LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT ARTISTS. VOL. XI. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6, 1902
by Hubbard, Elbert
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East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1902. Brown wrappers, printed and decorated in black and red; sewn binding. 6 x 4 in. Five issues. Frontispiece portrait of the artist printed on Japan Vellum laid in to each issue. Artists represented in this collection are Antonio Allegri Correggio, Giovanni Bellini, Benvenuto Cellini, Edwin Abbey, and James Whistler. Each issue in very good condition, some leaves unopened and some others roughly opened, they are remarkable for their advertisements that include testimonies for Grape Nuts, the prices for original Arts and Crafts furniture at the turn of the last century, and the offer for Life Memberships in the "American Academy of Immortals.
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- Title
- LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF EMINENT ARTISTS. VOL. XI. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6, 1902
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Roycrofters
- Place of Publication
- East Aurora, NY
- Date Published
- 1902
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...