#publishersbindingthursday
“A Man of Two Countries” by Alice Harriman, from our Nina Baym Western Women Writers Collection is unique in the fact that it is not only written by a woman, but also published by the author’s own publishing company!
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This is an example of one of the most detailed publishers’ binding covers in the Nina Baym Western Women Writers Collection. The story is a classic example of the Western fiction in the Baym Collection.
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An early ghost story by John Oxenham (pseudonym of William Arthur Dunkerley), The Cedar Box [Y91 O98ce 1927] is also a beautiful example of a #publishersbinding. #publishersbindingthursday #thecedarbox #johnoxenham #shortstory #ahtl
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This time of year is gift-giving season, and around here that means gift books!
Literary annuals embellished with lots of illustrations and done up in fancy bindings, gift books were all the rage between the 1820s-1850s. They were typically published towards the end of the year, just in time for the holidays.
This edition of the Token for 1830 is bound in purple moiré silk, and the title simply and elegantly stamped in gold on the spine.
The Token. (Boston, [1829])
Foliage report from the stacks: 100% *heart eyes*
T.F. Thiselton Dyer. The Folk-lore of plants (London, 1889)
What a stunner! Absolutely loving this gilt cover decoration.
The design is signed “S. C.” in the lower curves - any ideas on who this is?
Joseph Shaylor. The pleasures of literature and the solace of books. New York, 1898.
This one is for all those moments when you suddenly find yourself raising a glass and in need of a few words. Cheers to you!
Every body’s Toast Book, and Convivial Companion. Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, [1851]
The Liberty Bell was issued in 15 editions between 1839 and 1858. This one, from 1848, is bound in white and red striped patterned book cloth, which was popular at the time. Compiled by the Friends of Freedom and issued for the Anti-Slavery Bazaar, it is one of the few gift books published in support of the abolitionist cause.
We’re celebrating the wonder of #trees for #Feathursday! Explore Tenants of the Trees (1907) by Clarence Hawkes, which was contributed for digitization by @amnh to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6478661
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