A Spinner in the Sun / Myrtle Reed
2015.7.277
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8-1/4 in
Myrtle Reed
First
LondonNew York
EnglandUnited States
New York
North America
1906
Knickerbocker Press
New York
New York
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Unidentified Designer
In original slipcase printed in green floral pattern with replicated design of spider web and tree. Box has wear but is sturdy and intact. Bound in the variant grey cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Top edge gilt. Cover in gilt and ivory stamped design of a tree branch and spider web, signed with the initials "SH" underneath the ivory title ribbon. One of a set of Reed titles issued in the same set at various times by Putnam and designed by Armstrong - but not this one! Deckled page edges.
Second printing, a month after publication. Endpaper inscriptions: J. J. Flynn [stamped] Nellie F. Flynn [written].
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
"The illustration in PTLA (1906), p. 23, differs considerably in detail and in the distribution of the lettering from the published design. Apparently one S.H. was hired to rework the design." Gullans & Espey 207