^Lot 580 Elbert Hubbard

American writer, printer, and philosopher (1856–1915), closely associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, who perished in the Lusitania disaster. Two items: ALS, one page, 4.25 x 7.25, The Roycrofters, Makers of De Luxe Books and Things, East Aurora, New York letterhead, April 20, 1904. Hubbard writes to Mr. Peterson, in full: “About all the really good men in American are ‘Immortals’ but you. Is it an oversight?”; and a 6.5 x 10.25 book page photo of Hubbard in a hat and flamboyant tie, signed and inscribed in the bottom border in ink, “To Nora C. Howe, with all kind wishes from her friend, Elbert Hubbard.” In fine condition, with light toning and creasing to the photo. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Hubbard’s hand, and a copy of a pamphlet outlining a “Life Membership in Philistia, otherwise called the American Academy of Immortals.”