[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated with multiple layers of fillet

with multiple layers of fillet and dotted borders to boards

with his autograph note mounted on the binder’s blank and Van Dyke’s card instructing the bindery

Following the dedication to Bixby and a description of the punch bowl are "Remarks by Albert Bushnell Hart

The Deserted Village

[Fine Binding | John Grabau] The Deserted Village Extra Illustrated with multiple layers of filletGoldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888. Illustrated with 6 etchings by M. M. Taylor. Bound in full brown crushed morocco by John F. Grabau in 1925, front cover featuring a large inlaid blue frame, infilled with gilt vines, leaves, and small inlaid orange, red, and brown "fruits". Frame is surrounded by multiple gilt rules, with four layers of gilt gouges crossing over each other in both directions at center, accented