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As Bees in Honey Drown, Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters
by Hamilton, Charles F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 049801052X
- ISBN 13
- 9780498010521
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
South Brunswick & New York / London: A. S. Barnes and Company / Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1973. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (just a little rubbed). NOT price clipped ($10.00). NO chips. NO tears. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. Bright, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and clean, probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Biography of Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters printing and craft shops of East Aurora, New York. Covers Hubbard's life and career, his wife Alice Moore, The Fra and The Philistine magazines, Arts and Crafts movement, Message to Garcia, competition with William Morris, etc. Appendix. Index. Bound in the original purple cloth, stamped in shiny silver. From the dust jacket: "This book, generously illustrated with photographs of Hubbard-Roycroft memorabilia -- much never before printed in a book -- provides a frame of reference for collectors of hand-illuminated books, hand-made copper, brass, leather, and other items turned out by the artisans called the Roycrofters." . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 253pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017450
- Title
- As Bees in Honey Drown, Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters
- Author
- Hamilton, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 049801052X
- ISBN 13
- 9780498010521
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes and Company / Thomas Yoseloff Ltd
- Place of Publication
- South Brunswick & New York / London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- The Fra. The Philistine. Arts and Crafts Magazines. Message to Garcia. William Morris.
- Size
- 8vo. 253pp
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About the Seller
About Books
Biblio member since 2008
Henderson, Nevada
About About Books
About Books (Genny and Michael Winne, proprietors, formerly of Parsippany, New Jersey) has been selling rare and OP books since 1985. Besides book fairs and mail-order catalogues, long-time collectors and dealers will remember our lengthy For Sale ads in the Antiquarian Bookman and similar magazines. Our inventory of over 40,000 volumes is especially strong in the specialties listed, but contains fine books in a variety of other fields as well. Because most of our books are stored in protective boxes, rather than on shelves, they cannot be viewed as a whole. If you wish to visit us to examine specific titles, please provide 24 hours notice and we will make them available for your inspection. Phone calls to (702) 750-2722 are welcome, but please, only between the hours of 8am and 10pm (west coast time).
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