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The book of the Roycrofters.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Vilain-Wieck Collection Roycroft 468
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection Z232.R8 R78 1907
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roycroft Shop.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roycroft Shop.
- Arts and crafts movement.
- Private presses.
- Publishers' catalogs.
- East Aurora (N.Y.)--Imprints.
- East Aurora (N.Y.).
- Publishers' catalogs--New York (State)--East Aurora.
- New York (State)--East Aurora.
- Arts and crafts movement--New York (State)--East Aurora.
- Private presses--New York (State)--East Aurora.
- Genre:
- Binders' tickets (Binding)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection)
- Hubbard, Alice, 1861-1915 (autograph, July 1914) (Vilain-Wieck Collection) (copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- 17 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : mounted illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [East Aurora, N.Y.] : [Roycroft Shop], [1907]
- Contents:
- Consecrated lives.
- A little journey to East Aurora / Francis and Abigail Farrar.
- Consecrated lives.
- A little journey to East Aurora / Francis and Abigail Farrar.
- Notes:
- The body of the text is in Cheltenham, it is printed on Boxmoor paper and bound in paper over boards. The binding was done in paper of different colors. The title page, colophon, initials, cover and tails were designed by Dard Hunter. The decorations in the book are in black, green and pink.----cf. Roycroft Books [online resource]
- Half-title inserted between p. [8] and 9.
- Copyrighted by Elbert Hubbard.
- Decorations by Dard Hunter.
- 22 tipped in photographs of the Roycroft shops and buildings. Cover, title page and designs in text done in two colors by Dard Hunter.
- Local Notes:
- Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Roycroft Press imprints presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copies are bound in 1/4 cloth. Hunter title and rose motif on tan boards; narrow buckram spine without label or lettering. Copy one has inscription: "To Dan from Alice, Besse and Bert [Hubbard]. A little momento of the auto trip thru the Adirondacks. July 1914."
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Art Bound: Book Design Past & Present," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2008.
- Athenaeum copy: On back pastedown: Roycroft Shop binding ticket, no. 25.
- Cited in:
- McKenna, P. Roycroft, 145
- Ogle, David. On a high shelf, OB-124-07
- Other Format:
- Online version: Roycroft Shop. Book of the Roycrofters.
- OCLC:
- 5687646
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