NY: Wm. H. Wise & Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket sunned, tattered and torn.. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan buckram stamped in blind on front boards and with printed paper spine label. Foreword by Henry Ford. Frontispiece photo of Hubbard and many examples of Roycrofter illustrations throughout. A biography of the Western New York writer, printer, and publisher, whose distinctive publications were wonderfully designed and produced examples of American Arts and Crafts style. Hubbard founded the Roycrofter artisan community in East Aurora, New York. He and his wife perished aboard the Lusitania when it sunk in 1915. Verse on page 254 by James Whitcomb Riley listed as BAL 16730. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 553 pages .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38227
Title: Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora
Author: Shay, Felix
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket sunned, tattered and torn.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Wm. H. Wise & Company
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: Elbert Hubbard, Roycroft, Roycrofters, Arts And Crafts Movement, BAL
Bookseller catalogs: Biography and Memoir; Books about Books;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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