Editore: Wm. H. Wise & O., 1923
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Imperial Books and Collectibles, Wauwatosa, WI, U.S.A.
paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book &The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (2 VOLUMES). Very good stiff paper wraps; light rubbing along edges. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked. 1. Scrap Book 228pp. Wear on cover; light crease on first 35 pages. 2. Note Book 208pp. Fading on cover. Indices. Each binding tied with ribbon. Texts have black and red type.
Editore: WM. H. Wise & Co./The Roycrofters, New York City/East Aurora, NY, 1923
Da: BookEnds Bookstore & Curiosities, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Softcover with green ribbon tied binding. Includes b/w frontispiece of Elbert Hubbard, Introduction by Alice Hubbard, b/w illustrated fold-out and Index, 220 pages. The cloth-lined butcher paper binding DJ in Very Good condition with the exception of 2 open tears on the spine, 1 closed tear on the front wrapper and toning. Size: 8 1/2" x 11".
Editore: Wise, 1930
ISBN 10: 911067859X ISBN 13: 9789110678590
Da: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear with slight freying. Pages show reader wear. Text has underlining and/or notations. Previous owner's name/ previous owners stamp. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Editore: Wm. H. Wise, 1923
Da: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Two volumes 4to, heavy card stock covers, ribbon tie bindings. The Scrap Book is 1923 and the Note Book is 1927. Both bindings very tight, ribbons entirely intact, very modest shelf wear. Both lacking the dustjackets.
Editore: Wm. H. Wise & Co, New York, 1927
Da: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good-. Near fine copies of two important works by Elbert Hubbard Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book in red cloth with black titles and design on spine and front cover Very slight bumping on spine ends and corners but otherwise with no marks or damage DJ front, back and one flap separated but present (see photos) The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard in dark green cloth with black titles on spine and front cover in excellent condition with no marks or damage DJ worn but intact a half dozen page-sized quote cards from Hubbard laid inside back cover Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 â" 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher He is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement Among his many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 Roycroft was a reformist community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States Hubbard founded the community in 1895, in the village of East Aurora, New York, near Buffalo Participants were known as Roycrofters The work and philosophy of the group, often referred to as the Roycroft movement, had a strong influence on the development of American architecture and design in the early 20th century The name "Roycroft" was chosen after the printers, Samuel and Thomas Roycroft, who made books in London from about 1650â"1690 And beyond this, the word roycroft had a special significance to Elbert Hubbard, meaning King's Craft In guilds of early modern Europe, king's craftsmen were guild members who had achieved a high degree of skill and therefore made things for the King The Roycroft insignia was borrowed from the monk Cassiodorus, a 13th-century bookbinder and illuminator Hubbard had been influenced by the ideas of William Morris on a visit to England He was unable to find a publisher for his book Little Journeys, so inspired by Morris's Kelmscott Press, decided to set up his own private press to print the book himself, founding Roycroft Press His championing of the Arts and Crafts approach attracted a number of visiting craftspeople to East Aurora, and they formed a community of printers, furniture makers, metalsmiths, leathersmiths, and bookbinders A quotation from John Ruskin formed the Roycroft "creed": "A belief in working with the head, hand and heart and mixing enough play with the work so that every task is pleasurable and makes for health and happiness" The inspirational leadership of Hubbard attracted a group of almost 500 people by 1910 228 xii & 208 vi pp.
Editore: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1927
Da: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Jacket is slightly worn. Edges of cover are sunned. Inside of book is clean and unmarked, and binding is tight.
Soft cover. np. Printed in Weiss type. Designed by Charles R. Prilik. Text ruled in black. 16mo. Original full glossy yellow paper wraps, printed paper label on front wrap. Christmas keepsake from Charles R. Prilik. Nice copy. CPHAM/W71C1 0.0.
Data di pubblicazione: 1923
Da: Omaha Library Friends, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Used; acceptable. Wm H Wise & Co 1923/27, 1st editions, 228+XIII + 218+VIp and plates with printed sayings of Hubbard, some of which loosely inserted. Printed soft cardboard covers, tied with linen ribbon. 2 volumes complete.
Editore: Wm. H. Wise & Co, 1927
Da: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Wraps. Condizione: Good+. Brown paper wraps with green cloth tied binding is soiled and frayed at extremities. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned but clean and very good. Also included is Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book, 1923, in similar condition. .