The Tent on the Beach and Dramatic Lyrics / John Greenleaf Whittier
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.320
Description
Bound for Beauty #51
110 p., [12] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill.
A collection of poems based on Whittier's summers at Hampton or Salisbury Beach.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
John Greenleaf Whittier
Illustrator
Charles H. Woodbury, Marcia Oakes Woodbury
Edition
First
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1899
Printer
Riverside Press
Place Printed
City
Cambridge
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with two matching panels in an elaborate art nouveau iris and seashell design with a crab at the base of each iris. Motif repeated to spine. Top edge gilt. Plum endpapers. Also seen in green and maroon cloth.
Signed Margaret Armstrong binding. Monogram to left of crab in right corner.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)
Related Publications
Publication
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Notes
Featured on page 69.
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
