The Tent on the Beach and Dramatic Lyrics / John Greenleaf Whittier
2015.7.320
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
7-1/2 in
5 in
John Greenleaf Whittier
Charles H. WoodburyMarcia Oakes Woodbury
First
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1899
Riverside Press
Cambridge
Massachusetts
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with two matching panels in an elaborate art nouveau iris and seashell design with a crab at the base of each iris. Motif repeated to spine. Top edge gilt. Plum endpapers. Also seen in green and maroon cloth. Signed Margaret Armstrong binding. Monogram to left of crab in right corner.
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Featured on page 69.
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection