COMPLETE WORKS - 26 Volumes
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ (Book Condition)
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes and Company Book. Good+ (Book Condition). Half Leather. No date, circa 1900. Red leather spines and leather corners. Hand-marbled paper over boards, hand-marbled endpapers, gilt lettering and tooling. Leather brittle at hinges, and, in some cases, starting. 4 vols with boards detached but present and 2 vols with loose front boards. One volume chipped at crown and foot of spine. Otherwise, some instances of minor wear to backstrips. Leather conditioned to prevent further drying. Corners lightly rubbed. Texts clean throughout, pages tightly bound. A very attractive set. Economical shipping rates available. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 501897
- Title
- COMPLETE WORKS - 26 Volumes
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (Book Condition)
- Publisher
- Dana Estes and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History and Criticism; Antiquarian & Leather-Bound Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Montreal Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...