CROWN OF WILD OLIVE: Essays: Traffic, Work, War
by JOHN RUSKIN
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is what I believe is a first Hurst edition of Crown of Wild Olive, a collection of three lectures by the English critic and philosopher John Ruskin (1819-1900).
It is three of Ruskin's most famous lectures: Traffic (1864), which is about the conflict between taste and morality; Work (1865) which is about the conflict between those who produce and those who consume; and War (1865), which is about war and art. I don't know why he called the book Crown of Wild Olive, but it was a best-seller for decades.
Around 1905, Hurst & Company (New York) began publishing best-selling books with beautifully illustrated covers. This is one of those books. It is undated, but the original owner signed the front endpaper and dated it 1912. She also wrote little snippets of poems and sayings on four of the 16 back endpapers.
At page 209, the spine is pulling away a little.
There's a small ink mark on the back cover.
Other than that, this book is in perfect condition.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1232
- Title
- CROWN OF WILD OLIVE
- Author
- JOHN RUSKIN
- Format/Binding
- Excellent
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 211
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays; Art; British Society; Rare;
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