Hortus Inclusus. Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1887 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. xi, 164 pp, Preface by John Ruskin, Introduction by Albert Fleming, Hortus Inclusus: 14th April to 27th November 1874; Letterrs to Miss Susan Beever, 20th January, 1879 to 27th November, 1886; Miscellaneous; Susie's Letters: Introduction by Alfred Fleming; April 14th to 15th May, 1874. First American Edition, 1887. Fading to board edges and spine Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green decorative boards with gilt decorative title plate and green and black lettering to spine, and decorative endpapers..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001029
- Title
- Hortus Inclusus. Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- TRAVEL ITALY ART AND ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE GARDENING RUSKING JOHN (1819-1900) ESSAYS AND CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL;
- Size
- 8vo
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