Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin
by John Ruskin, with biographical introduction by William Sinclair
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ryde, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom: W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1111. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated edition, late 19th or early 20th century. Firmly bound, green cloth boards without a jacket, some rubbing on the edges and corners of the cover, some marks including a red ink stain along the top back edge, internally clean and good.
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- Bookseller
- Ryde Bookshop Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079295
- Title
- Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin
- Author
- John Ruskin, with biographical introduction by William Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Pages
- 548
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- essays
Terms of Sale
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Ryde Bookshop Limited
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Ryde, Isle of Wight
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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