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The Poems of John Ruskin Volume I Poems Written in Boyhood 1826-35 Volume II Poems Written in Youth 1836-45 and Later Poems
by Ruskin, John collected by W G Collingwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- High Barn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46710
- Title
- The Poems of John Ruskin Volume I Poems Written in Boyhood 1826-35 Volume II Poems Written in Youth 1836-45 and Later Poems
- Author
- Ruskin, John collected by W G Collingwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardback.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 289 pp + 360 pp
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Payment can be made by Paypal or sterling cheques drawn on UK banks. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt by prior arrangement with seller.
About the Seller
High Barn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Lancaster, Lancashire
About High Barn Books
Small independent bookseller based in Lancashire UK.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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