The Complete Works of John Ruskin - The sought after 39 volumes Full Leather Edition
by John Ruskin
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good/no dj's as issued
- Seller
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
London: George Allen, 1912. Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes. Full leather hardcover. very good/no dj's as issued. 39 volumes. Edited by E.T. Cook & Alexander Wedderburn. With numerous gravure plates from drawings, paintings, photographs and other sources, some in color; many illustrations in the text. 24x16 cm (8 x 5.5 inches), full decoratively embossed burgundy goatskin, spines lettered in gilt; tooled with a gilt peacock figure, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. One of 2062 sets, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh. The full leather Library Edition was only a very small part of this edition.
The sumptuous and sought-after Library Edition of Ruskin's works, presenting the full range of his literary, artistic, and philosophic genius, superbly printed on fine paper, in the desirable full morocco binding. Includes all of his known works with many letters and previously unpublished material up to that date and forms a tremendous record of the achievement of one of Britain's foremost art critics who was also an accomplished artist in his own right as well as being an important patron, philanthropist and social thinker.
Spines lightly sunned, most volumes with minor chipping to leather at spines and edges; occasional volume with minor toning or foxing on leaves at front or rear, a few volumes with decorative bookplates; interiors otherwise clean and bright; overall near fine.
Ships from Hawaii. The book price INCLUDES SHIPPING within the US, a $450.00 - $900.00 value ! Please inquire for international shipping.
The sumptuous and sought-after Library Edition of Ruskin's works, presenting the full range of his literary, artistic, and philosophic genius, superbly printed on fine paper, in the desirable full morocco binding. Includes all of his known works with many letters and previously unpublished material up to that date and forms a tremendous record of the achievement of one of Britain's foremost art critics who was also an accomplished artist in his own right as well as being an important patron, philanthropist and social thinker.
Spines lightly sunned, most volumes with minor chipping to leather at spines and edges; occasional volume with minor toning or foxing on leaves at front or rear, a few volumes with decorative bookplates; interiors otherwise clean and bright; overall near fine.
Ships from Hawaii. The book price INCLUDES SHIPPING within the US, a $450.00 - $900.00 value ! Please inquire for international shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 957dill
- Title
- The Complete Works of John Ruskin - The sought after 39 volumes Full Leather Edition
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Full leather hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj's as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Artbooks; Architecture; Travel; Fine Binding; Illustrated Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gravure
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- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...