Marshfield, the observer, and The death dance; studies of character and action.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castle, Egerton, 1858-1920.

Contributor:

Hazenplug, Frank, 1874-1931, binding designer.

H.S. Stone & Co., publisher.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1900.

Signed bindings (Binding) -- 1900.

Serifs (Type evidence)

Old Style types (Type evidence)

Laid papers (Paper)

Watermarks (Paper)

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Death-dance

The death dance.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Stone, 1900.

Contents:

Marshfield, the observer.

Mrs. Tollmage.

Guests of the wolfmaster.

Devil's whisper.

Herd-widdiefow.

Endymion in barracks.

Death-dance.

Mrs. Tollmage

The guests of the wolfmaster

The devil's whisper

The herd-widdiefow

Endymion in barracks

The death-dance.

Notes:

"Printer not given; Caslon and Ronaldson Old Style types; laid paper with watermark five"--Kramer.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: "Binding designed by Frank Hazenplug; spine of blue cloth ruled in blind and lettered in white; sides of blue-grey boards; rules, lettering and floral design in blue and white, on front, rules in blue, circular monogram on blue ground, on back"--Kramer; signed with interlocking FH.

Athenaeum copy: "Midnight blue-black cloth spine with cream title, gray paper boards stamped with cream and midnight teal-black rose and leaf design, cream title" -- Minsky.

Athenaeum copy: T.p. stamped: "Received May 15 1900 The Athenaeum"

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Cited in:

Kramer, S. History of Stone & Kimball, 248

Minsky, Richard. American decorated publishers' bindings, 1872-1929 (electronic resource), v. 3, pg. 36

Publishers' Bindings Online 1815-1930 http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/sitesearch.html PBO.pbw01356.bib

OCLC:

1298344