Margaret Armstrong : American Book Designer

Margaret Armstrong : Bibliography and Acknowledgements

Gullans, Charles, and John Espey. Margaret Armstrong and American Trade Bindings. With a checklist of her designed bindings and covers. UCLA, Dept. of Special Collections, 1991.
Matthews, Brander. Bookbindings Old and New. Macmillan, 1895.
Commercial Bookbindings. Grolier Club Exhibition, 1894.
Finlay, Nancy. Artists of the Book in Boston, 1890-1910. Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1984.
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, February, 1912. This issue contains Margaret Armstrong's account of her trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Illustrated with photographs.

Thanks to:
Sue Allen New Haven, CT, for her research in the field of decorative trade bindings.
Terry Belanger for providing programs to educate all manner of book scholars and lovers at The Rare Book School at The University of Virginia.
Samuel F. "Bill" Royall, Richmond, VA, for knowing more than I do about MA.
Robin Wilkerson, Lincoln, MA, for allowing me, a complete stranger, to spend a happy afternoon many years ago examining her extensive collection of MA bindings.
An unknown secretary at the Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University, for showing me my first MA binding during a brief tour of the Bridwell's Special Collections in the 1980's.
Members of these listservs who generously share book information with each other: The Bibliophilegroup; Exlibris; Book_Arts-L.
The many fine teachers at The Center for Book Arts and Richard Minsky.
Comments, questions, and information about Margaret Armstrong are welcome. This site belongs to Linda M. Wilson who can be reached at: lmwilson@tiac.net
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