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True and the Beautiful, The
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1888. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 452 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed illustration, b&w tissue-protected frontispiece of Ruskin's portrait, brown decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight edgewear and rubbing to covers, previous owner's inscription on blank preview page, a few brown markings to right edge of page block, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, stiff binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy. Record # 851276
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 851276
- Title
- True and the Beautiful, The
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Religion & Philosophy, Philosophy, , .
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Browsing Is Arousing
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Middlebury, Vermont
About Browsing Is Arousing
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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