Peter the Whaler / William H.G. Kingston
Book
389 pages. Two frontis illustrations.
Inferior paper and printing.
2015.7.92
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
WhalingFiction1880sCheap book productionEastlakeJaponisme
7-3/8 in
5 in
William Henry Giles Kingston
Kingston Series
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Bound in bright '80s green cloth with black stamping to cover and spine in a diagonal, Japanese-influenced design with floral and geometric patterns Gilt titles to cover and spine. Series title to cover on a diagonal stamped in black. Wide gold title band to spine. Patterned floral endpapers.
No publication date.