American Publishers' Bindings on the Books of Amelia E. Barr

Today hardly anybody knows the name Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1882-1918), yet a hundred years ago she was among the most prolific and popular women writing in America. If it were not for the decorated bindings on her books I would not have known she existed.
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