The Crown of Wild Olive : Four lectures on work, traffic, war and the furture of England.
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
£24.28£17.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Crowell. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. No date, circa 1900. 6" X 4" 190 pages. Frontispiece with tissue. Decorative leaf paper with green cloth spine, gilt lettering. All extremities are heavily worn with toned endpages. The hinges and the binding are tight. Adhered to the inside cover and ffep and continuing to the back cover is a newspaper article of Ruskin's death "this afternoon" dated January 20, [1900]. Bookseller label from Stratford & Green, Los Angeles inside the back cover. 190 pages. Light pencil checks scattered throughout, no other markings. ; 8vo .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9149
- Title
- The Crown of Wild Olive : Four lectures on work, traffic, war and the furture of England.
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Prussia (Germany) - History, Lectures - Work; Traffic; War; The Future of England
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: British, Russian & European;
Terms of Sale
E Ridge fine Books
All books may be returned within 30 days of for the purchased price. Please call or email seller prior to return.
About the Seller
E Ridge fine Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lake Elsinore, California
About E Ridge fine Books
E Ridge Fine Books (2006) is an independent online bookstore and a member of IOBA. All books are carefully listed providing a description of condition and content
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.