Name/Title
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ELBERT HUBBARDEntry/Object ID
96.72.1.4Description
Book: "The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard" by Elbert Hubbard (East Aurora: The Roycrofters, 1916), 174 pp. A hardcover book, copy 4478 of 9983 copies and signed by Hubbard's son, Elbert II, with a light brown cover with a mat-like spine cover and blue paper stripe at the end of the spine cover. Cover and spine text is in dark brown with a couple of small illustrations and a photo of Hubbard at the front. The book details the musings of the Arts and Crafts movement leader, including ideas on freedom and responsibility, corporal punishment, marriage and divorce, taxation of church property, free motherhood, health, equal suffrage, and vaccination. There are no illustrations except for stylized line drawings at the beginning and end of chapters, as well as at the top of pages. In good condition with minor discoloration on pages, water and other stains on many pages, pencil marks on pages, and the page marking ribbon loose and located at the copyright page. A library sticker is on the inside cover with the name "Anita A. Church" written in black ink. Inscribed in dark ink on the front fly leaf is, "To:/Alina Stanford,/(Herself)/from her friend/Elbert Hubbard II/11/10/22/[in pencil] Nov. 1922."Lexicon
Search Terms
Documentary Artifact, Books, Roycrofters [Publisher], Arts and Crafts movement