The song of the cardinal / by Gene Stratton Porter ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924, author.

Contributor:

Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944, binding designer.

Bobbs-Merrill Company, publisher.

Braunworth & Co., printer.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardinals (Birds)--Fiction.

Cardinals (Birds).

Genre:

Fiction

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6501) (Schimmel 6502))

Physical Description:

[8], 135, [1] pages, [6] leaves of color plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Press of Braunworth & Co.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1912]

Notes:

Title, half-title, and dedication pages have vignettes and floral borders.

Cloth binding designed by Margaret Armstrong. Cf. Gullans & Espey.

Local Notes:

Red publishers' cloth binding with purple flowers on green and gilt background, gilt stamped title. Gilt stamped spine title with purple and green flower motif. All edges trimmed. Binding designer: Margaret Armstrong.

Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel 6501 and 6502) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6501) bound in full red publisher's cloth; title and author's name stamped in gold within double-ruled rectangular border on left board; title and author's name stamped in gold at head of spine; "DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO." stamped in gold at foot of spine; dust jacket (with color decorations after the Armstrong binding) retained.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6502) imperfect: plates wanting.

Cited in:

Gullans & Espey, 198

Minsky, R. American decorated publishers' bindings, [v. 1], p. 44, p. 93

OCLC:

872910