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Posted 9 months, 15 days ago
stefdesign
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My husband and I have been collecting Roycroft books since we lived in East Aurora in the early 90s. We love the few lovely volumes we have, especially the lovely soft, tooled leather covers. Amazing engravings, they are a treat to look at.
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My hero, Elbert Hubbard.
I too have some of these. The Elbert Hubbard Scrapbook in particular. ... unless i sold it??? It is either around here somewhere... or I sold it.
Now I have learned something. I never knew of Roycroft.
One of my all time favorites. Should be required reading for all schools...
http://www.birdsnest.com/garcia.htm
I've read it and agree. Better yet, add it to all who wishes to be employed.
I have several other Elbert Hubbard scrapbooks, but I only have the ones published by the Roycroft shown here. He was indeed a brilliant man. Did you know he died on the Lusitania in 1915? (the Lusitania was a passenger ship, sunk by German U-boats off the coast of Ireland).
Lusitania I do know. It was a large part of why we got into the war. Our citizens and our ships were being sunk by the U-Boats. I did not know he was aboard.
I have a set of books by Elbert Hubbard titled "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great ...
"Good Men and Great" (lists this as a Memorial Edition of 14 volumes, and speaks of Hubbard's death.)
"Great Lovers"
"Great Scientists"
"Great Musicians"
"Great Teachers"
"Great Business Men"
"Great Reformers"
"Great Philosophers"
"Famous Women"
"American Statesmen"
"English Authors"
"Eminent Artists"
"Eminent Painters"
"Eminent Orators"
"Copyright 1916 By The Roycrofters"
Are you familiar with this set?
Yep, that's a wonderful set. I'm sure you could get a good price for that set if you wanted to sell it. You don't happen to have the bookcase they came in, do you?
I don't have the book case. That would be interesting to see. I have the cardboard box I bought them in and will likely sell the box with the books as a package deal. ;-)
Do you have the set, and the book case?
No, I wish! I've only seen it online. You can see it here: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5457738838&searchurl=an%3Dhubbard%26sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dlittle%2Bjourney%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bhomes%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bgreat
That's actually a bookcase for a larger set, so perhaps the 14 volume set didn't come with a bookcase.
Here's some info on your set:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3558105124&searchurl=an%3Dhubbard%26sortby%3D1%26tn%3Dlittle%2Bjourney%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bhomes%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bgreat
I wonder why they would make a book shelf to hold two complete sets (as stated in the posting)? I agree that I don't think it was made to be sold with the set. I think it may have been made for collectors of Roycroft books, and designed for the set to fill one shelf and then your other Roycroft books could fill the other.
The $500.00 price tag is kind of high to me. I would sell my complete set for a lot less. Of course the price for a collector is dependent on how attached to an item you are, and I am much less attached to mine they they are to theirs.
You'll notice that the $500 set is autographed by Elbert Hubbard II... so that's probably the reason for the high price.
Mine is too. I am about to post from volume one. I don't see the need to post them all as out side they are the same except the title. I will return here with a link when posted.
Here is the link to my 14 volume set.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/39506-1916-set-of-14-books-by-elbert-hubbard-t
nice to other people collecting Roycroft ,,,most think of Elbert Hubbard as the soap salesman, but he was a Steve Jobs of the late 1800s and early 1900, forming a campus of all the master's of free thinkers ,writers ,and craft poeple of the times.
meant to say nice to seeeeeeeeee........other peopl.....have to start proof reading i guess..(smileing)