The white shield

Multiple artists/makers

1912

Not on view

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Title: The white shield
Artist: Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867–1944 New York)
Author: Myrtle Reed (American, 1874–1911)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Co., New York
Publisher: Knickerbocker Press (New York, NY)
Date: 1912
Geography: New York, New York; London, England
Dimensions: xi, 343 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (1 color), music
Object Number: Publishers Bindings 967
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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