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The Olympians: A Tribute to Tall Sun-Crowned Men
by Hubbard, Elbert
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters - Roycroft Craftsmen, 1921. First edition in book form, profiles previously published in FRA Magazine. Externally fair, internally good. Biographies of men admired by Hubbard. Three quarter dark brown leather over lighter brown covers, attractively printed on handmade deckle edged Roycroft paper with decorative head and tail pieces in black and brown, initials in color, decorative title page. Leather worn and chipped including most of the spine covering, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with just a few instances of light foxing, no names or other markings. Biographies include: Henry Hudson; Maurice Maeterlinck; Ingersoll; Emerson; Tolstoy; Gustave le Bon; Victor Hugo; Andrew Lang; Jean Jacques Rousseau; Edgar Allen Poe; Plutarch; Thoreau; Aristotle. This is the original on Roycroft watermarked paper, not a modern reprint.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046690
- Title
- The Olympians: A Tribute to Tall Sun-Crowned Men
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Roycrofters - Roycroft Craftsmen
- Place of Publication
- East Aurora, New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES ARTS & CRAFTS PRINTING
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Reprint
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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