Hubbard, Elbert and Robert Thompson
First Edition. 8vo, (8 x 5 inches). Three-quarter plum morocco, marbled boards, superb gilt decorated spine. In the original publisher's box with paper label. A truly fine copy. Printed in red and black, printed on Japan Vellum. Frontispiece is a photo of Jerome Conner's bas-relief portrait of William Morris. The book features seven letters from Morris to Robert Thompson, dealing with political matters, and the Hubbard essay describes his visit to Kelmscott House and presents much of the aesthetic rationale which resulted in the formation of the Roycrofters. A handsome production, and the book as near to perfect as one could ever hope to find. "On a High Shelf," David Ogle, OB-134-07.
Hubbard, Elbert and Alice
First Edition. 8vo, (8 x 6 inches). Exquisite binding by Harry Avery featuring innovative gilt-tooled repeating cover designs and inlaid squares as well as gorgeous handmade decorative onlaid paper doublures and free facing endsheets, wide dentelles. The binding is signed with Avery's "H.A." on lower rear dentelle, left side, and the Roycroft orb and cross mark is stamped to the dentelle at the center. There are only three Kinder bindings cited for this limitation (106 Copies), and initially priced at $100. The Book features a sepia frontispiece of each author after sketches by Otto Schneider. Two-page title spread, initials, and ornaments by Dard Hunter. "On a High Shelf," David Ogle OB-114-06 and the binding featured on a full-page in color,(pg 197). Fine condition.
Raile, Arthur Lyon [pseud. Warren, Edward P.]
First Edition. 8vo., approx. 4.75" x 7.5." 143pp. Exquisitely bound in light brown crushed morocco with an attractive all-over gilt and inlaid cover design consisting of a panel of gilt leaves, vines, and a pointillÈ border, with inlaid red and orange morocco flowers and green morocco dots, on both covers. Five bands to spine, with title and author in second compartment; remaining compartments with a gilt leaf and vine design. Wide turn-ins with rolled gilt borders and large fleurons at corners. The book features stunning and unusual handmade floral gilt stamped paper doublures and facing endsheets. All edges gilt, finely applied. Original olive green satin page marker intact. A beautiful and very well executed unsigned binding. but unfortunately unsigned. Some very light rubbing to edges of covers, spots of wear to lower right corner of front cover, along with narrow and nearly invisible loss to leather on top and bottom of front dentelles. A scarce title.Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928) was an art collector and member of the Uranian movement. This volume contains 86 poems, 31 of which had previously appeared in Itamos in 1903 (D'Arch Smith pp. 114-117).
Offered here is a grab bag of 20 individual pieces of original art, various sizes and shapes, mostly pen and ink, and some very highly executed and described in brief below: Railway: three drawings for the book published by A.C. Black, ìPeeps at Great Railways; the North Eastern & Great Northern Railways,î by G.E. Mitton, A.C. Black, 1911, including two large artboard sheets (11 x 9 & 14 x 8 inches) with a total of seven drawings on each. All three have the A. & C. Black three-line purple stamp on verso, as well as the title of the book in pencil. Horses, ìHeyton Ride,î three pieces, high degree of accomplish, ìroach back,î vs. ìhollow back,î etc., mock-up pages (6 pagers total) for a book for children on drawing and painting, three gathered pages, each with typed text and opposite, drawings of chickens, childís head, and attractive watercolor (large size) of a German Shepherd; mix of 8 smaller sized pen and ink drawings by various artists (unsigned) of houses, interiors, fishing, town and country life, a large charcoal (15 x 10 inches) on artboard of woman gazing out of heavily draped window, with the following in pencil on verso: P. 113. ìLeslie got up, and looked out.î The entire grouping in very good or better condition, many are fine.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
First Edition. 8vo, (8 x 5 inches). Beautifully bound by Kinder in full dark green morocco with both covers featuring a stunning central design composed of inlaid light brown tulips on bending stems within a gilt-tooled spheroid space, highlighted with ruling and nailheads. The corners and spine show similar design motif. Wide dentelles with five gilt concentric ruled lines, light green silk moire doublures and endsheets. Side edges with double filet gilt ruling. Book features a frontispiece portrait of the author. Signed and numbered to limitation page, "#16, Elbert Hubbard, Illumined by Hattie Tehoonte." "On a High Shelf," by David Ogle, OB-071-02, pictured in full page on pg. 206). Fine condition. In original presentation box with paper label.
Dickens, Charles
First Edition. 8vo, (9 x 6 inches). David Ogle: OB-003-96, pictured full-page and color, on pg. 201. THE ONLY KNOWN SIGNED KINDER BINDING, with Kinder's monogram "LK," stamped to inside back cover on the lower dentelle, as well as Roycroft's "orb and cross mark" to side dentelle. The signature is a sort of cuneiform mark, "made from four sequential impressions of the same binder's tool, shaped like the parenthesis symbol. impressed in the order to form an approximation of the initials "LHK. This mark was first discovered in an inlaid full leather specimen of 'The Holly Tree,' (i.e. our copy) and no other examples of the mark are presently known. David Ogle ("On a High Shelf", pg 59). A striking Kinder binding in full light green crushed morocco with repeating gilt-tooled circle design motif highlighted by inlaid circles and squares (on end) in ochre and dark green morocco on both covers. Spine with similar, though linear, gilt and inlaid motif. #17 of 100 copies on Japan Vellum, Signed and Numbered by Hubbard. Colored title page and full-page border designs by Samuel Warner, prominent early Roycroft artist who designed Elbert Hubbard's first personal bookplate. Decidedly, a great rarity, and certainly a cornerstone to any serious Roycroft collection. Fine condition.