Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great: by Elbert Hubbard - 1895

Putnam, 1900. Blue boards with gold lettering and decorations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Portraits.

G. P. Putnam, 1899. Unknown. Good/No Jacket (As Issued). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. In original brown suede, stamped in gilt. A good copy with staining, rubbing and chipping to suede; binding internally weak. Collection of 12 classic early journeys in this uncommon trade edition.Gravure Plates.

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Little Journeys to the homes of George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Wm. E. Gladstone, J. M. W. Turner, Jonathan Swift, Victor Hugo, Wm. Wordsworth, W. M. Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, and Shakespeare. Illustrated, 366 pages. Gilt lettered binding..

New York and London: Putnam's, 1909. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bright gold-stamped embossed navy cloth. 7" x 4.25." Gilt top edge. No names, clean text. With ads, frontispiece w/ tissue guard. "Twenty-seventh thousand" printed on title pg. Chapters: John Ruskin, Victor Hugo, Wordsworth, Goldsmith, Shakespeare, et al. 31,000 PB shelf

N Y.: G P Putnam's, 1895, N Y. Soft Cover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover.Brown leather covers with title in gold on cover and spine.Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbings/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked but binding still intact. Fourth page is loose.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Roycrofters, 1928. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1928; East Aurora; yellow illustrated glossy paper dust jacket with black titles; dust jacket contains rubbing and wear; dust jacket contains chips and tears; Interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 345 pages

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 7 in. Brown suede semi-rigid boards, yapped edges. Condition is GOOD+ ; ffep is separated but binding very tight. covers rubbed, rear a bit toned/sunned. Text unmarked. Bio. Stax.

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great GEORGE ELIOT Warwickshire gave to the world William Shakespeare. It also gave Mary Ann Evans. No one will question that Shakespeare's is the greatest name in English literature; and among writers living or dead, in England or out of it, no woman has ever shown us power equal to that of George Eliot, in the subtle clairvoyance which divines the inmost play of passions, the experience that shows human capacity for contradiction, and the indulgence that is merciful because it understands. Shakespeare lived three hundred years ago. According to the records, his father, in Fifteen Hundred Sixty-three, owned a certain house in Henley Street, Stratford-on-Avon. Hence we infer that William Shakespeare was born there. And in all our knowledge of Shakespeare's early life (or later) we prefix the words, "Hence we infer." That the man knew all the sciences of his day, and had such a knowledge of each of the learned professions that all… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great GEORGE ELIOT Warwickshire gave to the world William Shakespeare. It also gave Mary Ann Evans. No one will question that Shakespeare's is the greatest name in English literature; and among writers living or dead, in England or out of it, no woman has ever shown us power equal to that of George Eliot, in the subtle clairvoyance which divines the inmost play of passions, the experience that shows human capacity for contradiction, and the indulgence that is merciful because it understands. Shakespeare lived three hundred years ago. According to the records, his father, in Fifteen Hundred Sixty-three, owned a certain house in Henley Street, Stratford-on-Avon. Hence we infer that William Shakespeare was born there. And in all our knowledge of Shakespeare's early life (or later) we prefix the words, "Hence we infer." That the man knew all the sciences of his day, and had such a knowledge of each of the learned professions that all… Read More

G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Cover has spots of liquid damage, spine is taped with clear tape, random pages have stains and oxidation spotting.