Elbert Hubbard Fra Elbertus (59 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. 14 page stapled booklet published for General Motors Men and Women. Slight wear, light blue cover browning at the edges, no stamps or writing. Size: 6 " X 3 1/2". Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. ORIGINAL 1916 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Previous owner's name on top front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight dampstain to lower edge of first few pages. Central four pages are detached but present. Small piece missing from the outer edge of each of the last two pages. ; 24 pages.

A short success story written by Hubbard in 1904, reprinted as a booklet by Elbert Hubbard II. 3-1/2 x 6, 16 pp. Scarce. Pamplet in lt blue wraps; Good+, front wrap is bent.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Small book 15 pages Size: 24mo.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Green flexible leather covers have spots to the front, fading to the spine and edges. Front cover is starting to separate from the pages along the inner edge.

8Vo Softcover. Condition: Fair. 32pp. Saddlestitched softcover. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinge and stitching are secure, textblock is square with bumped corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edgewear and edge tears, upper corner creasing, chipping along deckled page edges, some foxing, pageblush, name written on front.

24Mo Softcover. Condition: Good. 18pp. Staplebound softcover. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinge is secure, textblock is square with bumped corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, light chipping along deckled page edges, some spotting, pageblush.

Condition: New.

8Vo Softcover. Condition: Good. 48pp. Staplebound softcover. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinge is secure, textblock is square with lightly bumped corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, some spotting, pageblush.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard on limitation page. Limited 1st edition 827/940 . 1/2 leather boards, deteriorated, little of the leather remains, except partial spine interior good. Signed by Author(s).

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 19.5 x 15 cm. xvi 26pp. 16 plates. String bound pamphlet. Some pages uncut. Soiling and some chipping to covers.

Limp Suede. Condition: Very Good. 20.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 122pp. Bound in brown limp suede. Toning to spine.

Pamphlet. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 12 Mo, 3 pamphlets (3 3/4 x 5 1/4), pp. Allegorical tales which the founder of the Roycroft community wrote for "preachment" purposes. Wraps (light soiling to covers of Get Out. rest clean and crisp).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. An edition of Elbert Hubbard. The books flaws: prior owner's name on inside cover, staining on covers and spine, yellowing of pages, edge wear, corner wear, label on spine chipped, scuffing at edges, creases on back boards, front hinge cracked, small tear on inner page. Time Tested Books has been located in the same place and owned by the same people for over 20 years. We have an excellent rep. We also have tens of thousands of titles in stock and are an open shop, so when in the Sacramento area, stop in.

Hardcover. Octavo; Fair-; Hardcover; Spine, red without print, stain at top; Boards are flexible cardboard in red suede with gold print, stain to spine, front, and oversized edges, rubbing, shelfwear; Text block has gilt top edge, detaching from cover, tanning to deckled edges, mild age-toning to paper, initial pages loose from binding, intermittent spine breaks, ribbon marker has stained pages where resting; iii, 166 pages, frontispiece (port.). 1335719. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Being an Appreciation of the Life Labor and Public Services of a Good Man and True. Quarter leather binding with top edge in gilt. Rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Pages are crisp and unmarked with deckled edges. Black and white frontis with tissue guard intact. Dust jacket (not pictured) is in pieces and laid in. Octavo, 113pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1920 edition, with the three-color wraps. 64 pages. Good condition overall. NO writing in book. The head of the spine is worn, and has a quarter-inch closed tear. Yapped edges have some wear. Overall, holding up very nicely. Paperback.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 123pp. Tan suede over flexible boards. Titles in gold on front board. Edges, corners and spine ends of suede are intact. Front free endpaper is filled with penciled arithmetic. Slight foxing scattered throughout, but pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Roycroft laid paper with watermark at bottom of pages. Hubbard was a self-proclaimed anarchist and socialist. He was also the founder of Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community, in East Aurora, NY in 1905.

Paper Wraps, Stapled. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Paper Wraps. Paper Wraps, Stapled. Very Good. 4 x 5.50". Tan paper wraps with black lettering and orange decorations. Top edge and fore-edge are uncut. Frontispiece is a photo of the author. Interior pages decorated in the Arts and Craft style typical of Roycrofters. Mild crease to upper front panel, tiny tear to top of page 5, else in fine condition. First published in 1899, this screed on such worthy qualities as initiative, inspired by the "Cuban War," touched a nerve with readers; at the time of this 1917 edition, some 40 million copies had been printed. "When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness." 17 pages, illustrated with two photos. Size: 4 x 5.50".

SUEDE LEATHER BROWN. Condition: GOOD. FOXING ON FRONT INNER COVER. NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATION ON TITLEPAGE. GOLD HILT LETTERING ON COVER. DATE PUBLISHED: 1905 EDITION: 122.

Half Leather. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued with a Dustjacket. Postuhous Edition of 1899. By Fra Elbertus; being an appreciation of the life, labor and public services of a good man and true - 'Ali Baba' - i.e. Hubbard's old friend Anson Alfonso Blackman who died in 1926., 12 years after Hubbard's death in the Sinking of the Lusitania. 113, [1] pages including frontispiece (portrait) illustrations; 21 cm; High quality publication. Half dark leather binding, with marbled paper boards. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Hinges are sound. Minor wear to the leather. Unpacked weight, 345g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - new, considerably lower Trans-Canada rates for many markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for Overseas destinations. Size: 20cm Tall. Book.

31 Pp. Covers chipped along edges otherwise very good Illustrated paper wraps stringbound.

24pp. Small 12mo. Original printed wrapper, slight wear to extremites. Near fine.

Undated & with no edition stated; copyright date of 1901. Pages untrimmed; watermark of the Roycroft Shop on early blank page; colour logo of Roycroft Shop on page following text; white cloth of spine a little soiled, with browned back-strip. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in paperboards with white cloth spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limp green suede binding with leather label and gold lettering, 6 X 8 1/2 inches, 106 pages. Silk end paper, Portrait of Joaquin Miller Frontispiece with tissue guard, 6 tipped in photo illustrations mounted on dark stock,which has caused darkening to the opposite page,text printed in black with red margin lettering. Slight edge fading to cover edges. Very good to Near Fine.

Öfversättning från Engelskan. P.A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1907. 47 sider. Trykt på skrivepapir. Indbundet i et meget smukt grønt halvbind af gedeskind med ægte bindforhøjninger og dekorativ stregforgyldning.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Paine, Anna (illustrator). Half leather. No. 164 of 940 copies, signed by Elbert Hubbard and the hand-illuminator, Anna Paine with elaborate two-colored symbol. 3/4th inch chip out of leather at top of spine. Faded spine. This is a Good copy of this limited edition from Hubbard's Roycroft Press. Newly reduced price. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: Very Good. East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop, 1905. First Edition. Letterpress. Small octavo (21x15x1.5cm); [vi] + 123pp. "Rubricated" throughout with each page also showing running title heads in the same color at the shoulder (so to speak). Maroon suede covers with yapp edges; front panel shows blind-stamped pane framing title and author in gilt. Claret-pink moiré silk overlays to pastedowns, à la doublure. Textblock of Roycroft laid paper with Roycroft watermark clearly visible. Top edge of textblock gilt; other edges untrimmed. Pink silk bookmark, now detached, is laid in. The suede cover edges and spine show signs of slight browning from handling, and the spine is rolled in a direction suggesting multiple re-readings. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Our author is none other than Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), founder and chief proselytizer for the handicraft Roycroft community (fl. 1900-1910) in East Aurora, just outside of Buffalo. Hubbard was inspired by a trip abroad to be the American emulator of William Morris and the Kelmscott Press. Trips abroad would be his undoing, however: he drowned in the sinking of the Lusitania.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Half-leather binding. Signed, limited edition (#393 of 940). Small rippled area at bottom edge of pages suggests moisture damage; no visible dampstain. Bottom edge of tissue guard has a small tear. Leather of binding is rubbed and worn at spine.