The Roycroft Books. A Catalog and Some Remarks Without Prejudice Concerning the Publications Issued from the Shop This Year....1902. Bound with 11 Different Issues of "Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Business Men" Dated 1909
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Hardcover
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The book is bound in the following order: Robert Owen, James Oliver, Stephan Girard, Mayer E Rothschild, Philip D Armour, John J Astor, Peter Cooper, Andrew Carnegie, ["The Roycroft Books A Catlalog" (29 pages with tipped in plates) is inserted here] A T Stewart, H H Rogers, James J Hill -- 8vo, various paginations, original Roycroft binding of 3/4 suede with a red leather gilt label on the spine and pastel marbled boards, marbled endpapers match the outer marbled boards, "The Little Journeys are all designed by Dard Hunter with his printed signature in the bottom corner of the title pages -- Title page of the Robert Owen issue has a closed tear mostly in the margin (enters the text a little) Their are some finger smudges on the verso of the Robert Owen title page Page 5 & 13 of this issue also has a closed tear to the margin just barely entering the text The corner tips are moderately rubbed Else nice condition with the suede not being powdered as is usually the case with these bindings -- Overall very good (possibly better) condition (XBG22-653-BS) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Business & Industry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006371.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6371
- Title
- The Roycroft Books. A Catalog and Some Remarks Without Prejudice Concerning the Publications Issued from the Shop This Year....1902. Bound with 11 Different Issues of "Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Business Men" Dated 1909
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- BZDB21 NOISBN Dard Hunter, Roycroft, Roycrofters, Book Catalogs, Trade Catalogs, Book Design, Fine Press, Illustrated Books Business & Industry; The Roycroft Books A Catalog and Some Remarks Without Prejudice Concerning the Publications Issued
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Lonesome Water Books
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About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled boards
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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