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East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1912. Imperial Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Miriam edition, 1st thus. A very Near Fine copy. 12mo., 148 pp., illustrated with portrait engravings, and engraved title page. Grey paper with white cloth joints. Title and decoration on front board and spine in gilt. t.e.g. Deckled edges. Artisanal hand crafted paper. Spine lightly sun faded. A Near Fine copy.
Little Journeys To the Homes of Eminent Painters, Book Two by Elbert Hubbard - 1912
by Elbert Hubbard
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Little Journeys To the Homes of Eminent Painters, Book Two
by Elbert Hubbard
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1912. Miriam Edition. Quarter leather. Very good +. A very good plus edition crafted by the Roycrofters with traditional bookbinding and papermaking methods. White quarter leather spine under heavy gray paper boards with fine gilt stamping on front cover and gray paper spine. Some loss of paper on spine at head and tail. Heavy wear to corners. Deckle page edges. Top edge gilt. Frontis with loose tissue guard. Illustrated with plate of the artists, tissue intact. Accent motifs around some of the text. 148 pp. plus colophon. Octavo, 6 x 8 inches tall. Best known as the the initiator of the Arts and Crafts community of Roycroft, Hubbard was an anarchist, a socialist, and followed a philosophy of mental and spiritual freedom. Some of his works, which include Jesus Was an Anarchist and a A Message to Garcia, were listed as offensive by the US government. He and his wife died aboard the Lusitania.
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- Edition Miriam Edition
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- Publisher The Roycrofters
- Place of Publication East Aurora, NY
- Date Published 1912
- Keywords arts and crafts movement, anarchism, socialism, existentialism, self-sufficiency, Emerson, ruskin, tolstoy, thoreau, Whitman, art artists
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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT PAINTERS. BOOK TWO
by Hubbard, Elbert
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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT PAINTERS BOOK TWO
by HUBBARD ELBERT
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E. AURORA NY: ROYCROFT /ELBERT HUBBARD, 1912. FIRST. . Hardcover. Near Fine/NoNE. DRAWINGS. SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT A BEAUTIFUL COPY JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF FORTUNY ARY SCHEFFER FRANCOIS MILLET JOSHUA REYNOLDS LANDSEER AND GUSTAVE DORE VERY WELL PRESERVED UNMARKED NO BROWING OR SPOTTING ALL PORTRAITS ARE GREAT AND HAVE TISSUE GUARDS IN PLACE TOP EDGE IS GILT LIGHT SHELFWARE TO BACK COVER SILK BOOKMARK IN PLACE A NICE ROYCROFT PRODUCT
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