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Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness / Henry Van Dyke

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Bound for Beauty #76 338 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (duotone) Contents: Prelude -- Little rivers -- A leaf of spearmint --Ampersand --A handful of heather -- The Ristigouche from a horse-yacht -- Alpenrosen and goat's milk -- Au large -- Trout-fishing in the Traun -- At the sign of the balsam bough -- A song after sundown.
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2015.7.304

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Outdoor lifeFishing1900s

8 in

Henry Van Dyke

Frank Vincent DuMond

First

New York

New York

United States

North America

1903

Caxton Press

New York

New York

United States

North America

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Margaret Armstrong

Signed Margaret Armstrong art nouveau design of intertwining leaf, flower, and dragonflies in gilt, pale blue and green stamped on navy blue cloth. Gilt titles and design to spine. Monogram at top center. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.

The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky

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