Sinners, this is East Aurora : the story of Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Shops / by H. Kenneth Dirlam and Ernest E. Simmons ; Pen & ink drawings by John Rae.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dirlam, H. Kenneth.

Simmons, Ernest E., author.

Contributor:

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915.

Hubbard, Elbert.

East Aurora (N.Y.)--Imprints.

East Aurora (N.Y.).

Roycroft Shop.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)

Brandon, G. D. (autograph, Sept. 1964)

Physical Description:

263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Story of Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Shops

Place of Publication:

New York : Vantage Press, 1964.

Contents:

Foreword

The Philistine

Little Journeys

"A message to Garcia"

The work of the Roycrofters

More about Roycroft

Sociological experiments

Elbert Hubbard's style

If a man can make a better mousetrap

Keep those women away from me!

East Aurora a mecca

"A little journey to East Aurora" by Francis and Abigail Farrar

We want all you possess

Epilogue

Books and magazines done into print at the Roycroft Shop, 1895-1905.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Roycroft Press imprints presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has dust wrapper. Black and white photo of authors tipped in on last page.

Other Format:

Online version: Dirlam, H. Kenneth. Sinners, this is East Aurora.

OCLC:

839216