Author: Elbert Hubbard
Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Richard Wagner, Frederick Chopin and Verdi
Description: East Aurora, Roycrofters, 1901. Leather. Three attractive books by Elbert Hubbard, printed at his Roycroft Press. First editions. Three volumes of Hubbard's nine-volume work, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 Â May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he met early success as a travelling salesman with the Larkin soap company. Today Hubbard is mostly known as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. With a drawing of each musician to the frontispiece of each volume. Decorative title pages and capitals to each volume in the distinctive style of the Arts and Crafts movement. The capitals of the Chopin volume have been neatly hand-coloured in red. In half morocco bindings with moire-covered boards. Externally, generally smart with slight wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Leather Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Press Frontispiece Elbert Hubbard Music Classical Various
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Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Richard Wagner, Frederick Chopin and Verdi
Description: East Aurora, Roycrofters, 1901. Leather. Three attractive books by Elbert Hubbard, printed at his Roycroft Press. First editions. Three volumes of Hubbard's nine-volume work, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 Â May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he met early success as a travelling salesman with the Larkin soap company. Today Hubbard is mostly known as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. With a drawing of each musician to the frontispiece of each volume. Decorative title pages and capitals to each volume in the distinctive style of the Arts and Crafts movement. The capitals of the Chopin volume have been neatly hand-coloured in red. In half morocco bindings with moire-covered boards. Externally, generally smart with slight wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Leather Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Press Frontispiece Elbert Hubbard Music Classical Various
Price: GBP 395.00 = appr. US$ 564.05 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: SET3-C-6
- Book number: SET3-C-6
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