The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year / C. William Beebe
Book
345 pages. Tissue guarded color frontis, plus 51 color plates, illustrations from photos and drawings.
52 full page illustrations by Walter King Stone.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) and index.
2015.7.217
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Natural historyOutdoor books1900s
10 in
7-1/2 in
William Beebe
Walter King Stone
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1906
Publisher's Binding
Walter King Stone
Signed binding by Walter King Stone. Binding depicts a blazing sun setting over green fields with the sun's reflecting in a peaceful river. The scene is viewed through dark silhouetted tree trunks with a flock of birds in lighter green flying in the foreground. Motif is repeated on the decorated spine. All edges gilt.
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