[Essex House Press | Limited to 60 Copies] Three Letters E-List 16 The binding design by Helena

The binding design by Helena de Kay Gilder is believed to be the first publisher's binding to be designed by a woman in the United States (The Proper Decoration of Book Covers

Contains two illustrations of Dickens

and Company

Gilt lettering to front cover

) Hand-illuminated manuscript title pages and hand-illuminated initials and tailpieces by Helen S

[Essex House Press | Limited to 60 Copies] Three Letters E-List 16 The binding design by HelenaStevenson, Robert Louis. Three Letters (to Mrs. Sitwell). Essex House Press, 1902. Limited to 60 copies on Arnold handmade paper (of which this is one), with an additional 6 copies on vellum. Three large wood engraved initial letters. Set in Caslon type. Grey paper covered boards with title in black to front cover. Measures 7. 5" x 9. 75". Some light rubbing and small spots to boards. Some foxing to pages. "Among the collected letters of Robert Louis