Old John Burroughs
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Book and photo courtesy of George Look. Commentary by Paul Jackson.
Old John Burroughs
by Elbert Hubbard, 1901
This book measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" and has 19 pages. The text body is Caslon
printed on Dickinson handmade, Roycroft watermarked paper. The regular edition
of this book was bound in paper over boards with a cloth spine. Additionally
some copies were bound 3/4 leather with extra illumination as shown above. The
suede bound version shown above is not listed in McKenna. The book contains
manuscript reproduction pages and a photo of Burroughs which were printed on
Japan Vellum. The title page, initials and colophon are typically hand
illuminated. The number of books produced is unknown for both the regular and
3/4 leather editions. Twelve copies are known to have been printed on Japan
Vellum and bound full Levant. This binding is believed to be by Kinder.
