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Real Folks / Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney

2015.7.206

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

1890s

7-1/4 in

A.D.T. Whitney

Real Folks Series

Boston

Massachusetts

United States

North America

1893

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Sarah Wyman Whitman

Design by Sarah Wyman Whitman. Bound in her signature three-part binding, dark green cloth spine gilt stamped with chrysanthemum and lettering. Lighter green cover stamped in black with three chrysanthemums and lettering ("Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney's Stories"). Binding shows a strong art nouveau vertical line with the design of the long stemmed flower which is repeated to the spine. Grey coated endpapers.

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