The man behind the book : essays in understanding / by Henry Van Dyke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933, author.

Contributor:

Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.

Scribner Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, English.

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Authors, American.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

American essays--20th century.

American essays.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Essays.

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1929.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Physical Description:

xi, [5], 357, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations (black- & -white), portraits, frontispiece, plates ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

[New York, New York] : The Scribner Press.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Contents:

Lights in poetry

Problematic natures in English literature

Four noteworthy modern novels.

Notes:

Title in red and black; frontispiece guard sheet present; copyright and manufacture statements from title verso.

Local Notes:

Binding is similar to those designed by Margaret Armstrong, but it is signed [E?].L.F.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1 (Scribner's 23) has protective wrapper.

OCLC:

596932