THE ELBERT HUBBARD I KNEW: An Intimate Biography from the Heart and Pen of his Sister SIGNED
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1929. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1929. Good. 8vo., 221 pp., with sepia toned frontis of the author and other black & white illustrations. Bound in publishers leather (?) and orange paper boards with title, etc. in gilt on spine and in black on front cover. Notation from original owner, Florence Robinson Rice dated 1929, states that the book was signed by MHH, her Sunday School teacher and dear friend. We believe this to be the large signature under the frontis illustration.
Edges, tips are worn through in some spots. Homemade mylar jacket has protected the binding thru the years and will be left in place. Small stamp of previous owner inside front cover. Small envelope taped to end paper contains newspaper clippings about both Hubbards, and the NYT book review of this title dated 1/12/1930. Laid in by itself is tri-fold sheet titled A Brief History by Charles F. Hamilton on The Roycroft Inn. Good. Item #26253
Roycroft was a reformist community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. Elbert Hubbard founded the community in 1895, in the village of East Aurora, New York, near Buffalo. - Wiki
Mary Hubbard Heath and her husband, William, had Frank Lloyd Wright design and build their home in Buffalo NY in 1903.
Price: $125.00