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The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
by John Ruskin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6.75 - 7.75" tall. xii + 244pp. Binding firm, spine slightly faded. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Corners slightly bumped. Gilt to boards and spine. Five raised bands. Marbled edges and end papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Education; Britain/UK; 19th century; Philosophy. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 32170. .
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32170
- Title
- The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- BZDB243 education, philosophy, politics, science Education; Britain/UK; 19th century; Philosophy. John Ruskin The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Education;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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