Sesame and Lilies, Three Lectures
by John Ruskin
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
This book includes: Preface, Preface to First Edition, Of Kings' Treasuries, Of Queens' Gardens, and The Mystery of Life and its Arts.
Fair condition. Maroon cloth cover. Spine has gilt title, but both cloth and gilt have faded. Both front and back covers have some wear and stains.There are some stains to closed book page edges. Previous owner's name on front end paper, plus a red round sticker. The pages are free of marks, but the paper is very tanned. A couple of pages have come loose from the binding and some of the pages have corner chips. Please see photos.
244 pages.
Synopsis
John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865) consists of two lectures, “Of Kings’ Treasuries” and “Of Queens' Gardens,” delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester. While these lectures emphasize the connections between nature, art and society, they are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. The first half of the original work, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” is a critique of Victorian manhood. The second half, “Of Queens' Gardens,” counsels women to be moral guides and urges parents to educate them as such. Although Sesame and Lilies was widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1399
- Title
- Sesame and Lilies, Three Lectures
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1871
- Pages
- 244
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- essays, education, conduct, art, literature, women's rights, women's duties
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Philosophy; Classic; History - World; History - Women's; Books - Vintage; Government;
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