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Flower of the Dusk / Myrtle Reed

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

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