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Respectability
by ( Roycrofters ) Elbertus, Fra .( Elbert Hubbard )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
East Aurora. The Roycrofters. 1905. Bound in suede covered boards. embossed device to front cover with gilt titles. 12mo. Illustrated with page ornamentation and stylized rubrications. Written by Hubbard on trains during a barnstorming tour, the book owes its inspiration to Veblen's " A Theory of the Leisure Class " and William Morris's " News From Nowhere ". Usual mild soiling and spotting to covers, mild foxing to bottom edges, else Very Good. A clean and exceptionally crisp copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5224
- Title
- Respectability
- Author
- ( Roycrofters ) Elbertus, Fra .( Elbert Hubbard )
- Format/Binding
- Bound in suede covered boards. embossed device to front cover with gilt titles.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Roycrofters.
- Place of Publication
- East Aurora.
- Date Published
- 1905.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...