The Master's Violin

Title: The Master's Violin

Author: Reed, Myrtle

Publication: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910.

Description: Myrtle Reed's romantic tale about a violinist with a magical Stradivarius violin, in a binding designed by Margaret Armstrong (unsigned). Printed by the Knickerbocker Press in July 1910 (first published in 1904). Title page borders in red; text printed in black borders with red headers. Bound in full lavender cloth over boards, with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and a gilt and white lily design on the front cover; top edge gilt. 8.25 x 5.25 inches; [6], iv, [2], 315, [5] pages (first two and last two leaves blank). The binding with mild wear, spots of soiling, and a scratch on the rear cover; a small stain at the corner of the preliminary pages. Very Good. An attractive copy.