Publishers' Binding Thursday
This fine Thursday, I'm sharing a little love! This book is Persuasions to Joy: An Anthology of Elizabethan Love Lyrics, edited by British-born insurance agent and resident of Green Bay, WI Earl E. Fisk and decorated by British army officer, illustrator, and art critic Haldane Macfall. It was printed for George H. Doran Company in 1927.
This book is comprised of a group of Elizabethan love poems and some sweet illustrations, some of which include birds! It also includes an inscription from Fisk to Austin Lutter, whose name you may remember from our posts on the Limited Editions Club editions of Shakespeare's plays, since he is the one who donated them (and this book, and many others) to our collection. It reads: "For Austin Lutter who is not only a good insurance man but a lover of good books, this little book of love. Earl E. Fisk, January 5th, 1928."
The cover is covered in printed paper with a green cloth spine. The paper is printed with a rose and cross/spindle/wheel design in green and black. The cover appears to have also been decorated by Macfall.
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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager