Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1904). Kennedy, J.W. Ferguson [Mrs.]. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 48 pp., with scarce original dust jacket. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), author of the classic and much-loved "Little Women" books, abolitionist and feminist, grew up surrounded by many of the 19th-century literary lights of New England, including... More about Morning Glories and Queen Aster
New York: A. L. Burt Company (Copyright 1905 by Little, Brown, and Company), 1905. Hardcover. An exceptionally bright copy of this very early twentieth-century work; we cannot find a signature of the binding designer, alas. It has a lovely scene of a meadow with a pine tree, snow-capped mountains in... More about The Rim of the Desert
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company (1892), 1892. Hardcover. Although a reprint, with rather poor print quality and pages which are toning, we offer this book for the lovely binding. The front board has white lettering, a lovely design of snowdrops in green and white, and inset in the middle is a.... More about The Little Minister
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press (1906), 1906. Coburn, Frederick Simpson (illustrations); Armstrong, Margaret (binding, endpapers, and title page). Hardcover. Duodecimo size, [48] pp. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong with initials MA within design, printed on Japanese vellum paper; overall design is striking, it is a wonderful... More about The Last Ride Together (Margaret Armstrong binding
Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company Limited, 1908. Kimball, Alonzo. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Toronto imprint, duodecimo size, 412 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often... More about Kincaid's Battery
New York: Harper & Brothers (1917), 1917. Hardcover. A simple yet lovely binding, with a decorative gilt shield on the front, gilt lettering on the spine; tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Front board is fine and unrubbed, the corners, head and tail of the spine are minimally rubbed. The interior is bright... More about Out of a Clear Sky
New York: John Lane Company, 1918. Hardcover. Although a reprint, we offer this book for the binding which is simple yet effective. Bound in brown cloth, the front board has a gilt rectangle with gilt lettering and a depiction of a gatling gun, also in gilt; the spine has gilt... More about Carry On, Letters in Wartime
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. Hardcover. A very simple yet lovely binding, with gilt lettering on the front and spine, also a blind-embossed decoration reminiscent of a flower on both front and spine; tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. Front board is fine and unrubbed, the corners, head and tail of the... More about The Desired Woman, A Novel
New York: Hinds & Noble Publishers, 1903. Schamberg, Morton Livingston. Hardcover. Quarto size, 116 pp., with engraved frontis and art nouveau title-page. A collection of songs of the University of Pennsylvania Alma Mater embellished with a lovely art deco title page by Frederick Thomas Bigger (class of '03). A mosaic... More about Songs of the University of Pennsylvania; Brought Under One Cover by William Otto Miller '04, With...
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1912. Hardcover. A simple binding, with white lettering on the front and spine, also the design of an anchor on both front and spine; tissue-guarded colour frontispiece of a young lady leaning against a ship, her shapely stockinged legs having one knee bent, the other... More about Blue Anchor Inn
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, c. 1912. Hardcover. First printing with Margaret Armstrong's binding design, duodecimo size, 144 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of... More about The Song of the Cardinal
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 210 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of well-known... More about Love Affairs of Literary Men
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1904). Relyea, C. M., Vawter, Will. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 91 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of well-known... More about A Defective Santa Claus
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Forestier, A. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 328 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of well-known authors such as Charles... More about Mrs. Cliff's Yacht
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 296 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of well-known authors such as Charles Dickens, Robert... More about Fisherman's Luck; And Some Other Uncertain Things
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 314 pp. The designs of Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944), utilising the Art Nouveau style and floral patterns, were a sensation in the publishing business; Armstrong created over 270 book designs, often for the works of well-known authors such as Charles... More about Nature for Its Own Sake; First Studies in Natural Appearances
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Hardcover. A lovely decorated binding, although we cannot find any signature of the binder, alas. Bound in yellow cloth, the front board with red and green lettering, an art deco floral design on the bottom two-thirds of the board in red, green and... More about David Harum, A Story of American Life
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company (1915), 1916. Fogarty, Thomas. Hardcover. A lovely decorated publisher's binding; we cannot find a signature of the binding designer, alas. The scene on the front board is of a city next to a bay, mountains in the distance and a white sky... More about The Gray Dawn
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. Hardcover. A lovely example of a decorated publisher's binding; we cannot find a signature of the binding designer, alas. The scene on the front board depicts a touring car pulled up in front of a mansion, which one views through a.... More about The Lightening Conductor Discovers America
New York: A.L. Burt Company (Copyright 1911 by Harold Bell Wright), 1911. Cootes, F. Graham. Hardcover. A lovely binding with a pictorial onlay of a young woman wearing a cowboy hat, several black and white illustrations bound in. Front board is fine and unrubbed, the corners, head and tail of... More about The Winning of Barbara Worth