Buy this book on-line Hubbard, Elbert : Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Business Men : Robert OwenRoycrofters, East Aurora, New York, 1909
String bound, paper covered booklet, title on cover with elaborate Craftsman design, chipping along edges. 35 pages, many unopened, with publisher advertisements in front and back, 2 detached portraits of Robert Owen included. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer, publisher and philosopher. He was the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York. This community promoted the Arts and Crafts movement, and produced this book in that design. This book is a biography of Robert Owens (1771-1858), a Welsh philosopher and social reformer. He began as a manager of cotton mills and his attempts to conduct a profitable business while also improving the lives of the workers eventually lead him to expound a philosophy of utopian socialism.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hubbard, Elbert : Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Business Men : Robert Owen. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, used books, atlases, livres anciens and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |