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
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
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1885. Hardcover. Octavo size, 128 pp. A delightful volume of poetry paired with lovely floral chromolithographs, in a gorgeous publisher's decorate trade binding. Susie Barstow Skelding (1857-1934) selected the poems and produced the illustrations, this volume one of a series she produced with flowers..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1911. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 140 pp., inscribed by George Sterling (most likely) to San Francisco actress Katharine Emmet. Poet and playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was much acclaimed on the Pacific coast; a prolific poet, Sterling was part of the group of writers and artists in..... More
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
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1906. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 392 pp. 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..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company [printed at The Country Life Press], c. 1916. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 394 pp. In 1916, the "Great War" was still raging in Europe; here in the States, while its impacts were felt to a degree, life centered more on discovering a country..... More