Press
Notes
printer.
Related Publications
Publication
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Notes
"Silhouetted by a golden moon, the elk on the hill creates a dramatic image behind Bradley-style trees. The gold title advances, creating tension. But below the title Amy Sacker gives a twist to the picture plane, with a gold-eyed owl coming toward us, pulling the space around it forward as it flies through the trees." (page 41)
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
