Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things / Henry Van Dyke
2015.7.306
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8 in
Henry Van Dyke
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1905
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Signed Margaret Armstrong Art Nouveau design of gilt fish swimming in a figure eight. Stamped in gilt, pale blue, and green on navy blue cloth. Gilt title and design to spine. One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyck titles issued by Scribners.
New Edition from new plates, October 1905. Former owner pasted illustrated seasonally-themed cut-outs to front and rear endpapers: Winter inside front, summer and autumn inside rear
United States
North America
The Art of American Book Covers 1875-1930 / Richard Minsky
Featured on page 66-67.
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullans & Espey 281
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection