LITTLE RIVERS : A BOOK OF ESSAYS IN PROFITABLE IDLENESS

Van Dyke, Henry (Cover Design by Margaret Neilson Armstrong and Illustrations by F.V. DuMond

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1903

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Octavo.Navy blue cloth-covered boards featuring a stunning design to front board consisting of Flowers, leaves, and dragonflies in rich green, gilt and blue. Very bright copy. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Even if you have no interest in fishing, or fishing-cum-philosophy, or rivers, or books and reading for that matter, this positively gorgeous front cover by Margaret Armstrong is a gem in itself. " Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867 1944) was a 19th and early 20th-century American book cover designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers influenced by Art Nouveau. She also wrote and illustrated the first comprehensive guide to wildflowers of the American west, Field Book of Western Wild Flowers (1915). In later life, she wrote two popular biographies and three mystery novels.has been called "the most productive and accomplished American book designer of the 1890s and early 1900s", aBeginning in 1895, she began to leave her monogram on most of her covers; it is a simple 'MA' in upper case with the 'M' slightly overlapping the 'A'. Armstrong's designs were so successful that publishers sometimes hired artists specifically to imitate her look. Armstrong cut back on book cover design around 1913 as color-illustrated dust jackets began to come into fashion and turned to writing her own books.".(Wikipedia) Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, diplomat, and Presbyterian clergyman.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LITTLE RIVERS : A BOOK OF ESSAYS IN PROFITABLE IDLENESS
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Margaret Neilson Armstrong and F.V. DuMond
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
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