Item #009422 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators [8 vols]. Elbert Hubbard.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators [8 vols]

East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1903. Soft cover. 12mo. Very Good. Item #009422

Eight volumes. Orig, brown card wraps, saddle stitched. Vol. XII, No. 1- January (Pericles): 29 pp. Vol. XII, No. 4 - April (Martin Luther): 95-138 pp. Vol. XII, No. 5 - May (Edmund Burke): 139-162 pp. Vol. XII, No. 6 - June (William Pitt): 163-182 pp. Vol. XIII, no. 1 - July (Marat): 1-21 pp. Vol. XIII, No. 2 (Ingersoll): 23-59 pp. Vol. XIII, No. 3 (Henry): 61-87 pp. Vol. XIII, No. 6 - December (Phillips): 153-184 pp. All volumes are bumped and creased, and several have some light to moderate damp staining. A few chips to corners. A very good set overall. "One booklet a month will be issued as usual, beginning on January 1st. The Little Journeys for 1903 will be strictly de luxe in form and workmanship. The type will be a new font of antique blackface; the initials designed especially for this work; a frontispiece portrait from the original drawing made at our Shop in each on Japan Vellum. The booklets will be stitched by hand with silk." (from inside front cover).

Price: $150.00

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