The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard II; Alice Hubbard (Introduction). The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard. East Aurora, NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1927. First edition. Quarto. 220, [6]pp. Original pictorial cloth-lined butcher paper wrappers over half cloth and paper covered boards. String bound. Red lettering and decoration on front cover. Title-page in red and black lettering, within decorative frame. Decorative initials. Fascinating work compiling original mottoes, epigrams, short essays, passages, orphic sayings and preachments, coined from “a life of love, laughter and work, by a man who achieved greatly in literature, art, philosophy and business.” Some age wear on wrappers with head and tail of spine chipped and worn, and closed tears along joints. Wrappers in overall poor to fair, binding in good to very good, interior in very good condition. fair. Hardcover. (25063) $50