Major and Minor / W.E. Norris
Book
618 pages. Two volume set. Publisher's advertisements printed in red to endpapers.
Leisure Hour Series No. 205. Series began in the 1870s, thus the Japanese design.
2015.7.51
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1870s
6-3/4 in
a. Volume 1 b. Volume 2
W.E. Norris
Leisure Hour Series
H. HoltHenry Holt and Company
New York
New York
United States
North America
1887
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Bound in the uniform series binding of mustard colored cloth with black stamped diagonal Japanese-influenced design to front cover of a spider with web, an oak leaf and branch, and a small open fan. Spine has title in gilt with black stamping and Henry Holt publisher's device of owl. Stamping of reeds and cattails continues around to the rear cover.
Volume 2 (2015.7.61)