Alice didn't often sign her cover designs, but in her illustrations she used a monogram of a central W flanked by an 'A' and a 'B'. She also had a habit of incorporating her monogram into part of the illustration, making it difficult to spot at first glance.
Before the Industrial Revolution enabled cheap mass production of cloth book bindings, books published until about 1820 were sold unbound (and then custom bound by wealthier owners) or in temporary wrappers. As the 19th century progressed, the advances in manufacturing facilitated development of publishers’ bindings, and they soon evolved into an art form of their own. This collection includes examples of such bindings from American publishers in the Buley Library Special Collections.
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.
"Limp" vellum with yapp edges and green silk ties and gold stamping on spine. Was actually written by Laurence Housman. Binding also designed by Housman.
A monogram used by an American designer who did several covers for the American Book Company, but also a few for some other American publishers. The monogram they used was different than that used by Amy Rand or Amy Richards. The letters are often separated, and have a round quality to them, with no serifs.
This does not seem the be the monogram used by either Amy Rand or Amy Richards. The designer who used this monogram did covers for Boston publishers Dana Estes, Little Brown, and L.C. Page and Company.
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.
Produced to accompany the exhibition 'From Rosetti to Voysey: Arts & Crafts Stamped Book Cover Design', at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, 10 May-15 July 2012.
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.
A yet to be identified designer who used a monogram that resembles a rounded arrowhead, similar in shape to the Star Trek communicator badge. The actual letters used are an A and W, which are conjoined into one shape.
Aymer Vallance's monogram was identified from the initials designed by him for the work he authored on William Morris, "The Art of William Morris" published by George Bell and Sons in 1897.