Love, Life and Work
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Book, pictures and comments courtesy of Paul Jackson.
Love, Life and Work
by Elbert hubbard, 1906
This book measures 7" x 4 3/4" and has
150 pages. The text body is set in Caslon and was printed in red and orange on
unmarked laid paper. The binding variants include the regular edition
bound in blind stamped suede, a limited edition of 103 that was
printed on Japan Vellum and bound 3/4 Levant, (This edition is not listed
in McKenna, but I believe the edition of 90 listed in McKenna to be erroneous
and to be based upon the December 1906 Philistine advertisement). Additional
variants include two copies that were bound in full leather and printed on
Japan Vellum, a paper over boards binding as depicted above, and a modeled leather edition. The
initials and title page although not signed, were designed by Dard Hunter.
This book was listed in the December 1906 Philistine with prices quoted as
follows: limp leather silk lined (read suede) $2.00, a few copies in modeled
leather, $7.50, 90 copies bound 3/4 Levant and printed on Japan vellum,
$10.00 (we now know there was a limitation of 103) and 2 copies bound full
Levant at $50.00.
The advertisement states that this book is, " A collection of essays, being a
book of opinions, reasonably good natured, concerning how to attain the highest
happiness for one's self with the least possible harm to others."
| Home |
| 1906 |