The One Hoss Shay With Its Companion Poems / Oliver Wendell Holmes
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.242
Description
79 pages. Tissue guarded frontis. Color illustrations throughout, with 13 plates and numerous text illustrations, all in color including head and tail pieces. Printed on the recto only. First edition in color (the black and white ink illustrations from the original edition were so popular that Pyle was asked to reproduce them here in color).
Companion poems of "The Deacon's Masterpiece, a Logical Story"; "How the Old Horse Won the Bet," and "The Broomstick Train, or The Return of the Witches."
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 in
Width
5-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Illustrator
Howard Pyle
Edition
First
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1905
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- 20th Century Blind Stamping
Binding Notes
Bound in dark brown vertical rib cloth with a decorative motif repeat pattern of a horse and buggy which is blind stamped on both covers and spine. Bright gilt titles to spine and cover. Top edge gilt.
