Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe / George Eliot
Book
249 pages.
Notable for use of a single stamping color to create the design and the lack of gilt stamping- a much less expensive production cost.
Inferior paper and printing- an example of cheap book production.
2015.7.85
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sCheap book production
7-1/2 in
5 in
George Eliot
Oxford Edition
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Blue cloth stamped in black with ruled elaborate border surrounding an embossed mythical creature standing on two books and holding a third with "Oxford Edition" stamped beneath. Motif repeated to spine. Wide, gilt stamped title band to spine. Green floral endpapers.
No publication date.