Bound for Beauty #30
362 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Frontier and pioneer life, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
7-3/4 in
Book Details
Author
Marah Ellis Ryan
Illustrator
John Clitheroe Gilbert
Publisher
Rand, McNally & Company
Place Published
City
Chicago
State/Province
Illinois
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1905
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Alberta Hall
Binding Notes
Bound in green cloth with red outlined gilt stamped art nouveau design to cover and spine. Unsigned binding attributed to Alberta Hall according to John Lehner, quoted in Minsky.
This design has also been seen on "An Arkansas Planter" by Opie Read, published by Rand McNally.
Notes
No publication date.
Front endpaper has multiple stamps and handwritten owner's marks for David W. Rust, Detroit, Michigan.
Relationships
Related Places
Place
Region
Lincoln County Region
State/Province
Montana
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Related Publications
Publication
American Decorated Publisher's Bindings 1872-1929. Collected and Described by Richard Minsky
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
