The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales / Henry Van Dyke
Book
xiv, 370 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.)
Color frontis, 6 black and white plates.
One of a series of uniform bindings designed by Armstrong for Van Dyke titles issued by Scribners.
2019.4.12
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
7-3/4 in
5 in
Henry Van Dyke
Garth Jones
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1912
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Bound in navy cloth with art nouveau cover design of tree, fruit, and flower in gilt, pale blue, and rust stamping. Gilt title and design to spine. Top edge gilt, untrimmed page edges.
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullens and Espey 285