Of Queens' Gardens. by Ruskin, John

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London, G.G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, (1908).. No. 18 in the Sesame Booklets series, edition unknown (1908), SMALL format, 98 x 72 mm, 3¼ x 2¾ inches, photographic portrait as frontispiece, decorated red and white title page, 78 pages, bound in dark brown leather, gilt panels and all over gilt and green decoration plus gilt title to upper cover, gilt title to spine, top edges gilt, plain grey endpapers. Minute bump to top corner of upper cover, neat name on front pastedown, neat inscription dated 1924 to the same person on front endpaper, otherwise a very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London: George Allen, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus, 1902. Full vellum with gilt title on spine, handmade paper, red initials throughout text, text is clean and unmarked, Very Good copy, small sticker ghost on the front flyleaf, minor warping to the covers, 3 of 4 cloth ties are torn off and the 4th is only hanging on by a thread.

Printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh on hand-made water-marked paper in red and black. 70 pages with each text page of the lecture decorated with floral initial letters and borders in the Arts & Crafts style by Christopher Dean. Overall size c.8.1/4 x 6.inches. c.21 x 15 cm. A very good copy.

London: George Allen, 1902. Hardback, full vellum with ties. 21 x 15cm. [4], 68pp, [1]. Printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh. Elaborate printed borders and decorative initials in red. Slight warp to biding. A few marks to vellum and a few spots to prelims, main text clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

1902 GEORGE ALLEN, LONDON. BEAUTIFUL COPY IN VELUM BINDING. HANDMADE PAPER WITH UNCUT PAGES. LIMITED TO 310 COPIES.TIES COMPLETE.

Edinburgh: Printed by the Ballantyne Press for George Allen, 1902. In this exquisitely well-printed book, Ruskin eloquently discusses the proper education of women, among other things. Drawing examples from literature and poetry, from the work of romantic poets like Dante Rosetti and great playwrights like William Shakespeare, Ruskin argues for the moral superiority of the fairer sex, and, at the mercy of his velvety prose, Ruskin's picture of the ideal woman shows a beauitful and nurturing domestic goddess. Elegant typography composed within decorative floral borders. Octavo, original gilt-lettered vellum with cloth ties, edges uncut, a fine copy.