East Aurora: Roycrofters. Very Good. 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A very nice example in binding of white buckram spine and with dark grey-green boards; gilt lettering at spine and front board; printed by letterpress on hand-made paper, top edge gilt, fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait of John Wesley, as well as full page portrait illustrations (with tissue guards) of each of the other Reformers profiled: Henry George, Garibaldi, Richard Cobden, Thomas Paine, and John Knox. Text embellished with hand colored decorative initials and decorative designs by Roycroft Artists. A lovely example of Roycroft design and printing. .

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Bookseller: Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45140
Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Vol. XX
Author: Hubbard, Elbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition Thus
Publisher: Roycrofters
Place of Publication: East Aurora
Date Published: 1907
Size: 8vo.
Keywords: Roycrofters, Arts and Crafts Movement, Illustrated Books
Bookseller catalogs: Illustrated Books; Fine Press;

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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.

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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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....
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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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