Description
Here is Love Life & Work, a book written by Elbert Hubbard and published in 1906 by the Roycrofters. 150 pages plus colophon. The cover, title page, initials and ornaments in the book are beautifully crafted by famed papermaker and designer Dard Hunter. The cover is green partly faded to brown, with matching moire endpapers. The pages are printed in red and black ink. First and only edition of Hubbard’s musings, as he puts it “being a book of opinions reasonably good natured concerning how to obtain the highest happiness for one’s self with the least possible harm to others”. ( I believe it includes some of Hubbard’s essays from The Philistine.) Later, Elbert’s wife Alice published a companion book in similar format entitled “Woman’s Work”. There is a nice inserted portrait of Elbert by Otto Schneider, protected with a tissue guard.
The book is in good condition, with substantial fading to the suede cover, but the leather is still intact and clean. Inside, the silk endpapers are a little dirty and there is a torn corner on the front free endpaper and a small tear to rear one. The binding is solid, though the front hinge is lightly cracked. The green silk bookmark is still present, though detached. The pages are clean and in quite nice condition otherwise. These Roycroft books have such a presence. You will see if you add this little beauty to your collection.
