Companionable Books / Henry Van Dyke
Book
Bound for Beauty #78
391 p., [8] leaves of plates.
On illustration list page, a small paragraph explains Armstrong's symbolism on cover design.
Contents: The Book of books -- Poetry in the Psalms -- The good enchantment of Dickens -- Thackeray and real men -- George Eliot and real women -- The poet of immortal youth (Keats) -- The recovery of joy (Wordsworth) -- "The glory of the imperfect" (Browning) -- A quaint comrade by quiet streams (Walton) -- A sturdy believer (Samuel Johnson) -- A Puritan plus poetry (Emerson) -- An adventurer in a velvet jacket (Stevenson).
2015.7.310
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
LiteratureHistory and criticism1900s
8 in
Henry Van Dyke
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1922
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Signed Margaret Armstrong art nouveau cover design in gilt and aquamarine stamped upon navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. Monogram top center. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.
Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullans & Espey 289
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection