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an old book sitting on top of a white table next to a white walla book that is sitting on a white surfacepurple and gold leather bound book with gold trim on white backgroundthree books stacked on top of each other on a tablea small book with a yellow strip on top of ita close up of a book with a red cover and gold triman old book with a drawing of a man standing in front of a housean open book with a handwritten quote on the coverthe philosophy of albert hubbard by the boycroftersan open book with a picture of a clock on ita book with a list of articles in it
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202 - HUBBARD, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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HUBBARD, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. First edition, a copy from the first print run, beautifully bound and signed by the author’s son. New York [East Aurora, N.Y.], The Roycrofters, 1916. In-8 (200 x 120 mm). Red half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine decorated with a rich Art Deco design featuring small gilt ironwork, gilt head. Contemporary binding. 174, and [2] pp. In English, Cracks at the first joint, head re-glued, a fragment missing from the bottom of the spine. First edition. One of 13 copies from the first print run on Japanese paper, this one signed by the author’s son (no. 9). Adorned with an etched portrait of Elbert Hubbard as a frontispiece. Very attractive layout, with lovely wood-engraved typographical ornaments and green border fillets on every page. A posthumous work edited by John T. Hoyle. Contains previously unpublished texts by Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), an avant-gardist, visionary, man of action and popular philosopher, deeply committed to the ideals of freedom, craftsmanship and democracy. Hubbard is best known for founding the Roycrofters community and publishing house in East Aurora (New York) in 1895, which became one of the cornerstones of the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. This collection brings together eighteen essays devoted to freedom, responsibility and economics, whilst also addressing social issues such as marriage and divorce, motherhood, vaccination and equal suffrage. The book opens with this statement: ‘So this, then, is an essay on the American philosophy. The American philosophy is founded on the science of economics.’ A fine copy in a deluxe Art Deco binding.
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Auction time 07/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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