Pig-Pen Pete, or Some Chums of Mine 1914 The Roycrofters

Full Title: So Here Then Cometh Pig – Pen Pete, or Some Friends of Mine.

Being Stories Truthfully Related by Elbert Hubbard About Some of Our Dumb Brothers to Whom We Are Much Beholden for Needed Examples of Love, Loyalty, Honesty and Virtue.

Printed by the Roycrofters, their shop which is in East Aurora, Erie County, New York.

Flexible leather cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo, 7.5" x 5.25"

Green/Black full-leather binding with blind-stamped silver lettering and decorations on front cover and spine.

221 rough cut pages

Spine is slightly faded

Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked-- some pages have never been cut.

Binding is square and tight

Ribbon bookmark is somewhat frayed

Exemplary paper quality

Red and black ink printing throughout

Summary: "Here endeth 'Pig-Pen Pete,' and various other ventures in nature-faking, all as truthfully done in love for his dumb brothers, by Fra Elbertus, except as otherwise indicated." A love letter to animals and a collection of short stories about them. "Pig-Pen Pete" is both a full embrace of and playful satire on the "nature faker" genre of literature, which was derided by some for its anthropomorphic and sentimental depictions of nature."

Author Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was the founder of the Roycroft community of artists and craft workers in East Aurora, New York.

His wife, Alice Hubbard (1861-1915), wrote one of the stories in this book, "Garnett and the Brindled Cow."

Collected and collated by John T. Hoyle. Printed by A. V. Ingham.

This book is a fine example of the Roycrofters' artistry, craftsmanship, and artistic output.

The Roycrofters specialized in a number of artistic disciplines while promoting the Arts and Crafts movement.

Some of the disciplines represented by the Roycroft community were printing, bookbinding, metalworking, leathercraft, and furniture design.

An absolutely beautiful book!!