The Upas Tree: A Christmas Story for All the Year / Florence L. Barclay
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.330
Description
287 pages, plus 4 pages of advertising to the rear. Tissue guarded color frontis, color illustrations.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Christmas stories, 1910s
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Florence L. Barclay
Edition
First
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place Published
City
New York, London
State/Province
New York
Country
United States, England
Continent
North America
Date Published
1912
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- 20th Century Blind Stamping
Binding Notes
Bound in bright purple cloth with a blind stamped art nouveau cover surrounding a central oval containing the title and author in gilt. Blind stamping and gilt motif repeated on the spine. Spine color and gilt are bright with no sun fading common to this title.
Notes
Flyleaf inscription: H. A. B. Palmer Christmas 1912.
