The Music Master / Charles Klein
2015.7.252
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
MusiciansFiction1900s
7-1/2 in
5-1/4 in
Charles Klein
Reprint
New York
New York
United States
North America
1909
Publishers' Binding- Onlay
Bound in pale yellow-green cloth with spine titles stamped in green. Decorated with a large pictorial onlay of a violin with titles printed in white. Pictoral onlays were a much less expensive means of decorating a cover - printing on paper instead of stamping on cloth. Can be compared to Porter's The Story of Marco to view a similar theme in a similar time period, but with varying different decorating approaches by the publishers.
Flyleaf inscription: Merry Xmas - Max. "The Music Master" to a Master of Music - Since the purchase of your violin I felt confident you would occupy a prominent position in the musical world - Bebe & Lucie
David Belasco