The Master's Violin / Myrtle Reed
2015.7.272
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8-1/4 in
Myrtle Reed
New YorkLondon
New York
United StatesEngland
North America
1904
Knickerbocker Press
1908
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Art nouveau gilt stamped design of intertwining iris by Margaret Armstrong. Binding is unsigned. Bound in ivory/grey cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles in gilt stamped iris design, but in variant cloth color and pale grey stamping to iris. One of a set of Reed titles which was issued at various times by Putnam, and is most commonly seen in lavender cloth. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.
January 1908 reprint.
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullans & Espey 205
Summer Publisher's Bindings