[American Aesthetic Movement] The New Day Roycrofters The Kingdom of Books

The Kingdom of Books

and Company

Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall

Gilt-ruled turn-ins with fleurons at corners and lavender and purple marbled endpapers

Some spotting to covers

[American Aesthetic Movement] The New Day Roycrofters The Kingdom of BooksGilder, Richard Watson. The New Day, A Poem in Songs and Sonnets. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876. Illustrations engraved by Henry Marsh. Gold peacock feather on blue cloth over beveled boards. Burgundy endpapers. The binding design by Helena de Kay Gilder is believed to be the first publisher's binding to be designed by a woman in the United States (The Proper Decoration of Book Covers, Dubansky). Measures approx. 5. 25" x 7". Dark