Friday, May 4, 2012
1908 Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau - Margaret Armstrong Binding
1908 CAPE COD BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU
ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFTON JOHNSON
BINDING DESIGNED BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG
*** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EXQUISITE FINE BINDING ~ ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHS ~ CLASSIC ***
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1908.
• First Edition of this version - not explicitly stated, but 1908 copyright and no additional printings noted
• measures about 8.5'' x 6''
• beautiful decorative publisher's green cloth fine binding designed by Margaret Armstrong and signed with her monogram at lower right
• ornate embossed stamping in gold gilt and red
• textblock top edge gilt, otherwise deckle edges
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• vignette title page printed in red and black
• illustrated with full-page plates of photographs by Clifton Johnson
• 319 pages
This book is available for sale in my Ebay store. Please click here to go to the item page.
This book is available for sale in my Ebay store. Please click here to go to the item page.
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