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HUBBARD, ELBERT. 1856-1915. Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians. Schumann. East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1901. 8vo. 21 pp, offprint, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in pencil " To Sousa Himself with love & blessings for the beautiful music with which he enriches the world. Elbert Hubbard Jan 22nd 1906 ." Numbered 470 of 940 on limitation page, with author's signature in ink. WITH: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians, Book I . 157 pp. Containing biographies of Wagner, Paganini, Chopin, Mozart, Bach and Mendelssohn. INSCRIBED TO SOUSA ON FLYLEAF in ink " To John Philip Sousa from Blanche Duffield and Bertha Bucklin. 1900-1901 ." Numbered 929 of 947 on limitation page with signature of Hubbard, and inscribed " Illumined by Mae Dibly " with Roycrofters symbol. Both volumes with hand-colored woodcut frontispiece and initials, portraits of each artist. Publisher's green suede, gilt-titled leather lettering pieces on top cover, silk endpapers, yapp edges. Covers sunned, edges curled, browning. Blanche Duffield and Bertha Bucklin were vocalists with Sousa's band in 1900. The suede binding was unique to the numbered limited edition, the standard edition having paper wrappers.