Gallows Orchard
Mar 6th, 2013 by houghtonmodern
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo collection.
This week, we depart briefly from drugs and the counterculture to focus on the aesthetic beauty of modern books. Gallows Orchard, a romantic tragedy by first-time Scottish author Claire Spencer, was published in this American edition by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Inc., in 1930. We feature it here not for its text, but for the striking design of its dust jacket – a fine example of its period, and in excellent condition on this Santo Domingo Collection copy.
Claire Spencer. Gallows orchard. New York : J. Cape & H. Smith, c1930. PZ3.S7456 Gal 1930.
Thanks to rare book cataloger Ryan Wheeler for contributing this post.