The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth / William Wordsworth
Book
951 p., [2] plates (frontis and t.p.)
An example of cheap book production, in which the publisher invested heavily in the cover materials and decoration, in order to better sell the book, but printed the text on thin, inferior paper.
2019.4.35
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8-1/2 in
5-1/2 in
William Wordsworth
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1900
Publisher's Binding- Cheap Book Production
Bound in olive green vertically-ribbed cloth with an art nouveau gilt stamped central rectangular panel of a hanging fuchsia vine and title to the front cover. Gilt ruled border. Elaborate gilt stamped fuchsia design to full length of spine. Top edge gilt.
n.d.