The God of Things: A Novel of Modern Egypt / Florence Brooks Whitehouse
Book
288 pages. Black and white frontis illustration by the author, 4 leaves of plates.
2015.7.317
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8 in
5-1/4 in
Florence Brooks Whitehouse
First
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1902
Publisher's Binding- Art Deco
Olive fine-ribbed cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and cover with art deco stylized Egyptian lotus flower design on front board. Egyptian themes were often used in the first decade of the twentieth century due to the extensive archeological explorations being done by the British.
Endpaper notation: Portland, Maine author (Mrs. Robert Treat Whitehouse)
Egypt
Summer Publisher's Bindings