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Later Love Letters of a Musician / Myrtle Reed

2019.4.5

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

8 in

5-1/4 in

Myrtle Reed

New YorkLondon

New York

United StatesEngland

North America

1900

Knickerbocker Press

1910

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Margaret Armstrong

Bound in pale grey cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titles. Notable for the iris design created by embossing the pale grey cloth and stamping the background a subtle pale green. Front cover has elaborate art nouveau gilt stamped design of a woman's portrait in ivory. Top edge gilt, deckled page edges. Signed binding, "MA" at lower right side of gilt panel portrait.

Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)

Gullans & Espey 202

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