2 vols.-Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book & The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard / 1927

Description: 2 vols.-Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book & The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard Author: Elbert Hubbard Title: 2 vols.-Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book & The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard Publication: New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1923 & 1927 Description: 228 xii & 208 vi. Near fine copies of two important works by Elbert HubbardElbert 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. Near Fine / Good-. Seller ID: AA1019 Baykorp Books Selling quality books and related items at reasonable prices. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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