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Cleveland / New York: The World Publishing Company / Wm. H. Wise & Co. (guide). Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928, 1926. Leather. A complete 14 volume set of Elbert Hubbard's series of profiles of the world's most eminent people. Each profile with a black & white portrait of the subject. The title of this work is a little misleading: the lives of the subjects are examined, rather than visiting their homes. The guide is a one-volume version of the larger set, with brief profiles of the subjects. This 1928 reprint set follows the earlier Roycrofters editions which appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. Each volume about 350-400 pp. --- Organized by occupations of the subjects: Volume 1: Good Men and Great, V. 2: Famous Women, V. 3: American Statesmen, V. 4: Eminent Painters, V. 5: English Authors, V. 6: Eminent Artists, V. 7: Eminent Orators, V. 8: Great Philosophers, V. 9: Great Reformers, V. 10: Great Teachers, V. 11: Great Businessmen, V. 12: Great Scientists, V.… Read More

East Aurora: The Roycrofters; William H Wise and Co, 1916. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, bindings tight, lig. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great complete 14 volume set Memorial Edition with Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora by Felix Shay. Total of 15 volumes in matching buckram cloth and front board embossed cameo of Hubbard. Clean pages, bindings tight, light smudging to cloth boards, varying degrees of skewing to some spines

East Auroa, New York: The Roycrofters. Memorial Edition Specially Printed For Louise Marie Hurlsbeth, San Pedro, California 1931. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No Dust Jackets, (As Issued). Octavo, [20cm/8inches], full fancy polychrome-embossed leatherette sans dust jackets. Illustrated with pen & ink sketches of "The Great.". Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Includes Good Men and Great; Famous Women; American Statesmen; Eminent Painters; English Authors; Eminent Artists; Eminent Orators; Great Philosophers; Great Reformers; Great Teachers; Great Businessmen; Great Scientists; Great Lovers & Great Musicians ... Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Hubbard 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. Some of the Roycroft Campus buildings remain; they have been… Read More