Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Lifetime of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use

Elbert Hubbard

Published by The Roycrofters, Publishers / Wm. H. Wise & Co., Distributers, New York, NY, 1923

About this Item

The Roycrofters, Publishers / Wm. H. Wise & Co., Distributers. c1923. Softcover/Hardboard. First Edition. Printed and made into a book by The Roycrofters, at their shops in East Aurora, Erie County, New York State. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the frontispiece verso. Book Condition: Very Good; Original cloth ribbon binding is present; light wear and bumping to edges of boards. No DJ. Brown butcher paper with cloth layer between for boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine with off-white string binding. Tan colored endpapers. 228 pp + 12 pp index 4to. This book is a posthumously published collection of over 700 inspirational quotes and passages from historical figures and literary greats, curated by writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard for his own use and published by his Roycroft artisan community. Also included is a collection of favorite sayings, poems, and aphorisms from over 500 thinkers, gathered by Hubbard over his lifetime. The book is organized thematically (e.g., love, success, humanity) and serves as a source of wisdom and spiritual refreshment, featuring classic authors like Shakespeare, Franklin, and Plato alongside Hubbard's own philosophy. A clean very presentable copy.

Seller Inventory # 020122

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Lifetime of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use
• Publisher: The Roycrofters, Publishers / Wm. H. Wise & Co., Distributers, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1923
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy/management/leadership
  • Journalism/Writing
  • Literature/Poetry