Hubbard, Alice

avery [Binding, Fine- Roycroft Bindery: Avery, Harry] Life Lessons

East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1909.

8vo, (9 x 7 inches). Beautifully bound by Avery in full green crushed morocco featuring two broad horizontal and and ochre inlaid design features surrounded by gilt ruling that narrows to thin double gilt ruling and then expands to triangles filled with gilt dots. With Avery’s signature broad dentelles filled with exotic gilt tooling design work, and magnificent handmade paper doublures and free endsheets. The book features portraits of each subject and a halftone frontispiece of Alice and Miriam Hubbard. Title-page, initials, and ornaments designed by Dard Hunter. Gilt artist’s initials to inside of front cover “HA’” and “maker’s mark” to inside of back cover: “Roycroft”. Entire book printed in green, orange and black on Japan Vellum with borders and initials by Dard Hunter. Fine condition. “On a High Shelf,” David Ogle OB-154-09 and the binding featured in color (pg. 198).

Price: $5,500.00   Item #6515