Way & Williams Publishers Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: No finding aid available.
Topics: Book Arts
Subject headings: Publishers' bindings
Book covers
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

Pages

: A book of true lovers [binding]; Light grayish-yellowish-brown (C79) cloth; pictorial cover of two women on porch in black, yellow-green, and olive green, with olive green carriages in background, yellow-green lettering, all within black single rule border on front and back covers; signed with J.C. Lyendecker's monogram; spine lettered in black; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: A book of verses [binding]; Light olive gray (112) paper over boards; paper label on front and back covers, lettered and ruled in red; spine blank; untrimmed.

: A line-o'-verse or two [binding]; Tan paper over boards with yapp edges; owl in nightcap on branch in brown, with red moon in background, title, author's initials and author's signature in facsimile in brown; brown lettering and two short rules on spine; untrimmed; heavy vertically ribbed endpapers.

: A man and a woman [binding]; Strong red (C12) calico-texture cloth; on front and back covers: 4 horizontal panels within black thick rule borders, upper 2 panels lettered in black, 3rd panel with drawing of face on circular black background; spine lettered and ruled in black; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Will Bradley (Cf. Bambace, A. Will H. Bradley, A29).

: A man and a woman [binding]; Strong red (C12) calico-texture cloth; on front and back covers: 4 horizontal panels within black thick rule borders, upper 2 panels lettered in black, 3rd panel with drawing of face on circular black background; spine lettered and ruled in black; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Will Bradley (Cf. Bambace, A. Will H. Bradley, A29).

: A mountain woman [binding]; Dark grayish-yellow (C91) calico-texture cloth; dark greenish-blue lettering, bird and sky over mountains all within dark greenish-blue single rule frame; design repeated on back cover without lettering; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Bruce Rogers.

: A mountain woman [binding]; Dark blue (C183) calico-texture cloth; gilt lettering, bird and sky over mountains all within gilt single rule frame; design repeated on back cover without lettering; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Bruce Rogers.

: A mountain woman [binding]; Dark blue (C183) calico-texture cloth; silver lettering, bird and sky over mountains all within silver single rule frame; design repeated on back cover without lettering; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Bruce Rogers.

: A night in Acadie [binding]; Dark blue (C183) cloth; full pictorial panel with bayou scene with green grass, trees and Spanish moss, silver crescent moon and reflection, green lettering, all within silver single rule border on front and back covers; two silver panels on spine with black lettering and single rule borders; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Frank Hazenplug.

: A summer night : and other poems [binding]; Moderate blue (C182) linen; plain covers; spine lettered in gilt; untrimmed.

: Afloat on the Ohio : an historical pilgrimage of a thousand miles in a skiff, from Redstone to Cairo [binding]; Grayish-yellow (C90) calico-texture cloth; industrial buildings on bluff with smoke rising on upper half of both covers and spine in dark blue and light brown, scene reflected in river in lower half using vertical lines and squares in dark blue; rear cover signed C Y R " front cover lettered in black, spine in black and reserved gray; t.e.g., untrimmed. H: 19.6 cm.; W: 12.6 cm.; 2.7 cm.

: An odd situation [binding]; Dark bluish-green (C165) calico-texture cloth; white lettering within white thick rule frame (17.8 x 11 cm.) spine lettered and ruled in white with publishers' device no. 1 at foot; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: An odd situation [binding]; Dark bluish-green (C165) calico-texture cloth; white lettering within thin rule frame (18.5 x 11.7 cm.) spine lettered and ruled in white with publishers' name at foot of spine; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: Aucassin & Nicolete [binding]; Light gray (C264) paper wrappers; black lettering and printers ornament; back cover and flap with publisher's (D. Nutt) advertisements.

: Bolanyo : a novel [binding]; Light yellowish-brown (C76) mottled cloth; three-quarter figure of man in hat and coat (Senator Talcom) with town of Bolanyo in background in black, white and yellow, black-outline reserved brown lettering, all within thin and thick rule frame on front and back covers; black lettering and stars in black-outline yellow panels on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Maxfield Parrish.

: Catharine Cole's book [binding]; Dark blue (C183) cloth; gilt title at head of front and back covers; gilt title and imprint on spine; top edges plain; trimmed.

: Constantine : a tale of Greece under King Otho [binding]; Bluish-gray (191) calico-texture cloth; upper and lower panels lettered in dark blue, dark blue crown over shield with reserved gray cross in central panel, all within dark blue double rule frame on front and back covers; spine lettered and ruled in dark blue; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: Cuba : and other verse [binding]; Very dark yellowish-green (138) vertical fine rib cloth; cover repeats title page design with gilt palm on left with coastline and birds in background, gilt lettering, all within gilt rule border; signed with Frank Hazenplug's monogram; spine lettered and ruled in gilt; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: Down our way : stories of southern and western character [binding]; Light yellowish-green (135) calico-texture cloth; six moderate green cornstalks, two dark red cotton bolls and lettering above, all within moderate green double rule border on front and back covers; motif repeated on spine; t.e.g., untrimmed.

: Dreams of to-day [binding]; Kraus binding variant 1 in grayish-blue (186) smooth cloth; art nouveau gilt swirl and two clusters of flowers, lettered in gilt and reserved blue, all within gilt rule border (double rule at head and foot) on front and back covers; spine lettered and ruled and gilt; t.e.g., untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Frank Hazenplug.