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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER OR THE BLACK BROTHERS A LEGEND OF STIRIA
by JOHN RUSKIN
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN Dark Brown Cloth boards with gilt blocked rustic titles and image to front board, 195 x 140 mm approx. Publisher's original decorative end papers, 64 pp. Illustrated Frontis, Title and 20 other wood engravings in text by Richard Doyle all as called for. Seventh Edition of Ruskin's classic Fairy Tale undated circa early 1880's. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG ( Mild to moderate shelf wear to cloth with small chip - 4x3 mm approx to tail of spine, previous owner book plate to top corner of front paste down and gift insc. in ink to front free end paper May 12 /89. Original cover price in pencil to reverse of 6/- mild browning to half title and last text page. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers and no other defects). A particularly bright clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130752
- Title
- THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER OR THE BLACK BROTHERS A LEGEND OF STIRIA
- Author
- JOHN RUSKIN
- Illustrator
- RICHARD DOLYE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- GEORGE ALLEN
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Keywords
- The King of the Golden River, John Ruskin, Richard Doyle Illustrated, Fairy Tales,
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- VG
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Half Title
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