Item #32522 Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great (English Authors: Volume V Five). Elbert Hubbard.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great (English Authors: Volume V Five)

New York: William H Wise and Co (Roycrofters), 1916. Hardcover. Memorial Edition. Scarce in jacket. Includes chapters on William Morris, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns, John Milton, Samuel Johnson, Thomas B. Macaulay, Lord Byron, Joseph Addison, Robert Southey, Samuel T. Coleridge, and Benjamin Disraeli. This is Volume Five in a series of books about great men. While Hubbard includes a chapter on Morris, he did not actually ever meet him (despite saying otherwise); however, he did tour the Kelmscott Press. Bound in tan cloth boards with white paper title label to spine. Frontispiece illustration of Morris and Morris inspired title page design and initals. A few pages have been opened poorly, creating chips along the edges. Clean and bright. In tan dust jacket with black title to spine and front cover. A few chips and closed tears to edges of jacket. Price sticker removed from spine of jacket (has lifted finish) and red pen marking to spine. 347 pages. MOR/102418. Near Fine / Very Good.

Item #32522

Price: $25.00

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