Historic Pilgrimages in New England; Among Landmarks of Pilgrim and Puritan Days and of the Provincial and Revolutionary Periods by BACON, Edwin M - 1898

Silver, Burdett & Company, 1898. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1898 Remarkably worn with the spine loose/broken. markings on the pages.

Boston: Silver Burdett Co., 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket, as issued. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spine darkened, sunned at publisher's title, page edges darkened. Signed binding by Amy M. Sacker. Sacker studied under well-known architect, designer, and instructor Charles Howard Walker as well as Joseph DeCamp and Joseph Lindon Smith. In 1892 she won a scholarship to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for her exemplary work. Upon graduation, Sacker began teaching decorative design at the Cowles Art School. She illustrated books with figurative compositions that occupied the entire front instead of typical ornamental patterns. Domestic publishers used her designs several times for different books. Sacker won a bronze medal in 1901 for her book covers at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo and a medal in 1930 for her book plates at the Boston Tercentenary Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition. In 1901, Sacker founded her own school named the Sacker… Read More

Silver, Burdett & Company, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 475 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.