109 pages. Illustrated with 6 leaves of colored full page tissue guarded plates. Art Nouveau bordered text illustrations to each page by Armstrong. Stated First Edition.
Also seen in light lavender cloth with purple, blue, and white floral designs.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Upper class, Fiction, 1990s
Dimensions
Height
9 in
Book Details
Author
Paul Leicester Ford
Illustrator
Howard Chandler Christy
Edition
First
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1902
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Binding Designer
Margaret Armstrong
Binding Notes
Bound in bright green cloth with Art Nouveau signed binding by Armstrong in dark green and white with bordered title in gilt. Gilt titles and nouveau design to spine. Top edge gilt. Issued as a companion volume to Wanted - A Matchmaker, Ford's book published by Dodd, Mead two years earlier. It is one of the more desired Margaret Armstrong books, since she provided not only the cover design but also the margin decoration for each page.
