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Cleveland / New York: The World Publishing Company / Wm. H. Wise & Co. (guide). Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928, 1926. Leather. A complete 14 volume set of Elbert Hubbard's series of profiles of the world's most eminent people. Each profile with a black & white portrait of the subject. The title of this work is a little misleading: the lives of the subjects are examined, rather than visiting their homes. The guide is a one-volume version of the larger set, with brief profiles of the subjects. This 1928 reprint set follows the earlier Roycrofters editions which appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. Each volume about 350-400 pp. --- Organized by occupations of the subjects: Volume 1: Good Men and Great, V. 2: Famous Women, V. 3: American Statesmen, V. 4: Eminent Painters, V. 5: English Authors, V. 6: Eminent Artists, V. 7: Eminent Orators, V. 8: Great Philosophers, V. 9: Great Reformers, V. 10: Great Teachers, V. 11: Great Businessmen, V. 12: Great Scientists, V.… Read More

East Aurora: The Roycrofters; William H Wise and Co, 1916. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, bindings tight, lig. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great complete 14 volume set Memorial Edition with Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora by Felix Shay. Total of 15 volumes in matching buckram cloth and front board embossed cameo of Hubbard. Clean pages, bindings tight, light smudging to cloth boards, varying degrees of skewing to some spines

Wm. H. Wise & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. ; Complete 14 Volume Set in Art Nouveau Detailed Leatherette Plus Guide Book. Black leatherette covers with color embossed art nouveau front covers and embossed spine detail are bumped at corners with modest wear to corners otherwise clean, bright, and overall in very good+ condition. Flexible boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. There is faint damp staining to a few pages in 4 of the volumes but no mildew whatsoever. Pages are otherwise clean and complete with tissue protected illustrations. ; 8.4 X 6.1 X 1.5 inches .

East Auroa, New York: The Roycrofters. Memorial Edition Specially Printed For Louise Marie Hurlsbeth, San Pedro, California 1931. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No Dust Jackets, (As Issued). Octavo, [20cm/8inches], full fancy polychrome-embossed leatherette sans dust jackets. Illustrated with pen & ink sketches of "The Great.". Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Includes Good Men and Great; Famous Women; American Statesmen; Eminent Painters; English Authors; Eminent Artists; Eminent Orators; Great Philosophers; Great Reformers; Great Teachers; Great Businessmen; Great Scientists; Great Lovers & Great Musicians ... Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Some of the Roycroft Campus buildings remain; they have been… Read More

East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters and Wm. W. Wise & Co, 1928. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 22 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. Complete 14 volume set. The Memorial Edition. Bound in brown cloth with spine labels, in dust jackets. Frontispieces and additional in-text plates. Gilt top foredges. Ribbon markers. Chip out of front jacket flap vol 1. Frontispiece of volume 1 partially detached but still present. Books are in fine or near fine condition, some of the jackets have some closed tears. Nice set.