The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
Book
238 pages, plus 2 pages advertisements.
Notable for the use of a single stamping color to create the design and the lack of gilt stamping- a much less expensive production cost. Inferior paper and printing. Emblematic of cheap book production
2015.7.125
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sCheap book production
7-1/2 in
5 in
Robert Louis Stevenson
Oxford Edition
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Terra cotta cloth stamped in black with ruled elaborate border surrounding an embossed mythical creature standing on two books and holding a third with "Oxford Edition" stamped beneath. Motif repeated to spine. Wide, gilt stamped title band to spine. Green floral endpapers.
No publication date.