The Poetic New World: A Little Book For Tourists / Lucy H. Humphrey
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.245
Description
Bound for Beauty #44
526 p.
Also issued in red cloth with slightly different details to rear design. Companion to "The Poetic Old World" and "The Open Road."
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Poetry of places, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
6-1/4 in
Book Details
Editor
Lucy H. Humphrey
Edition
First
Publisher
H. Holt and Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1908
Printer
Stanhope Press F.H. Gilson Company
Place Printed
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Binding Designer
Bertha Stuart
Binding Notes
Bound in flexible green diagonal-fine-rib-grain cloth in a wrap-around design, an unsigned binding by Bertha Stuart. (Stuart designed the companion volume). Black and white photographic scenic endpapers. All edges gilt. Design is a scene of tall Pacific Northwest evergreens growing against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains and hanging clouds. Title is within a framed center rectangle with a motif of elongated clouds. This motif is carried over the spine and onto the top of the entire rear cover, where a group of clouds hang before the treeline. The entire design is created using only bright and matte gilt. The overall effect of the design is very Asian inspired. The right left corner, also in gilt, has the Henry Holt monogram with owl (very unusual).
Relationships
Related Places
Place
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
