Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Boys, Fiction., 1890s, Social life and customs
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
5-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator
A.B. Frost
Edition
First
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1894
Printer
Riverside Press
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Designer
Sarah Wyman Whitman
Binding Notes
Book design by Sarah Wyman Whitman in a forest-green coarse-woven cloth with a crossed design composed of three vertical and horizontal lines with large floral outlines extending to the edge of the boards, the center of which has a gilt rectangle with the title in black. A line with the broken floral motif runs the vertical length of the spine through the center of the title, author, and publisher. This is a spine design feature that Whitman employed to great effect.
Relationships
Related Places
Place
State/Province
New Hampshire
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
