The Mystics: A Novel / Katherine Cecil Thurston
Book
Bound for Beauty #35
190 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill.
2015.7.301
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
7-1/2 in
Katherine Cecil Thurston
George Gibbs
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1907
Publisher's Binding- Art Deco
Distinctive black silk moire binding with wide diagonal red band bordered in gilt Egyptian trim motif runs the entire length of the book. Stylistic gilt lettering to the title enhances the mystique affect.
First edition, published April 1907.
Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 394]
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection