Flower of the Dusk / Myrtle Reed
Book
iv, 341 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 col. ill.
One of a set of Reed's titles issued by Putnam. Black bordered text with red lettering on page headers.
2019.4.6
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
8 in
5-1/4 in
Myrtle Reed
New YorkLondon
New York
United StatesEngland
North America
1908
Knickerbocker Press
1909
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Art nouveau front cover gilt and ivory stamped design of trees and central flower. Notable for design change of cover title now outlined in dark purple, making the title much stronger. Top edge gilt, deckled page edges. Signed binding, "MA" at bottom right side, within a loop of the stylized roots.
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullens & Espey 209