Search Results: the crown of wild olive by ruskin john

London: George Allen, 1904. 47th to 49th Thousand May 1904. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Bookplate in endpaper. Some spotting, pages edges browned. 276pp.

George Allen & Sons, 1909. 118th thousand. Hardback. Soft leather, VG. [iv]+276pp, index, crossed out ownership name on the endpaper, spine sunned, a nice copy in green leather. A lively collection of 4 lectures given by Ruskin which were 'critiques both of contemporary [ Victorian ] culture and of the society that produced that culture' [DNB]. The essays were delivered as lectures in 1866.

George Allen, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Actually a 1906 pocket edition on red cloth with gilt embossed title and ruskin initials on main cover gilt lettering on spine on red cloth - rare and cllectable

Choice Books - George G. Harrap & Company; London., 1111. Undated. c.1907. . Hard. Good. 16mo. 6".. Illustrated with photogravure frontis portrait.. Good. Publishers brown inverse calf with yapped edges and gilt lettering and illustration to front. Small worm-hole to front. Calf a little chipped to head and tail of spine. Top edge gilt. Uncut pages. Endpapers toned. 221pp.

Cassell, 1909. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Pages tanned (edges more so), endpapers foxed, previous owner's name on front endpaper; cover rather rubbed and worn, backstrip faded. No wrapper..

George Allen, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1886 george al;len edition on burgundy cloth

Hurst. B00087PBR2 Undated (but about late 1890s) Hurst hardcover. About Very Good. Some color loss deckling of the cover, front end page darkened (probably from a news clipping that was laid in for a while), unmarked text, tight binding. . Very Good.

NY: Hurst. Fair; binding loose some markings, surface wear. Hardbound. 252 pages .

London: Dent, 1930. Hardcover with orange boards and illustrated endpapers. There is a little staining to the boards. The hinges are still strong.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Firmly bound red cloth boards. Mostly clean inside with some handling wear and marks. Spine has some pulling and creasing mostly to the top edge.

New York: William L. Allison Company No publishing date, but last lecture was delivered in 1869. The pages are browning with age, and brittle. The cover is scuffed, well worn to threads and bumped. The spine is chipping off. Out of print. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1930. ..........FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS.. Not Signed or Inscribed. Reprint. Orange Cloth. Very Good (AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK.

Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1886. Four of Ruskin's lectures with the fourth - "The future of England" - added in this edition to the three in the original 1866 edition. Olive covers with gilt, 250pp. Covers have modest wear to extrems, particularly head and foot of spine with a couple of small, light marks. Rough-cut page edges dusty. Small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Foxing to ffep and rfep, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:114884. First Thus (?). Buckram. VG-/N/a. 13x19cm.

New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co.. 1891. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. 2 p. l., 3-190. front. (port. ) 15 1/2 cm. Includes Portraits. . Clean pages, front cover is detached. Added t. -p., illustrated. "Appendix: Notes on the political economy of Prussia": p. [157]-190. .

The Waverley Book Company , n.d. . Hardback. . 12mo green cloth with gilt titles/decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. Ribbon page marker. Green marbled endpapers. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG++ hardback book, no dustwrapper. Text clean and unmarked. An exceptionally bright and tight copy. Neat ink ownership inscription on half title otherwise clean and unmarked.

New York: Hurst & Company AQ1 - Book is worn on some edges and sides, inscription on the first page, loose hinge, heavy discoloration mostly on the cover, page edges, and cover inside pages, and shelf wear. Gilt top and embossed decoration on the front and spine with embossed lettering. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

William L. Allison Company, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Arundel edition. Published circa 1902 Victorian Era. - Previous owner's name inked on front fly page and dated 1902. Good- (3 of 10). Shelf wear and rubbing to the cover and edges. Pages are very browned and somewhat brittle. Easily Readable if you're just a bit careful. Marking and underlining to the text. Dampstain to the top edge pages. Blank free front end page has detached, but is still present. Binding is cracked. Bagged for protection. Likely to ship in an envelope.. * * * * * * * * * * {FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our… Read More

Good+ condition W.B. Conkey Co Chicago no date reprint hardcover 12mo, 240 pages. Assumed early 1900s reprint of collection of Ruskin's lectures of social and economic interpretations of war, labor, and England's economic future. Pages lightly browned from age but not brittle. Light extremity wear to binding with 2 small pulls to rear board edge. Red cloth with silhouette of woman's head and green and black decoration. Gilt spine titling.

London: Macmillan. Lightly sunned spine with minor wear to ends. Pages crisp and tight. Owner's name to ffep. edited for schools by J. H. Fowler. . Very Good. Cloth. 1928.

New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher n.d. Olive green boards, embossed on the front with the seal "Burt's Library of the World's Best Books and gilt on the spine. Top-edge gilt. Extremities are lightly scuffed, front free endpaper is loose and laid in, and hinges are wiggly; else, Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good.