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Lot 158

[FINE BINDINGS]. [GILDER, Helena de Kay, designer]. GILDER,...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[FINE BINDINGS]. [GILDER, Helena de Kay, designer]. GILDER, Richard Watson. The New Day. A Poem in Songs and Sonnets. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1873. Intertextual illustrations. 112 pp. Publisher?s binding of full blue cloth over beveled boards, front board elaborately stamped in a peacock feather motif in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, red endleaves (spine toned and chipped, some rubbing, soiling, toning to boards, ffep. loose and chipped, hinges cracked, text toned, skewed). Fair. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PUBLISHER?S BOOK DESIGNED BY A WOMAN. A beautifully designed publisher?s binding. Measurements: 7 x 5 x ??.