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A Maid in Arcady / Ralph Henry Barbour

2017.11.7

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Classicism in literatureFiction1900s

8-1/2 in

Ralph Henry Barbour

Frederic J. von Rapp

First

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

United States

North America

1906

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Edward Stratton Holloway

Bound in beige-grey ribbed cloth; front board with an elaborate symmetrical frame stamped in gold, surrounding an oval paper onlay featuring a image of a girl in classical dress. The title and author are stamped in dark blue; spine with title and author stamped in gold. Possibly designed by Edward Stratton Holloway. Gilt top edge. Also seen in maroon and blue cloth covers.

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