[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated The Deserted Village

The Deserted Village

Following the dedication to Bixby and a description of the punch bowl are "Remarks by Albert Bushnell Hart

with his autograph note mounted on the binder’s blank and Van Dyke’s card instructing the bindery

with multiple layers of fillet and dotted borders to boards

an additional plate has been added in the rear of the book: a drawing in pen & watercolors of a woman in Persian garb

[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated The Deserted VillageGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888. Illustrated with 6 etchings by M. M. Taylor. Bound in full brown crushed morocco by John F. Grabau in 1925, front cover featuring a large inlaid blue frame, infilled with gilt vines, leaves, and small inlaid orange, red, and brown "fruits". Frame is surrounded by multiple gilt rules, with four layers of gilt gouges crossing over each other in both directions at center, accented