The Lamp of Beauty : Writings on Art by John Ruskin Selected and Edited by Joan Evans
by Ruskin, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Phaidon, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Book is clean, tight and sound, dust jacket is price clipped and worn at edges, small chip missing from top of spine panel. No inscriptions. 416 pages, many plates, index. Approx. size 10" by 7". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28680. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28680
- Title
- The Lamp of Beauty : Writings on Art by John Ruskin Selected and Edited by Joan Evans
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phaidon
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- BZDB28 painting sculpture architecture venice pre-raphaelite victorian Art & Design; The Lamp of Beauty Writings on Art by John Ruskin Selected and Edited by Joan Evans Ruskin John
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Design;
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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