Excerpt from Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings: With a Checklist of Her Designed Bindings and Covers<br><br>In 1968, if we knew a fair amount about Miss Armstrong, our knowledge of the field of designed bindings was in its infancy, and we have learned a good deal in the years that have followed. In the introduction, we try to set her work into the context of her contemporaries in the art; for some years she had very few competitors other than Alice C. Morse and Mrs. Henry Whitman. Will Bradley designed his first pamphlet cover for Harriet Monroe, The Columbian Ode, in 1893, and his first book cover in 1894 for Tom Hall, When Hearts are Trumps. Frank Hazenplug's first cover work dates from late 1894, we believe, but perhaps from early 1895. There were older artists working in the field, George Wharton Edwards and Louis J.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.