Search Results: Little Journeys To the Homes Of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard

The Roycrofters, 1905. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vol XVII December 1905 No.6. Clean throughout. Corners bumped.

The Roycrofters, 1905. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vol XVI April 1905 No.4. Clean throughout. Corners bumped.

The Roycrofters, 1905. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vol XVII July 1905 No.1. A little soiling on cover, clean throughout. Corners bumped.

The Roycrofters, 1905. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vol XVII August 1905 No.2. Clean throughout. Corners bumped.

East Aurora: John Fiske /Roycrofters, 1905. Paperback. Very Good. 1905, Edition not stated. Softcover, sewn binding, in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear and moderate handling soil to the exterior, and also the pages and wraps are tanned.

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists SIR ISAAC NEWTON An honest farmer, neither rich nor poor, was Isaac Newton. He was married to Harriet Ayscough in February, Sixteen Hundred Forty-two. Both were strong, intelligent and full of hope. Neither had any education to speak of; they belonged to England's middle class—that oft-despised and much ridiculed middle class which is the hope of the world. Accounts still in existence show that their income was thirty pounds a year. It was for them to toil all the week, go to church on Sunday, and twice or thrice in a year attend the village fairs or indulge in a holiday where hard cider played an important part. Isaac had served his two years in the army, taken a turn at sea, and got his discharge-papers. Now he had married the lass of his choice, and settled down in the little house on an estate in Lincolnshire where his father was born and died. Spring came and the roses clambered over the stone walls; the bobolinks played… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists SIR ISAAC NEWTON An honest farmer, neither rich nor poor, was Isaac Newton. He was married to Harriet Ayscough in February, Sixteen Hundred Forty-two. Both were strong, intelligent and full of hope. Neither had any education to speak of; they belonged to England's middle class—that oft-despised and much ridiculed middle class which is the hope of the world. Accounts still in existence show that their income was thirty pounds a year. It was for them to toil all the week, go to church on Sunday, and twice or thrice in a year attend the village fairs or indulge in a holiday where hard cider played an important part. Isaac had served his two years in the army, taken a turn at sea, and got his discharge-papers. Now he had married the lass of his choice, and settled down in the little house on an estate in Lincolnshire where his father was born and died. Spring came and the roses clambered over the stone walls; the bobolinks played… Read More

NY: Wm. M. Wise & Co., 1916. brown embossed full leather w/moderate edgewear and chipping, 414 clean, unmarked pages, some uncut; satin marker; Memorial Edition includes: Isaac Newton,, Galileo, Copernicus, Humbolt, William Herschel, Charles Darwin, Haecel, Linnaeus, Thomas H. Huxley, John Tynall, Alfred Russell Wallae, John Fiske. Leatherbound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by b/w Illus. 8 Vo.

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1905. half suede over paper boards. Roycrofters. 8vo. half suede over paper boards. 189 pages. Vol. XVI. Suede rubbed along bottom of spine. Covers lightly soiled. Includes quotations of Charles Darwin.

WM.M. WISE & CO.. Used - Good. Good condition. Volume 12. (science, biography)

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Little Journeys To the Homes of Great Scientists.

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1905. half suede over marbled boards. Roycrofters. 8vo. half suede over marbled boards. 189 pages. Vol. XVI. A near fine copy. Includes quotations of Charles Darwin.

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Quarter leather. Portrait plates. Shelf wear. Scuffing and fading to leather. Tight and clean. This is a single leather-bound volume collecting 6 biographical pamphlets from this series. Original portrait pages complete and bound in. Limited edition handmade book by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. (McKenna 117).

Paperback / softback. New.

East Aurora, NY,: The Roycrofters, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Good plus. 12mos, 189, 151 pages, stamped half brown sheep, plain boards, t.e.g., untrimmed; spines faded to lighter brown, rubbed. Ex libris Cecil W. Mercier. NOTE: vol. 2 has printed colors, borders, initials. Contains Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt, William H. Herschel, Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel. Also, Carl von Linnaeus, John Tyndall, Alfred R. Wallace, John Fiske. {A variant of McKenna's nos. 117 - 119 ].

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. 8"x6". Sewn wraps. All volumes in very good condition with minor shelf wear to wraps, and several have unopened pages. All are complete as issued with portrait pages laid in, except Copernicus and Galileo which lack their portraits. This is a collection of 11 antique books hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. These are from the 1905 Great Scientists series (Vol. XVI and XVII). This collection is nearly complete, lacking only Haeckel (July, 1905). (McKenna 119) Contains the following volumes: Copernicus (January, 1905) (lacks portrait) Galileo (February, 1905) (lacks portrait) Newton (March, 1905) (wraps beginning to tear at hinge) Humboldt (April, 1905) Herschel (May, 1905) Darwin (June, 1905) Linnaeus (August, 1905) Huxley (September, 1905) Tyndall (October, 1905) Wallace (November, 1905) (wraps beginning to tear at hinge) John Fiske (December, 1905).