John Ruskin
by [MILLIGAN, Spike] HARRISON, Frederic
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MacMillan, 1903. 8vo, pp. 216, 4pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Spine ends split and worn, corners bumped, boards a little rubbed. Two ownership stamps to title page and final page of text. First edition, fourth printing. SPIKE MILLIGAN'S COPY, WITH HIS NOTE TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: 'I actually got the original fireplace from his home in 54 Hunter Street, Bloomsbury -- alas, as always in my family this treasure was lost. 1975/6. Spike Milligan'. John Ruskin was born at 54, Hunter Street on 8 February 1819. The street was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the Brunswick Centre development, so presumably the fireplace became available at that time. (Quite how you lose a fireplace, though, only Spike Milligan would be able to explain.)
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- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3445
- Title
- John Ruskin
- Author
- [MILLIGAN, Spike] HARRISON, Frederic
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: MacMillan, 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General Literature
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...