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The game and the candle / by Frances Davidge, author of "The misfit crown," etc

Author
Davidge, Frances, 1882-1922
Published
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1905.
Physical Description
ix, 371 pages ; 20 cm
Additional Creators
D. Appleton and Company

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Summary
A sketch of New York society with the plot hinging upon the regrettable marriage of a young man of wealth and station to a girl almost wholly lacking in culture who soon runs off with another man. Meanwhile, the woman who truly loves him must suffer and wait while he resists the idea of divorce.
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Collection
Richard Minsky’s Collection of American Decorated Publisher's Bindings.
Provenance
Rare Books copy: Formerly part of the New York Mercantile Library.
Note
Verso of t.p.: Published October, 1905.
Advertisements (pages 373-374) at end.
A novel.
Rare Books copy is one of the specimens collected by book artist Richard Minsky during the course of his research on American decorated publisher's bindings issued between 1872-1929; “Mercantile Library, New York” stamp on title-page and last page.
Binding Information
Publisher's blue-green cloth stamped in light green and cream on cover with central floral emblem and floral wreath framing titles; similar floral emblem on spine with cream titles. Signed with monogram initials (x in a square or circle, located inside a large C) by little known designer named Cox.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Helen F. Faust Women Writers Acquisition Fund; 2014.
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Richard Minsky, book artist; 2014.
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