Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, 1st printing. Good, slight darkening and spotting to covers. 11.5 x 15cm. soft cover. Approx. 60pp. 9689K Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾"MO - OVER 53/4" - 63/4"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, 1st printing. Good, slight darkening and spotting to covers. 11.5 x 15cm. soft cover. Approx. 60pp. 9689M Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾"MO - OVER 53/4" - 63/4"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 6"x4.5". Sewn butcher paper wraps. Minor shelf wear to wraps. This is an antique book hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. The Philistine ran from 1895-1915 and was largely a journal of satire, progressive political essays, and short literary works. Hubbard said the magazine was bound in butcher paper because "There is meat inside."
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 6"x4.5". Sewn butcher paper wraps. Minor shelf wear to wraps. This is an antique book hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. The Philistine ran from 1895-1915 and was largely a journal of satire, progressive political essays, and short literary works. Hubbard said the magazine was bound in butcher paper because "There is meat inside."
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 6"x4.5". Sewn butcher paper wraps. Minor shelf wear to wraps. This is an antique book hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. The Philistine ran from 1895-1915 and was largely a journal of satire, progressive political essays, and short literary works. Hubbard said the magazine was bound in butcher paper because "There is meat inside."
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to the Home of Great Lovers (Book One). Roycrofters, 1913.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limp backs, edges worn, scuffed. Interior has a few pages lightly foxed, mostly the tissue overlays of plates. Name stamped inside front cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 205 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Green marbled leather soft covers show heavy wear and loss at edges and spine. Tipped in image of Roycrofters shops loose and now laid in. Former owner's name penned at front. Block edges browning. Text still clean and readable.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scuffed spine - see image. Previous owner's name in ink on inside front cover. ; All tissue guards are present and in pristine condition. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 233 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Hubbard, Elbert. THE BOOK OF BUSINESS. East Aurora, NY; Roycrofters, 1913, 1913.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. limp leather, hardcover; 161 pages; frontis, black & white decorations; chipped and stained cover, internally, a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Hubbard, Elbert.. THE BOOK OF BUSINESS.. Roycrofters: East Aurora, NY, 1913.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Description: Frontis, 7.25 x 5.25, limp leather, 161 pp, teg, spine ends chipped, covers worn and faded from green to partiallly brown, some pp roughly opened, others uncut.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Elbert Hubbard. THE BOOK OF BUSINESS. The Roycrofters January 1913, 1913.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: badly rubbed spine and front cover pulling from binding; unmarked copy in original slipcase
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: American literature; Arts and Crafts; 31p. 20.4cm; decorated cream paper wrapper; 'Initiative' by Hubbard on back wrapper; front cover with scuff and minor shelfwear; back cover torn, not affecting text. Author lived 1858-1915. Size: Octavo (8vo)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 31 Pp. Covers chipped along edges otherwise very good Illustrated paper wraps stringbound
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
HUBBARD, ELBERT. The Book of Business. Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1913.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: SOFT CALF COVERS QUITE RUBBED ON SPINE AND LIGHTLY ON PANELS, BINDING TIGHT, INTERIOR CLEAN, NO WRITING OR NAMES.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to. 14"x9". Sewn wraps. Cover portrait of Anna Howard Shaw. Damage to wraps. Tight and clean. This is an antique book hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. The Fra (named after Elbert Hubbard's wise alter ego "Fra Elbertus") ran from 1908-1917 and was largely a journal of current affairs and short literary works, featuring large (and surprisingly humorous) advertisements written by Elbert and Alice Hubbard.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to. 14"x9". Sewn wraps. Cover portrait of Eugene H. Grubb. Damage to wraps. Tight and clean. This is an antique book hand-printed by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. The Fra (named after Elbert Hubbard's wise alter ego "Fra Elbertus") ran from 1908-1917 and was largely a journal of current affairs and short literary works, featuring large (and surprisingly humorous) advertisements written by Elbert and Alice Hubbard.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hubbard, Elbert. The Book of Business. THE ROYCROFTERS, NEW YORK, 1913.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Rubbed extremities. Front and back endpapers are age-toned. Front and back hinges are damaged. No markings inside. DATE PUBLISHED: 1913 EDITION: 161
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hubbard, Elbert. Philistine, (A Periodical of Protest). Elbert Hubbard, Erie County, New York, 1913.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three little magazines- April, June, July 1913, filled with words of wisdom, advertisings of Roycrofter items. The books have minor damp stains, but are still in attractive condition, small tear on backstrip of the June issue.
Seller: Good Old Books, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 15 x 11.5 cm. 16 mo. Saddle-stitched pamphlets. Light rubbing to edges. No loose pages. December 1912 to May 1913. Complete 6 book set. Volume 36.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This limited edition copy is number 78/1003, signed by Alice Hubbard on the limited edition page. Bound in half moroccan leather and marbled paper boards with gilt tooling at the seams. Hubbed spine bears four raised bands and gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers match the cover. Illustrated throughout, printed and illumined by hand. Plates are protected by a tissue leaf. Frontispiece is a black and white portrait of the author, also protected by a tissue leaf. Olive green silk ribbon bookmark. Unpaginated. Protected by a mylar cover. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Alice Moore Hubbard (1861-1915) was a noted American feminist, writer, and with her husband, Elbert Hubbard was a leading figure in the Roycroft movement - a branch of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England." (Wikipedia). CONDITION: Some moderate external wear, particularly at the corners. Front hinge is cracked, yet still affixed. Rear hinge is starting, yet strong. Some light underlining in blue, yet pages are bright with very little foxing. Previous owner's stamp on the front flyleaf. Binding is sound. An absolutely lovely book, with beautiful craftsmanship. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mos; 205, 233 pages, full dark flexible sheep, spines scuffed, dry, worn at tips of spine, untrimmed; gilt name of Stanley R. Banyon on top covers. Issued as volumes 18 & 19 of the Little Journeys series [Not in McKenna ]. Lovers include Lord Nelson, Lady Hamilton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Balzac, Madame Hanska, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fanny Osbourne, Josiah Wedgewood, Sarah Wedgewood, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, Dante, Beatrice, Robert Parnell, Kitty O'Shea, Petrarch. Portraits.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. Illustr, 8 x 6, limp green-veined leather, 205 pp, 233 pp, covers worn (esp edges), hinges starting, spines badly rubbed, hinges loose, contents toned with some scattered foxing. EACH VOLUME IS SIGNED BY ELBERT HUBBARD ON FRONT BLANK (PAGE TONED). Set once owned by Dr. J. Burgess Book, of the famous Detroit Book Brothers (Book Cadillac Hotel, etc), with his name in gilt on cover of each volume.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, 5" x 7 1/4"; pp. [12], 11-161, [7]; original limp full calf; embossed title and decorations; gilt top edge and roughly-cut fore-edge of pages; wear mostly along edges of covers; spine slightly rubbed and faded; portrait frontis; engraved vignettes at beginning of chapters; few small pencil marks at outer margin of several pages; number written in upper corner of first free page; good or better condition. Signed/inscribed by author. He founded the Roycroft artisan community - an exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Among his best known and most influential works is 'Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great.' His wife and he perished aboard Lucitania, when the ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915. In his present work he elaborates on his ideas of business as a fine art. 3
Seller: ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.