Threads of Grey and Gold / Myrtle Reed
2015.7.278
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1900s
8-1/4 in
Myrtle Reed
First
New YorkLondon
New York
United StatesEngland
North America
1913
Knickerbocker Press
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Margaret Armstrong
Stamped Art Nouveau gilt and pink floral design by Margaret Armstrong signed with the initials "MA" at bottom of the flower's stem. A memorial edition of Reed's short stories and writing commentary. Bound in lavender cloth with elaborate gilt spine decoration and titling. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges.
First edition, first printing. Endpaper inscription: 2444 Reed Threads of Grey & Gold. Presented to Hartford Library by Mr. G. S. Harrison Apr. 4, 1928., Library stamp on flyleaf and title page: West Hartford Library, West Hartford, Vermont. Signs of removed library checkout label.
Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings (1991)
Gullans & Espey 214