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England / Frank Fox

2015.7.335

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Manners and customsDescription and travel1910s

9 in

Frank Fox

Reprint

London

England

1918

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

A.A. Turbayne

Distinctively bound in bright red decorated cloth with an art nouveau pattern of rose and stem printed in yellow, red and green within a yellow framed border. Pattern repeats to spine. Titles in gilt to spine and pale green to front board. Signed binding. This scarab design is a simplified version of Turbayne's initials. Note: Same binding and cloth as "Familiar London", another Black title. Only difference is a different shade of pink for the rose petals.

Published in 1914 with 32 illustrations. Reprinted in 1918 with 64 illustrations.

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