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Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use. Printed and Made Into a Book by The Roycrofters, at Their Shops, In East Aurora, Erie County, New York State
Hubbard, Elbert · New York City
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Date
- 1928
- Place
- New York City
- Publisher
- Wm. H. Wise & Co.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(8" x 10.125") (241) pp. With original dust cover. Brown card with taped spine edgebound with a beige cloth ribbon. Upper wrap with red lettering with black outline, rear blank. Dark tan endpapers. Dampstain along bottom edge starting at front with a thin line along bottom edge to pg 49 and again from pg. 97 to 113, increasing in size and affecting text. Does not show up again until the final two leaves where it stains the bottom edge and lower half of fore-edge. The original dust jacket with bold dark line across the top edge and left edge of printed cover. Spine also fairly darkened with closed tears and chipping to head and foot of spine, rear covers with "webbed" stain and darker edges to fold in. A laid in broadside on darker kraft paper and framed with red border and drop cap titled "Initiative" ready for framing.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.9870
Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use. Printed and Made Into a Book by The Roycrofters, at Their Shops, In East Aurora, Erie County, New York State. Elbert Hubbard. 1928. New York City: Wm. H. Wise & Co. 4to.(8" x 10.125") (241) pp. With original dust cover. Brown card with taped spine edge bound with a beige cloth ribbon. Upper wrap with red lettering with black outline, rear blank. Dark tan endpapers. Damp stain along bottom edge starting at front with a thin line along bottom edge to pg 49 and again from pg. 97 to 113, increasing in size and affecting text. Does not show up again until the final two leaves where it stains the bottom edge and lower half of fore-edge. The original dust jacket with bold dark line across the top edge and left edge of printed cover. Spine also fairly darkened with closed tears and chipping to head and foot of spine, rear covers with "webbed" stain and darker edges to fold in. A laid in broadside on darker craft paper and framed with red border and drop cap titled "Initiative" ready for framing.
Condition
Good
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