The Poems of John Ruskin, 2 volumes by Ruskin, John - 1891: Now First Collected from Original Manuscripts and Printed Sources

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Orpington and London. : George Allen. , 1891. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John Ruskin. Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Publishers half mock vellum and dark green mock morocco. Endpapers slightly toned and with a touch of foxing to outermost leaves. Uncut page edges. 4to. 11 1/2".

George Allen & Bell Yard, Temple Bar, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcovers. 2 VOLUME SET. ORIGINAL 1891 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/soiling. Bindings tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

George Allen & Bell Yard, Temple Bar, 1891. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcovers. 2 VOLUME SET. ORIGINAL 1891 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Front hinge cracked in volume I but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN, SUNNYSIDE ORPINGTON, 1891. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and lightly marked, spine slightly darkened, front free endpaper missing, prelims foxed, light foxing to some pages, otherwise clean throughout. Good.

Orpington and London. : George Allen. , 1891. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John Ruskin. Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Publishers half mock vellum and dark green mock morocco. Endpapers slightly toned and with a touch of foxing to outermost leaves. Uncut page edges.

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Orpington, Kent: George Allen, Sunnyside, 1891. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - 10 x 12 Inches Tall. Illustrated by the Author [ Plates ]. FIRST EDITION. ORPINGTON : 1891. Hardback. 2 volumes. Vol.1, Poems written in boyhood, 1826-1835. Vol. 2 Poems written in youth, 1836-1845, and later poems. Illustrated: 2 frontispieces and 23 plates have protective tissue-guards. Contemporary dark blue calf-leather spines & corners. Gilt lettered spines. Raised bands; blind tooled. Blue cloth sides. Top-edge gilt; others untrimmed as issued. Marbled end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. An attractive set. VERY GOOD. (xxviii), 289, (viii), 360 pages. **2 hefty tomes; extra postage needed; will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

George Allen & Bell Yard, Temple, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Covers show minor wear and tear, rubbing. Pages are clean with a few minor foxing spots on the edges.

George Allen , 1891 . Hardback. . 2 volumes 4to half vellum with publishers' green cloth boards and gilt titles to spine. Vol. I has 12 plates + frontispiece, Vol. II has 11 plates + frontispiece. Deckled page edges. The picture on the listing page is of the actual books for sale. 2 matched vols. Good+ hardbacks. Light edgewear, esp. to spine extremities and corners bumped, spine title dulled, vellum somewhat grubby. Endpapers foxed, neat ownership sig. dd. 1891, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.

Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. V and VI of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 40 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xvi + 436 and x + 433 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Vol. I is NEAR FINE and Vol. II is VERY GOOD. Vol. I is in excellent condition but Vol. II is cracked… Read More

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

Tight, bright, clean and square. Faint sticker shadow on back cover. 42 pages of text including "A Brief Guide to Textile terms", "references to the novels and letters", and a bibliography. Plus 16 full page illustrations. 5.75x8.25x.25". Inspired by the 1975 celebrations held at Steventon, Chawton and Bath - some of the places connected to the novelist's life - which included displays of costume, needlework and needlework tools, at the Bi-Centenary of Jan Austen's birth.

Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations on 39 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xviii + 435 and x + 430 text pages. Single-column text. Printed by Virtue and Co., London. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD + condition. Both volumes have bright, clean exteriors with… Read More

Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1869. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, second issue, with title pages dated 1869 (first published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields, which became Fields, Osgood and Co. in 1869). Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne on 38 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all the illustrations that appeared in the 1848 first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. ix + 454 and ix + 459 text pages.… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne / G. Cattermole / F. Walker. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition, first printing, of Vols. IX and X of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1867. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition dated April, 1867. With illustrations by H. K. Browne and G. Cattermole in Barnaby Rudge and F. Walker in Hard Times on 36 engraved glossy plates, including frontispieces, protected with tissue (all of the illustrations that appeared in the first edition). Publisher's original dark-green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling on the spine and blindstamped decorations on both covers. "Library Edition" appears in gilt at bottom edge of spine with no volume number. Brown smooth-coated endpapers. xi + 475 and vii + 471 text pages.… Read More