The Note Book Of Elbert Hubbard: Mottos, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings and Preachments : Coined From A Life Of Love, Laughter And Work.

Elbert Hubbard

Verlag: Roycrofters (East Aurora, NY) & W. H. Wise., 1927

Beschreibung

1927; First Edition; Quatro. 220,[6]pp. Original pictorial cloth-lined butcher paper wrappers over half cloth and paper covered boards. String bound; Red lettering and decoration on front cover. Title-page in red and black lettering, within decorative frame. Decorative initials. Frontispiece; Fold out illustration of his notes; Fascinating work compiling original mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, orphic sayings and preachments, coined from "a life of love, laughter and work, by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business." Some edgewear to boards; Borders and first letters of paragraphs in beautiful Arts And Crafts style lettering and design; Inscription to rear FEP in pencil; Small amount of damp staining to FFEP; A rare and collectible first edition by an American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher. Hubbard described himself as an anarchist and a socialist.[3]: 149 He believed in social, economic, domestic, political, mental and spiritual freedom.[3]: ii In A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things (1901), Hubbard explained his Credo by writing "I believe John Ruskin, William Morris, Henry Thoreau, Walt Whitman and Leo Tolstoy to be Prophets of God, and they should rank in mental reach and spiritual insight with Elijah, Hosea, Ezekiel and Isaiah."[3]: i Yet, common themes throughout his works portray him as a capitalist, with his pro-business beliefs and anti-union beliefs. Very Good+. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 244

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Note Book Of Elbert Hubbard: Mottos, ...

Verlag: Roycrofters (East Aurora, NY) & W. H. Wise.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition