A GROUP OF FIFTEEN BOOKS, SOME PUBLISHED BY ELBERT HUBBARD, ROYCROFT SHOP, EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1898-1909,

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  A GROUP OF FIFTEEN BOOKS, SOME PUBLISHED BY ELBERT HUBBARD, ROYCROFT SHOP, EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1898-1909, fifteen books published for Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft Shop in East Aurora, New York, comprising, Robert Louis Stevenson's Will O' The Mill, 1901, brown suede binding with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, brown satin end papers, printed in one color laid paper, height: 8", width: 6"; Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of Ye Ancient Mariner, 1899, brown suede binding with gilt lettering, pale orange satin end papers, printed in colors on laid paper, pictures by William W. Denslow, copy 150 of 910, first edition corrected and improved, signed in ink, "Elbert Hubbard" on limitation page, height: 9"; width: 6"; Rudyard Kipling's The Dipsy Chanty and Other Selected Poems, 1898, green suede binding with gilt lettering, green satin end papers, printed on laid paper, height: 8"; width 5"; Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self Reliance, 1902, tan suede binding with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, pale orange moire silk end papers, printed in one color on Roycroft wove paper, height: 8"; width: 5 3/4"; translated by Andrew Lang, Aucassin and Nicolette, 1899, green suede binding with gilt lettering, pale orange satin end papers, printed in colors on Roycroft wove paper, height: 8"; width: 5 1/8"; Elbert Hubbard's Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians, Vol. 8, 1901, green suede binding with gilt lettering to cover and spine, top edge gilt, olive silk end papers, printed on Roycroft wove paper, illuminated by Harriet Kysar, copy 94 of 947, signed "Elbert Hubbard" on limitation page together with signature of illuminator, height: 8"; width: 6"; Irving Bacheller's The Story of a Passion, 1899-1901, green suede binding with blind stamp and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, olive silk end papers, printed in two colors on Roycroft handmade paper, illuminated by Anna Paine and signed on colophon, height: 8"; width: 6"; Elbert Hubbard's The Legacy: Vol. II, Book III, bottle green suede binding with gilt lettering, gold satin end papers, printed in one color on deckle edge paper, height: 6 7/8"; width: 4 1/2"; translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1898, tan suede binding with gilt lettering, green satin end papers, printed in colors on deckle edge paper, height: 5 1/4"; width: 8"; Robert Browning's The Last Ride, 1900, 3/4 brown suede with marbled paper boards and end papers, with gilt lettering, and French folded pages, printed in colors on Roycroft wove paper, illuminated and signed "Emma Johnson," copy 163 of 940, signed, "Elbert Hubbard" on the limitations page, height:7 3/4"; width: 5 3/4"; Irving Browne's Ballads of a Bookworm, 1899, light gray paper over boards binding with printed paper title labels, tinted laid end papers, printed in colors, height: 8 1/4"; width: 5 1/2"; Fra Elbertus' Old John Burroughs, 1901, dark gray paper over board with white cloth spine binding, gilt lettering to spine, white printed lettering to cover, height: 8 1/4"; width; 5 1/4"; and three associated books, comprising: Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, 1902, H.M. Caldwell, New York, brown suede binding with gilt decoration and applied image, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, height: 7"; width: 4 3/4"; Elbert Hubbard's Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen, 1898, G.P. Putnam's Sons, publishers, New York and London, and The Knickerbocker Press, New York, green suede binding with gilt lettering, light orange satin end papers, top edge gilt, height: 7 1/4"; width: 4 7/8"; and, lastly, Elbert Hubbard's Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters, 1901, G.P. Putnam's Sons, publishers, New York and London, and The Knickerbocker Press, New York, green suede binding with gilt lettering, olive moire silk end papers, top edge gilt height: 7 1/4"; width: 4 7/8". (15)

  Condition

  Stains, smudges, toned areas, some with apparent old moisture exposure, some with dry rot, one book with myriad damages, surface soil, dust, overall in fair to good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."
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