Finding Bindings

Items

• James Allan Duncan
  Originally from Glasgow, Duncan relocated to London sometime in 1899 or so. Not much is known of him in the literature, but he seems to have been primarily a designer for books and greeting cards.
  Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom

  DescriptionOriginally from Glasgow, Duncan relocated to London sometime in 1899 or so. Not much is known of him in the literature, but he seems to have been primarily a designer for books and greeting cards.He is also referenced in A.W. Coysh's "The dictionary of picture postcards in Britain, 1894-1939" as using the pseudonym "Hamish" for postcard designs. It is unknown if he used this pseudonym for his bookwork as well.He designed book covers and title pages for a number of London or Edinburgh based publishers, including John Long, Sands & Co., and Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. Where his designs appear on books by American publishers, it is a repeat of the design used by the UK edition of that same book. As far as I know, he has not designed any covers specifically for American imprints.
• Etheldred Breeze Barry
  Temporal Coverage1870-
• ES (Unidentified designer)
• Adelaide Everhart
  Adelaide was the daughter of the Reverend George Marlow Everhart (1826-1891), an Episcopal minister. She was an artist and illustrator of children's books. Her paintings hung in the Georgia capitol building.
  Temporal Coverage1865-1958

  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesSouthern States

  DescriptionAdelaide was the daughter of the Reverend George Marlow Everhart (1826-1891), an Episcopal minister. She was an artist and illustrator of children's books. Her paintings hung in the Georgia capitol building.
• Clara E. Atwood
• D (unidentified designer)
• Mary Cowles Clark
  Temporal Coverage1871-1950

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Elisha Brown Bird
  Temporal Coverage1867-1943

  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesMassachusetts
• CS (unidentified designer)
  Not to be confused with the CS monogram used by the Carlton Studio.
  DescriptionNot to be confused with the CS monogram used by the Carlton Studio.
• Edward B. Edwards
  Temporal Coverage1873-1948

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Edward Greey
  Temporal Coverage1835-1888
• Frederick Garrison Hall
• Nico Jungman
• Reginald L. Knowles
  Knowles designed covers for the following publishers: J.M. Dent, Newnes, Cassell, Jarrold, George Allen, Freemantle, Jack, Partridge, and Truslove Hanson.
  Temporal Coverage1879-1950

  Spatial CoverageEngland

  DescriptionKnowles designed covers for the following publishers: J.M. Dent, Newnes, Cassell, Jarrold, George Allen, Freemantle, Jack, Partridge, and Truslove Hanson.
• Maxfield Parrish
  Temporal Coverage1870-1966

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Ethelind Ridgway
• Caroline Marsh Watts
  Temporal Coverage1868-1919

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Stanford White
• A (with dot underneath)
  A designer who does not seem to have also been an illustrator. They designed covers mainly for religious publishers and/or books with religious themes, like those published by the American Tract Society, R.F. Fenno, Frederick A. Stokes and the Mershon company. All of their designs have been found on books by American publishers, and so they are presumed to also be from the United States.
  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionA designer who does not seem to have also been an illustrator. They designed covers mainly for religious publishers and/or books with religious themes, like those published by the American Tract Society, R.F. Fenno, Frederick A. Stokes and the Mershon company. All of their designs have been found on books by American publishers, and so they are presumed to also be from the United States.
• Charles Buckles (C.B.) Falls papers
  The Charles Buckles Falls papers include documentation of the life and work of the American artist, including original drawings, proofs, and printed exemplars of his posters and illustrations. The papers also include correspondence and drafts of poetry by Falls.
  DescriptionThe Charles Buckles Falls papers include documentation of the life and work of the American artist, including original drawings, proofs, and printed exemplars of his posters and illustrations. The papers also include correspondence and drafts of poetry by Falls.
• Bertha Stuart Collection
  This collection contains Barbara Adams Hebard’s research on Bertha Stuart, a book cover designer active at the beginning of the twentieth century. Hebard gathered this material with the intent of writing a biography about Stuart. The research became the basis for an exhibit of Stuart’s designs that was featured in the Rare Books Department of the Boston Public Library entitled “A Fixed Rule of Design: The Book Art of Bertha Stuart”. The catalog for the exhibit, Hebard’s correspondence with historical societies, museums, and Stuart’s family as well as correspondence between Stuart and Henry Holt, her employer, is included.
  Date1996-2009

  DescriptionThis collection contains Barbara Adams Hebard’s research on Bertha Stuart, a book cover designer active at the beginning of the twentieth century. Hebard gathered this material with the intent of writing a biography about Stuart. The research became the basis for an exhibit of Stuart’s designs that was featured in the Rare Books Department of the Boston Public Library entitled “A Fixed Rule of Design: The Book Art of Bertha Stuart”. The catalog for the exhibit, Hebard’s correspondence with historical societies, museums, and Stuart’s family as well as correspondence between Stuart and Henry Holt, her employer, is included.
• Arthur W. Rushmore
  Arthur W. Rushmore was a book designer who also was the director of design and manufacture at Harper and Brothers for many years. He signed his cover designs and other illustrations with either a small "R" or "AWR" monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1883-1955

  DescriptionArthur W. Rushmore was a book designer who also was the director of design and manufacture at Harper and Brothers for many years. He signed his cover designs and other illustrations with either a small "R" or "AWR" monogram.
• Arthur W. Rushmore papers (University of Delaware Special Collections MSS 0208)
• Decorated Publishers Bindings, Grand Valley State University Digital Collections
  From the early 1870s to roughly 1930, many publishers issued their commercial book covers with a remarkable variety of graphic designs and illustrations. This sixty-year period saw many artists and designers contributing to this art form. While some can be identified from their style or initials, others remain unknown.
  DescriptionFrom the early 1870s to roughly 1930, many publishers issued their commercial book covers with a remarkable variety of graphic designs and illustrations. This sixty-year period saw many artists and designers contributing to this art form. While some can be identified from their style or initials, others remain unknown.
• Publishers' Bindings Collection, University of Colorado Boulder
  The Publishers' Bindings Collection primarily consists of late nineteenth and twentieth century American books bound in decorated publisher's cloth. Part of the collection was purchased from Charles S. Kamen, a private collector, in 1996. It has been augmented with books from the Libraries collection, and a second collection assembled by David R. Anderson and purchased in 1997 from Margolis and Moss.
  DescriptionThe Publishers' Bindings Collection primarily consists of late nineteenth and twentieth century American books bound in decorated publisher's cloth. Part of the collection was purchased from Charles S. Kamen, a private collector, in 1996. It has been augmented with books from the Libraries collection, and a second collection assembled by David R. Anderson and purchased in 1997 from Margolis and Moss.
• Publishers' Bindings at Ohio University
  The Publishers’ Bindings digital collection draws on the Rare Book Collection of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, including many books from the Juvenile Literature Collection. The focus is on digitizing certain decorative and unique-to-our-copy elements of select books, rather than providing digital access to the entire text. In many cases, only select views and pages have been digitized while, when available, an external link to the full-text version is provided in the object description.
  DescriptionThe Publishers’ Bindings digital collection draws on the Rare Book Collection of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, including many books from the Juvenile Literature Collection. The focus is on digitizing certain decorative and unique-to-our-copy elements of select books, rather than providing digital access to the entire text. In many cases, only select views and pages have been digitized while, when available, an external link to the full-text version is provided in the object description.
• P (Unknown designer)
  A yet to be identified designer who used a P monogram to sign their book covers.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who used a P monogram to sign their book covers.
• Katherine Hood McCormick
  Temporal Coverage1882-1960
• Joseph Christian Leyendecker
  Temporal Coverage1874-1951
• Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings, with a checklist of her designed bindings and covers
  Date1991
• PV
  A yet to be identified designer who used both a stylized VP monogram with the letters conjoined, and a simpler PV monogram with the letters spaced apart.
  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who used both a stylized VP monogram with the letters conjoined, and a simpler PV monogram with the letters spaced apart.The use of the conjoined/stylized "PV" or "VP" monogram was found in the same work as the simpler "PV" monogram, which is why these two monograms are believed to have been used by the same designer.
• Trade Bindings Research Newsletter
  A newsletter dedicated to research regarding trade bindings, aka publishers bindings.
  Date1991-1994

  DescriptionA newsletter dedicated to research regarding trade bindings, aka publishers bindings.
• Unknown Harper's Binder
  A yet to be identified designer who worked for Harper's in the 1890s, as described by Gullans and Espey. There is no monogram associated with this designer that we know.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who worked for Harper's in the 1890s, as described by Gullans and Espey. There is no monogram associated with this designer that we know.
• Henry W. Thayer
  Co-founded the Decorative Designers firm, along with his wife, Emma Reddington Lee Thayer.
  Temporal Coverage1867-1940

  DescriptionCo-founded the Decorative Designers firm, along with his wife, Emma Reddington Lee Thayer.
• Fanny Y. Cory
• Publishers' Bindings, Boston Athenaeum Digital Collections
• Henry Justice Ford
  Temporal Coverage1860-1941
• Jay Chambers
• Robert Weir Crouch
  Robert Weir Crouch was a Canadian artist who also did fore-edge paintings. He also designed the famous 'oak leaf' border used on the cover of National Geographic Magazine.
  Temporal Coverage1865-1943

  Spatial CoverageCanada

  DescriptionRobert Weir Crouch was a Canadian artist who also did fore-edge paintings. He also designed the famous 'oak leaf' border used on the cover of National Geographic Magazine.Robert Weir Crouch was born at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, on 14 March 1865, and immigrated to Canada with his older brother Thomas, arriving at the port of Halifax on 13 May 1884, aboard the Sarmatian.
• McN (unidentified designer)
  A yet to be identified designer who signed their book cover designs with the monogram "McN".
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who signed their book cover designs with the monogram "McN".
• George Willard Bonte
  "George Willard Bonte, illustrator, designer, author, who was art director of the old New York Herald from 1906 to 1920, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 310 West Ninety-ninth Street, after an illness of several weeks. He would have been 73 years old on May 16. Born in Cincinnati, Mr. Bonte was educated at the Cincinnati School of Technology, Cincinnati Art School, and the Art Students League in this city. In 1894 he joined the staff of The Cincinnati Tribune. Two years later he came to New York and went to work on Outing Magazine. In 1900 he began his long association with The Herald. He was vice president and a director of the James Gordon Bennett Memorial Fund for New York Journalists. After leaving The Herald Mr. Bonte was art manager for the publicity and advertising departments of the Selznick Pictures Corporation, 1920-23, and art manager for Warner Brothers Motion Pictures, 1923-31. In recent years Mr. Bonte had been engaged principally in the preparation of brochures and articles for advertising agencies, publicity groups and magazines. The work usually involved historical or other form of research, and the planning of illustrations, in addition to the writing. The most important product of this last period was Mr. Bonte's book, published in 1936, “America Marches Past. A pictorial review of America through the ages." It contained the results of much delving into old tomes, searching of yellowed newspapers, looking for the "vital historical pictures hidden away on the dusty shelves of American libraries and museums." Beginning with Agassiz's claim that North America was the "first born among the continents" he carried the story to the political conventions of the summer of 1936. In January, 1933, it was revealed that the self-effacing West Side resident who enlisted the sympathy of Mayor John P. O'Brien in behalf of the twenty men living in their own shanty colony along the Hudson River north of Ninety-sixth Street, was Mr. Bonte. He and a group of his friends had been helping the men maintain their independent mode of living since the previous August. During the first World War Mr. Bonte was chairman of the board of representatives of the News Photographic Agencies handling official photographs. He leaves a widow, who was Marie Louise Quarles at their marriage in 1902." - Obituary from the New York Times
  Temporal Coverage1873-1946

  Description"George Willard Bonte, illustrator, designer, author, who was art director of the old New York Herald from 1906 to 1920, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 310 West Ninety-ninth Street, after an illness of several weeks. He would have been 73 years old on May 16. Born in Cincinnati, Mr. Bonte was educated at the Cincinnati School of Technology, Cincinnati Art School, and the Art Students League in this city. In 1894 he joined the staff of The Cincinnati Tribune. Two years later he came to New York and went to work on Outing Magazine. In 1900 he began his long association with The Herald. He was vice president and a director of the James Gordon Bennett Memorial Fund for New York Journalists. After leaving The Herald Mr. Bonte was art manager for the publicity and advertising departments of the Selznick Pictures Corporation, 1920-23, and art manager for Warner Brothers Motion Pictures, 1923-31. In recent years Mr. Bonte had been engaged principally in the preparation of brochures and articles for advertising agencies, publicity groups and magazines. The work usually involved historical or other form of research, and the planning of illustrations, in addition to the writing. The most important product of this last period was Mr. Bonte's book, published in 1936, “America Marches Past. A pictorial review of America through the ages." It contained the results of much delving into old tomes, searching of yellowed newspapers, looking for the "vital historical pictures hidden away on the dusty shelves of American libraries and museums." Beginning with Agassiz's claim that North America was the "first born among the continents" he carried the story to the political conventions of the summer of 1936. In January, 1933, it was revealed that the self-effacing West Side resident who enlisted the sympathy of Mayor John P. O'Brien in behalf of the twenty men living in their own shanty colony along the Hudson River north of Ninety-sixth Street, was Mr. Bonte. He and a group of his friends had been helping the men maintain their independent mode of living since the previous August. During the first World War Mr. Bonte was chairman of the board of representatives of the News Photographic Agencies handling official photographs. He leaves a widow, who was Marie Louise Quarles at their marriage in 1902." - Obituary from the New York Times
• Julia Ward Richards
  Julia Ward Richards signed her work with a JWR monogram; after she married, she used a JWS monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1878-1977

  DescriptionJulia Ward Richards signed her work with a JWR monogram; after she married, she used a JWS monogram.
• William Heath Robinson
  Temporal Coverage1872-1944
• Henry Sandham
• Elmer Boyd Smith
  Elmer signed his cover designs with an "E.B.S." monogram. His illustrations were mostly signed with his full name.
  Temporal Coverage1860-1943

  DescriptionElmer signed his cover designs with an "E.B.S." monogram. His illustrations were mostly signed with his full name.
• Benjamin Wilson Tripp
  A designer about whom very little is known, and was previously identified only by his initials "BWT". He also created designs for jewelry and hairbrushes. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. He eventually moved to Switzerland, and is noted as being in Montreux as of 1904. He died in Switzerland in 1931.
  Temporal Coverage1878-1931

  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesProvidence, Rhode Island

  DescriptionA designer about whom very little is known, and was previously identified only by his initials "BWT". He also created designs for jewelry and hairbrushes. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. He eventually moved to Switzerland, and is noted as being in Montreux as of 1904. He died in Switzerland in 1931.
• Beauty for Commerce: Publishers' Bindings, 1830-1910
• Bound for Beauty (Online Exhibit)
• American Decorated Publishers Bindings: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library Digital Collections
• Publishers’ Bindings: book designer monograms & initials
• American Trade Bindings and Beyond
• Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books [University of Wisconsin Madison]
• Frederick Charles Gordon
  "In 1886, Gordon moved to New York City for further art training at the Art Students League. He became a staff artist for Century magazine and created some covers for The Outlook magazine. He also illustrated books by authors such as Clara D. Pierson, Ian Maclaren, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ruth Ogden. In 1908 he moved to Westfield, New Jersey, where he served as mayor for five years (1916–21). He died of a heart attack in 1924."
  Temporal Coverage1856-1924

  Spatial CoverageCanada

  Description"In 1886, Gordon moved to New York City for further art training at the Art Students League. He became a staff artist for Century magazine and created some covers for The Outlook magazine. He also illustrated books by authors such as Clara D. Pierson, Ian Maclaren, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ruth Ogden. In 1908 he moved to Westfield, New Jersey, where he served as mayor for five years (1916–21). He died of a heart attack in 1924."Gordon signed his work with a few different monograms and signatures. These include a simple "G", "FCG", or "FG Gordon".
• Harold Sichel
• Gelett Burgess
  Temporal Coverage1866-1951
• The art of publishers' bookbindings, 1815-1915
  Date2000
• Stephen Reid
  Temporal Coverage1873-1948

  Spatial CoverageScotland
• Olive Lothrop Grover
  Temporal Coverage1874-1935
• Artists of the book in Boston, 1890-1910
  Date1985
• Frances Bassett Comstock
  Frances signed her cover designs with a FBC monogram framed in rectangle. She and her husband, Enos Benjamin Comstock, were both on staff at McLoughlin Bros. in New York City.
  Temporal Coverage1881-1922

  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesIllinois

  DescriptionFrances signed her cover designs with a FBC monogram framed in rectangle. She and her husband, Enos Benjamin Comstock, were both on staff at McLoughlin Bros. in New York City.
• William Edward Bloomfield Starkweather
  Temporal Coverage1876-1969
• Rachael Robinson Elmer
  Temporal Coverage1878-1919
• Francis Donkin Bedford
  Temporal Coverage1864–1954
• Haldane MacFall
  Haldane signed his work with a sans-serif HM monogram, or his full name.
  Temporal Coverage186-1928

  DescriptionHaldane signed his work with a sans-serif HM monogram, or his full name.
• Paul Woodroffe’s Designs for Book Bindings
• Messrs. Copeland & Day, 69 Cornhill, Boston, 1893-1899
  Date1979
• Bibliography of books and magazines with covers by Beardsley
• The art of American book covers,1875-1930
  Date2010
• A history of Stone & Kimball and Herbert S. Stone & Co with a bibliography of their publications, 1893-1905
  Date1940
• American Trade Bindings and Their Designers, 1880–1915
  Pages 32-67.
  Date1979

  DescriptionPages 32-67.
• Collectible Books: Some New Paths
  Date1979
• Harold Imbrie
  Harold Imbrie signed his work with an HI monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1880-1918

  Spatial CoverageNew Jersey

  DescriptionHarold Imbrie signed his work with an HI monogram.
• Frederick Polley
  Temporal Coverage1875-1957
• Mabel Harlow
  Mabel signed her book cover designs with a couple of different variations of a MH monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1870-1940

  Spatial CoverageBangor, MaineUnited StatesBoston, Massachusetts

  DescriptionMabel signed her book cover designs with a couple of different variations of a MH monogram.She attended the Cowles Art School.
• Louise Mapes Bunnell Keeler
  Louise Keeler signed her work with a few different monograms. They included a simple K with a period next to it (K.), LK, or LMK monograms.
  Temporal Coverage1872-1907

  DescriptionLouise Keeler signed her work with a few different monograms. They included a simple K with a period next to it (K.), LK, or LMK monograms.
• Pine tree (Unknown designer)
  A yet to be identified designer who used a monogram that resembles a skinny pine tree.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who used a monogram that resembles a skinny pine tree.
• Ernest Haskell
  Temporal Coverage1876-1925

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Karl Anderson
  Karl Anderson signed his book cover work with a KA monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1874-1956

  DescriptionKarl Anderson signed his book cover work with a KA monogram.
• Helen Sinclair Patterson (Williams)
  Helen Sinclair Patterson was a commercial artist in Boston. She married fellow artist, Herbert Deland Williams in 1907 and thereafter signed her work as Helen Patterson Williams.
  Temporal Coverage1875-1965

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionHelen Sinclair Patterson was a commercial artist in Boston. She married fellow artist, Herbert Deland Williams in 1907 and thereafter signed her work as Helen Patterson Williams.
• Unknown Designer
• George Heywood Sumner
  Temporal Coverage1853-1940
• Antoinette Louise Hayes
  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• FA (Unidentified Designer)
  A yet to be identified designer used the initials FA to sign their work.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer used the initials FA to sign their work.
• Herbert Granville Fell
  Temporal Coverage1872-1951
• Paul Vincent Woodroffe
• William Thomas Horton
  William Thomas Horton signed his work with either a full signature of his name, or a stylized WTH monogram. The stylized monogram has a little 'W' sitting on the middle bar of the 'H'; a descending bar from the bottom of the middle bar of the 'H' creates the 'T'.
  Temporal Coverage1864-1919

  DescriptionWilliam Thomas Horton signed his work with either a full signature of his name, or a stylized WTH monogram. The stylized monogram has a little 'W' sitting on the middle bar of the 'H'; a descending bar from the bottom of the middle bar of the 'H' creates the 'T'.
• Oliver Herford
  Temporal Coverage1863-1935
• Alfred Garth Jones
• Eric Pape
  Eric Pape signed his work with a stylized, box-like monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1870-1938

  DescriptionEric Pape signed his work with a stylized, box-like monogram.
• WS (Unidentified designer)
• William Wallace Denslow
  seahorse
  Temporal Coverage1856-1915

  Descriptionseahorse
• William Morris
• William Harry Rogers
  William used a variety of monograms on both his cover designs and his illustrations. They include a combination of WR, or WHR in various hand-lettered styles.
  Temporal Coverage1825-1873

  DescriptionWilliam used a variety of monograms on both his cover designs and his illustrations. They include a combination of WR, or WHR in various hand-lettered styles.
• William Addison Dwiggins
  Dwiggins signed his work with a WAD monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1880-1956

  DescriptionDwiggins signed his work with a WAD monogram.
• Will Hicok Low
  Temporal Coverage1853-1932
• Will Bradley
• WGE (Unidentified designer)
  A yet to be identified designer who used the monogram "WGE".
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who used the monogram "WGE".
• Walter King Stone
  Temporal Coverage1875-1949

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Walter Crane
  C with a crane
  DescriptionC with a crane
• Thomas Watson Ball
  Temporal Coverage1863-1934

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Thomas Sturge Moore
  Temporal Coverage1870-1944

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Thomas Maitland Cleland
  C
  Temporal Coverage1880-1964

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionC
• Theodore Brown Hapgood
  Theodore Brown Hapgood signed his work with a "TBH" or "H" monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1879-1938

  DescriptionTheodore Brown Hapgood signed his work with a "TBH" or "H" monogram.
• Talwin Morris
  Talwin Morris was a prolific book designer and decorative artist working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly known for his Glasgow Style furniture, metalwork and book designs.
  Temporal Coverage1865-1911

  Spatial CoverageScotlandEngland

  DescriptionTalwin Morris was a prolific book designer and decorative artist working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly known for his Glasgow Style furniture, metalwork and book designs.
• Sidney Herbert Sime
• Sarah Wyman Whitman
  SW
  DescriptionSW
• Rome K. Richardson
• Roger Fry
  Temporal Coverage1866-1934

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• RG (unidentified designer)
  RG
  DescriptionRG
• R (Unidentified Designer)
  R
  DescriptionR
• Peter Newell
• Percy G. Bulley
• NMB (Unidentified designer)
  NMB
  DescriptionNMB
• N. Mackintosh
  N. Mackintosh
  DescriptionN. Mackintosh
• M.L. Blumenthal
  BM
  DescriptionBM
• Lynton Harold Lamb
• Louis J. Rhead
  Temporal Coverage1857-1926
• Louis Fairfax Muckley
  Temporal Coverage1862-1926
• Louis D. Fancher
  Temporal Coverage1884-1944

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Lee Thayer
• LB
  LB
  DescriptionLB
• Laurence Housman
  Laurence Housman was an author and artist who designed many book covers for his own work as well as other authors. When he signed his work, it was typically with a LH monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1865-1959

  DescriptionLaurence Housman was an author and artist who designed many book covers for his own work as well as other authors. When he signed his work, it was typically with a LH monogram.
• Julius Diez
  Temporal Coverage1870-1957
• Julius A. Schweinfurth
  Temporal Coverage1858-1931
• Joseph Walter West
  Weathervane design with WEST
  Temporal Coverage1860-1933

  DescriptionWeathervane design with WEST
• Joseph Pennell
• John Leighton
  Temporal Coverage1822-1912
• Jan Toorop
  Temporal Coverage1858-1928
• JA
  A yet to be identified designer who signed their book cover designs with a JA monogram.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who signed their book cover designs with a JA monogram.
• Howard Pyle
  Howard Pyle signed his work with an HP monogram.
  DescriptionHoward Pyle signed his work with an HP monogram.
• Horace T. Carpenter
  C
  Temporal Coverage1857-1947

  DescriptionC
• Horace James Bradley
• Herbert Railton
• Herbert Cole
  Temporal Coverage1867-1930
• Henry Van Dyke
  HVD
  Temporal Coverage1852-1933

  DescriptionHVD
• Henry McCarter
  Henry McCarter did not seem to sign his book covers that often, but he used a stylized HM monogram on some of his designs, as well as used a basic signature of his full name spelled out.
  DescriptionHenry McCarter did not seem to sign his book covers that often, but he used a stylized HM monogram on some of his designs, as well as used a basic signature of his full name spelled out.
• HC (not yet identified)
  HC
  DescriptionHC
• Harry B. Matthews
• H
  H
  DescriptionH
• Gleeson White
  Temporal Coverage1851-1898

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• GH
  GH
  DescriptionGH
• George Wharton Edwards
  Temporal Coverage1859-1950
• George Hawley Hallowell
• George Edward Barton
  Unsigned
  DescriptionUnsigned
• G. Alden Peirson
• Frederick W. Gookin
  Temporal Coverage1853-1936

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
  Temporal Coverage1853-1935

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Frederick Lowenheim
  FL
  DescriptionFL
• Frederic William Goudy
  Goudy's "G" monogram has serifs, and has been identified from contemporary articles in the "Inland Printer" where his designs were featured.
  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionGoudy's "G" monogram has serifs, and has been identified from contemporary articles in the "Inland Printer" where his designs were featured.
• Frederick Godwin Mason
  Temporal Coverage1864-1939

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Frank Berkeley Smith
  Monograms used: "FBS, BS or S, horizontal or often vertical initials within a box with a straight or scalloped line; distinct from Bertha Stuart whose BS initials are slanted and pointed" - From "Publishers Bindings Online" website, University of Alabama
  Temporal Coverage1869-1931

  DescriptionMonograms used: "FBS, BS or S, horizontal or often vertical initials within a box with a straight or scalloped line; distinct from Bertha Stuart whose BS initials are slanted and pointed" - From "Publishers Bindings Online" website, University of Alabama
• Florence Pearl England Nosworthy
  Florence was attributed as the designer for several cover designs that were actually the work of Daisy Fletcher. Florence was primarily an illustrator, notably for magazines and children's books.
  DescriptionFlorence was attributed as the designer for several cover designs that were actually the work of Daisy Fletcher. Florence was primarily an illustrator, notably for magazines and children's books.
• Florence Lundborg
  FL
  Temporal Coverage1871-1949

  DescriptionFL
• FA (Unidentified designer)
  A yet to be identified designer who signed their work with a F.A. monogram.
  DescriptionA yet to be identified designer who signed their work with a F.A. monogram.
• Evangeline Mary Danielle
• Ethel Reed
  Temporal Coverage1874-1912
• Ethel Belle Appel
  She signed her work with the monogram "EBA".
  Temporal Coverage1873-1921

  DescriptionShe signed her work with the monogram "EBA".
• Enrico Monetti
  Enrico Monetti's monogram is a backward E conjoined with an M, all within a circle.
  DescriptionEnrico Monetti's monogram is a backward E conjoined with an M, all within a circle.
• Elizabeth W. Champney
  Temporal Coverage1850-1922
• Elizabeth Geary
• Edward Stratton Holloway
  Holloway signed his work either with a plain H monogram or an HH monogram. He worked primarily for Lippincott, which is how his monogram can be distinguished from the similar looking H monogram used by his contemporaries, Frank Hazenplug and Theodore Brown Hapgood.
  Temporal Coverage1859-1939

  DescriptionHolloway signed his work either with a plain H monogram or an HH monogram. He worked primarily for Lippincott, which is how his monogram can be distinguished from the similar looking H monogram used by his contemporaries, Frank Hazenplug and Theodore Brown Hapgood.
• Edward Penfield
  Temporal Coverage1866-1925

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Edward Julius Detmold
  Edward Julius Detmold signed his work with a "EJD" monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1883-1957

  DescriptionEdward Julius Detmold signed his work with a "EJD" monogram.
• Edward C. Caswell
  ECC
  DescriptionECC
• EC
• Earl Stetson Crawford
  C with a crown
  Temporal Coverage1877-1966

  DescriptionC with a crown
• John F. Earhart (tentative)
  Could this be John F. Earhart? The monogram used is the word EAR inside of a heart, after all! He is also referenced in the photographic credits of the one book associated with this monogram.
  DescriptionCould this be John F. Earhart? The monogram used is the word EAR inside of a heart, after all! He is also referenced in the photographic credits of the one book associated with this monogram.
• Edmund Hort New
  Temporal Coverage1871-1931

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Dorothy Pulis Lathrop
  DPL
  Temporal Coverage1891-1980

  DescriptionDPL
• Clarence F. Underwood
  The bindings designed by Clarence were mostly unsigned, and attribution for them has typically been achieved via the matching advertising posters for the same book.
  Temporal Coverage1871-1929

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionThe bindings designed by Clarence were mostly unsigned, and attribution for them has typically been achieved via the matching advertising posters for the same book.
• Charles Livingston Bull
  CLB
  Temporal Coverage1874-1932

  DescriptionCLB
• Charles Edward Hooper
  H
  Temporal Coverage1867-1920

  DescriptionH
• Charles Dana Gibson
  Primarily an illustrator.
  Temporal Coverage1867-1944

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionPrimarily an illustrator.
• C-box-X (identity unknown)
  C-box-X
  DescriptionC-box-X
• Bruce Rogers
  Temporal Coverage1870-1957

  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• BR
  BR
  DescriptionBR
• Blanche McManus
  Blanche McManus was a book cover designer, illustrator, and author. Her husband was Milburg Francisco Mansfield, who wrote under the pseudonym Francis Miltoun and co-authored several books with McManus.
  Temporal Coverage1869-1935

  DescriptionBlanche McManus was a book cover designer, illustrator, and author. Her husband was Milburg Francisco Mansfield, who wrote under the pseudonym Francis Miltoun and co-authored several books with McManus.
• J. Bernard Partridge
  Partridge was the principal cartoonist for Punch magazine. He was primarily an illustrator, but some of his illustrations were used as the basis of the cover designs of the books he illustrated.
  Temporal Coverage1861-1945

  Spatial CoverageEngland

  DescriptionPartridge was the principal cartoonist for Punch magazine. He was primarily an illustrator, but some of his illustrations were used as the basis of the cover designs of the books he illustrated.
• Austin Young
  Young was not very prolific - only one cover design of his has been identified, and he also only illustrated a couple of books. Very little is known about him. He is presumed to be British due to his work only appearing in books by London publishers.
  Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom

  DescriptionYoung was not very prolific - only one cover design of his has been identified, and he also only illustrated a couple of books. Very little is known about him. He is presumed to be British due to his work only appearing in books by London publishers.
• Aubrey Beardsley
  Temporal Coverage1872-1898

  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Alice Cordelia Morse
  AM
  Temporal Coverage1862-1961

  DescriptionAM
• Alfred Ernest Knight
  AK
  DescriptionAK
• Alfred Brennan
  Alfred's monogram was a pointed A joined with a very round B.
  Temporal Coverage1853-1921

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionAlfred's monogram was a pointed A joined with a very round B.
• Adrian J. Iorio
  Adrian's monogram was a letter A bisected by a capital letter I.
  Temporal Coverage1879-1957

  DescriptionAdrian's monogram was a letter A bisected by a capital letter I.
• Katharine Cameron
• Charles Lewis Hinton
  Temporal Coverage1793-1861
• Reginald Bathurst Birch
  No example found yet of a monogram he used to sign his book cover designs. He did use a signature on some of his illustrations.
  Temporal Coverage1856-1943

  Spatial CoverageEnglandUnited States

  DescriptionNo example found yet of a monogram he used to sign his book cover designs. He did use a signature on some of his illustrations.
• Charles Buckles Falls
  Falls signed his work with a few variants of a single F monogram, which was placed on the front covers. He was part of the Decorative Designers firm and also did freelance work from 1902 to 1913.
  Temporal Coverage1874-1960

  Spatial CoverageNew York (State)United States

  DescriptionFalls signed his work with a few variants of a single F monogram, which was placed on the front covers. He was part of the Decorative Designers firm and also did freelance work from 1902 to 1913.
• Carlton Illustrators and the Carlton Studio
  The Carlton Illustrators or Carlton Studio was a commercial art firm founded by Albert Angus Turbayne. Thomas Garland Greene, Normal Price, William Wallace and Archibald Abernathy Martin were early members. A.A. Martin and William Tracy Wallace were listed as 'managing' artists in a later portfolio advertising the work of the Carlton Illustrators. Their offices were located over the years at both the Flatiron Building (originally named the Fuller Building), in NYC, and at 195 Strand in London. The members of the firm included at various times Arthur C. Goode, Alfred Garth Jones, Norman Mills Price, Harold Nelson, Ernest Wallcousins, Frederick Gardner, Frank Edmund Wiles and Stanley Davis.
  Temporal Coverage1902-1928?

  Spatial CoverageEnglandUnited States195 Strand, London, W.C.Fuller (Flatiron) Building, New York City, NY180 Fleet Street, London

  DescriptionThe Carlton Illustrators or Carlton Studio was a commercial art firm founded by Albert Angus Turbayne. Thomas Garland Greene, Normal Price, William Wallace and Archibald Abernathy Martin were early members. A.A. Martin and William Tracy Wallace were listed as 'managing' artists in a later portfolio advertising the work of the Carlton Illustrators. Their offices were located over the years at both the Flatiron Building (originally named the Fuller Building), in NYC, and at 195 Strand in London. The members of the firm included at various times Arthur C. Goode, Alfred Garth Jones, Norman Mills Price, Harold Nelson, Ernest Wallcousins, Frederick Gardner, Frank Edmund Wiles and Stanley Davis.
• Robert Bruce Horsfall
  Robert Bruce Horsfall was an illustrator and book cover designer who signed his work with a stylized "RBH" monogram, with a 'R' above the bar of the 'H and the B below the middle bar of the 'H'. He also used a simpler "BH" monogram.
  Temporal Coverage1869-1948

  DescriptionRobert Bruce Horsfall was an illustrator and book cover designer who signed his work with a stylized "RBH" monogram, with a 'R' above the bar of the 'H and the B below the middle bar of the 'H'. He also used a simpler "BH" monogram.
• William James Jordan
  Spatial CoverageUnited States
• Frank Hazenplug
  Frank Hazenplug (who later changed his name to Frank Hazen, in 1911) signed his bindings with either an H or an H with a F hidden in the leg of the H.
  Temporal Coverage1874-1931

  DescriptionFrank Hazenplug (who later changed his name to Frank Hazen, in 1911) signed his bindings with either an H or an H with a F hidden in the leg of the H.
• Althea Gyles
  Temporal Coverage1868-1949

  Spatial CoverageIreland
• Amy Richards
  Amy Richards signed her books with an AR monogram. The leg of the A is slanted, unlike the similar monogram used by Amy Rand, which is more squared off.
  Temporal Coverage1896-1918 (active)

  Spatial CoverageUnited States

  DescriptionAmy Richards signed her books with an AR monogram. The leg of the A is slanted, unlike the similar monogram used by Amy Rand, which is more squared off.
• Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
• Lucy Fitch Perkins
  Lucy Fitch Perkins used a stylized monogram incorporating her initials: LFP.
  DescriptionLucy Fitch Perkins used a stylized monogram incorporating her initials: LFP.
• JHB (Unknown Designer)
  A book designer who used the monogram JHB to sign their work.
  DescriptionA book designer who used the monogram JHB to sign their work.
• WA (Unknown Designer)
  A designer who used the monogram "WA", whose full name is unknown at the time.
  DescriptionA designer who used the monogram "WA", whose full name is unknown at the time.
• Alberta Hall
  Her monogram is a conjoined AH
  DescriptionHer monogram is a conjoined AH
• Thomas Buford Meteyard
  Temporal Coverage1865-1928
• The world of music : the great virtuosi
  Date1892

  Spatial CoverageNew YorkNew York (N.Y.)
• Obras completas de Amado Nervo
  Date1920

  Spatial CoverageSpainMadrid
• Julio Rico
  Spatial CoverageS. H. Calle 23 - Hospital 778 Guadalajara, JaliscoJaliscohttp://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007110Mexico
• Un siglo de Méjico
  Half binding with red leather and red bookcloth. Gold stamping and simple lines on spine.
  Date1937

  Spatial CoverageMexico

  DescriptionHalf binding with red leather and red bookcloth. Gold stamping and simple lines on spine.
• Works by Ouida
  Set sold (and/or bound) by Hatchards. Half vellum with contrasting leather spine labels in red and green. The spine compartments are stamped with a simple floral device.
  Date1882-1897

  Spatial CoverageLondon (inhabited place)

  DescriptionSet sold (and/or bound) by Hatchards. Half vellum with contrasting leather spine labels in red and green. The spine compartments are stamped with a simple floral device.
• Atanasio Quijano
  Spatial CoverageCalle de la Constitucion Numero 5, TolucaMexico
• Lyrical verse from Elizabeth to Victoria
  Half style with vellum sides. Gold tooling on boards and spine. Armorial stamp of with Marquess/Marchioness crown with "E.O." underneath it is stamped in top right corner of front board. From John Hatchard and Son. Maybe Morrell? Or Bayntun? This has pictures of bindings that look similar: http://www.georgebayntun.com/pdf/pdf_16082013_095411.pdf
  Date1896

  Spatial CoverageLondonLondonEnglandEngland

  DescriptionHalf style with vellum sides. Gold tooling on boards and spine. Armorial stamp of with Marquess/Marchioness crown with "E.O." underneath it is stamped in top right corner of front board. From John Hatchard and Son. Maybe Morrell? Or Bayntun? This has pictures of bindings that look similar: http://www.georgebayntun.com/pdf/pdf_16082013_095411.pdf
• Zaehnsdorf
  Spatial CoverageEnglandLondon (inhabited place)
• William Thomas Jennings Worsfold
  Spatial CoverageEngland

  Temporal Coverage1856-1929
• Wells
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Wardley
  Spatial CoverageGuernseyGuernsey
• William Stewart
  William Stewart was a 19th century bookbinder originally from Hagerstown, Maryland. He later moved to Indianapolis and formed the Stewart and Bowen firm with Silas Bowen.
  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesIndianaMarylandhttp://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7013681IndianaIndianapolis

  DescriptionWilliam Stewart was a 19th century bookbinder originally from Hagerstown, Maryland. He later moved to Indianapolis and formed the Stewart and Bowen firm with Silas Bowen.

  Temporal Coverage19th Century::1st half (1800 - 1849)
• Samuel Tout
  Spatial CoverageEngland9 Nassau Street, Soho, London, EnglandLondonEnglandSohoLondon (inhabited place)LondonEnglandEngland

  Temporal CoverageVictorian19th Century
• Thomas Mullen
  Spatial CoverageAnglesea StreetDublinIreland

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/506

  Temporal Coverage19th Century::1st half (1800 - 1849)
• Talleres de la Penitenciaria
  A prison bindery in the Mexican state of Nayarit.
  Spatial CoverageTepicMexico

  DescriptionA prison bindery in the Mexican state of Nayarit.

  Temporal Coverage1920s

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/641https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/640https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/432
• Henry Stikeman
  Henry Stikeman founded the "Stikeman & Co." bindery in 1887.
  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesNew York

  DescriptionHenry Stikeman founded the "Stikeman & Co." bindery in 1887.
• St. Austin and Sons
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Sangorski and Sutcliffe
  Spatial CoverageLondon, EnglandEnglandLondon (inhabited place)
• Colegio Salesiano Santa Julia
  A Salesian school located in the Anáhuac neighborhood of Mexico City, which had a trade school component, which provided training in bookbinding, printing, carpentry, and other crafts.
  Spatial CoverageMexicoMexico City

  DescriptionA Salesian school located in the Anáhuac neighborhood of Mexico City, which had a trade school component, which provided training in bookbinding, printing, carpentry, and other crafts.
• S.B. Howell
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Ruiz
  Spatial Coverage32 San Ildefonso, Mexico City, MexicoMexicoMexico City
• Rodolfo Picardo
• Riviere
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Ringer and Hertzberg
  A bookbinding firm located in Chicago, owned by Ernst Hertzberg and Philip Ringer. The name changed to the Ernst Hertzberg & Sons Monastery HIll Bindery in 1907 when Ernst bought out Ringer's share of the firm.
  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesChicago

  DescriptionA bookbinding firm located in Chicago, owned by Ernst Hertzberg and Philip Ringer. The name changed to the Ernst Hertzberg & Sons Monastery HIll Bindery in 1907 when Ernst bought out Ringer's share of the firm.
• Ramón de San Nicolás Araluce
  Spatial CoverageMexico

  Temporal Coverage1865-1950
• Peter A. Demeter
  Spatial CoverageGermanyHellerauLeipzigViennaGermanyLeipzig (inhabited place)
• Pedro Pastor
  Spatial CoverageSpainAddress on ticket is "Calle de la Flor Baja, No. 3"Madrid

  Temporal Coverage19th Century

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/374
• P. A. Norstedt
  Spatial CoverageSwedenSwedenStockholmStockholm
• Offizin W. Drugulin
  Spatial CoverageGermany
• Oberti and Pesci
  A bindery located in Genoa, Italy.
  Spatial CoverageGenoa, ItalyItalyGenoa

  DescriptionA bindery located in Genoa, Italy.

  Temporal Coverage20th Centuryca. 1930s-1940s
• Nicolas
  Spatial CoverageRue de Kerlerec, Quimper, FranceFranceArrondissement de QuimperQuimper
• N.A. Ornells
  Spatial CoverageSweden
• Muller and Woeflin
  Spatial CoverageArgentina
• Mudie
  " These books were bound in the bookbinding division, the fourth branch of the company, found on the upper floors of the New Oxford Street building, where the repairing of worn library volumesand the stitching of the numnerous catalogues also was done. The style of calf binding developed here became famous as "Mudie calf"." Griest, Guinevere. “A Victorian Leviathan: Mudie’s Select Library.” Nineteenth-Century Fiction, vol. 20, no. 2, University of California Press, Sept. 1965, pp. 103–26, doi:10.2307/2932540.
  Spatial CoverageEngland

  Description" These books were bound in the bookbinding division, the fourth branch of the company, found on the upper floors of the New Oxford Street building, where the repairing of worn library volumesand the stitching of the numnerous catalogues also was done. The style of calf binding developed here became famous as "Mudie calf"." Griest, Guinevere. “A Victorian Leviathan: Mudie’s Select Library.” Nineteenth-Century Fiction, vol. 20, no. 2, University of California Press, Sept. 1965, pp. 103–26, doi:10.2307/2932540.

  Temporal CoverageVictorian
• Max Weil & Co.
  A bookbinding firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early 20th century. Also advertised as "Booksellers & Blank Book Dealers, Stationers, Printers & Envelope Makers" on company stationery.
  Spatial CoverageUnited StatesCincinnati

  DescriptionA bookbinding firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early 20th century. Also advertised as "Booksellers & Blank Book Dealers, Stationers, Printers & Envelope Makers" on company stationery.

  Temporal Coverage20th Century::1st half (1900 - 1949)

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/381https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/642
• Martin Kausche
  Spatial CoverageGermany
• Mansell
  Spatial CoverageLondon, EnglandLondon (inhabited place)England
• M.L. Collins
• Louis Pouillet
  Established in Paris around 1870 at n ° 5 rue du Pont-de-Lodi then 3 cours du Commerce-Saint-André. Practiced his profession until his death at the age of seventy. His daughter succeeded him and practiced until around 1950" (from BNF entry)
  Spatial CoverageFranceParis (inhabited place)

  DescriptionEstablished in Paris around 1870 at n ° 5 rue du Pont-de-Lodi then 3 cours du Commerce-Saint-André. Practiced his profession until his death at the age of seventy. His daughter succeeded him and practiced until around 1950" (from BNF entry)

  Temporal Coverage1840-1910
• Livraria Castro e Silva
  Spatial CoveragePortugal
• Litton
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• Librairie Bonneau
  Spatial Coverage221 rue St HonoréParisParis (inhabited place)ParisFranceFrance

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/652https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/433https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/431
• Legatoria Torriani
  Spatial CoverageItaly
• Julius Hager
  Spatial CoverageGermanyGermanyLeipzigLeipzig (inhabited place)

  Temporal Coverage1816-1878
• Jose V. del Castillo
  Spatial CoverageMexicoMexico CityHis ticket lists "Acequia y Chiquis", which is the name of an "esquina" or corner in Mexico City. Might be the same as one listed for a pulqueria, at Calle Sur A, no. 442.
• John Bumpus
  Spatial CoverageEngland
• John and Edward Bumpus Ltd.
  Spatial CoverageLondon, EnglandEnglandLondon (inhabited place)
• Jeremiah Larkins
  Date5/5/18337/24/1907

  Spatial Coverage6 Ann Street, Clerkenwell, London, EnglandEnglandClerkenwellLondon6, Liverpool Street, Newington, London, England96, Cambridge Street, Newington, London, England7, McNeil Road, Camberwell, London, EnglandLondon (inhabited place)LondonEnglandEngland

  madehttps://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/651https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/516https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/513https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/512https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/344https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/342https://digitalcellulose.com/projects/s/bindings/item/339
• James MacDonald
  Spatial CoverageUSAUnited States
• Jacques Delannez
  Spatial CoverageFranceFrance