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The Golden Key: Stories of Deliverance / Henry Van Dyke

2015.7.356

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Short stories1920s

7-3/4 in

Henry Van Dyke

First

New York

New York

United States

North America

1926

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Margaret Armstrong

Art nouveau cover design in gilt, orange and periwinkle blue of a large, ornate key stamped upon navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. Notable for very scarce dust jacket priced at 2.00. Jacket repeats spine and cover designs. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.

Faint flyleaf inscription: To the Douglass [unclear]. From Closter Millun [?] [unclear].

Margaret Armstrong Binding Collection (Library of Congress)

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