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The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallation
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: John B. Alden, 1885. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Dedicated to "the real little housewives whose gentle listening and thoughtful questioning enabled the writer to write this book," this is a series of lectures delivered by Ruskin, one of the 19th-century's most renowned writers & philosophers, to his students at the progressive school for girls at Winnington Hall in Cheshire, England. "On the surface a discourse on crystallography" designed to introduce girls to science, "it is [actually] a metaphorical exploration of social and political ideals'' (Wiki). 158 pp., patterned endpapers. Orig. printed in London in 1866, this is an early American edition from 1885. His hardcover 24mo has green cloth-covered boards stamped & lettered in gilt to front with an intricate red-brown design. Condition is VG: very clean, stitched binding secure but gutter cracked at dedication page, bit of tearing around stitching at title page. Pages creamy white with modest, age-appropriate tanning; all stained in red to outer edges. Boards show slight rubbing to extremities, bumping to all corners & slight pushing to both ends of spine. A handsome copy! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022093
- Title
- The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallation
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- John B. Alden
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- SCIENCE STEM EDUCATION GIRLS FEMALES NINETEENTH 19TH CENTURY 1800S EDUCATORS BRITIAN TEACHERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's-Men's-Gender Studies/Feminism/LBGTQA; Education: Teaching/High School & College Students/Curriculum;
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