Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women; Madame De Staël by Elbert Hubbard (Creator) - 2012-08-01

Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1916. Embossed brown cloth hardcover with paper spine title. Gilt to top edge of spine. Spine slants slightly; wear to spine ends and corner tips; pages lightly aged, binding tight. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1902 edition hardcover Ex-Library with the usual markings, attachments, and library wear. Corner bumps, fraying to cover at edges. Spotting to cover. Text block clean and unmarked.

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women ELBERT HUBBARD II BERT HUBBARD We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we can not put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread and that is to be done strenuously, other work to do for our delight and that is to be done heartily; neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all. —John Ruskin I am Elbert Hubbard's son, and I am entirely familiar with the proposition that "Genius never reproduces." Heretofore, it has always been necessary to sign my name, "Elbert Hubbard II"—but now there is an embarrassment in that signature, an assumption that I do not feel. There is no Second Elbert Hubbard. To five hundred Roycrofters, to the Village of East Aurora, and to a few dozen personal friends scattered over the face of the earth, I am Bert Hubbard, plain Bert Hubbard—and as Bert Hubbard I want to be known to… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women ELBERT HUBBARD II BERT HUBBARD We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we can not put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread and that is to be done strenuously, other work to do for our delight and that is to be done heartily; neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all. —John Ruskin I am Elbert Hubbard's son, and I am entirely familiar with the proposition that "Genius never reproduces." Heretofore, it has always been necessary to sign my name, "Elbert Hubbard II"—but now there is an embarrassment in that signature, an assumption that I do not feel. There is no Second Elbert Hubbard. To five hundred Roycrofters, to the Village of East Aurora, and to a few dozen personal friends scattered over the face of the earth, I am Bert Hubbard, plain Bert Hubbard—and as Bert Hubbard I want to be known to… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. First Edition, Fifth Thousand . Blue Cloth. Very Good. Fifth Thousand indicated on title page. Top edge gilt, deckled edges. 1897 copyright date, no indication of later printing, with ads for 1898 indicating books to be published; binding of gilt and blue cloth as others in series. A bright, clean book, no fraying, gilt brilliant, spine cloth slightly sunned.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Good. 1900. Reprinted. 429 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper boards with a white cloth spine and gilded design to front. Pages are rough cut. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light tanning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928. vol2 only, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 307pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner) Volume two of the 14-volume series and guidebook o