The King of the Golden River.
by Ruskin, John; Rackham, Arthur (illustrator)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
8vo. London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. 8vo, 48 pp. With 4 color plates and 15 black and white illustrations. Original full limp vellum, titles and decoration to upper board gilt, top edge gilt. Half title and title page lightly foxed, slight discoloration to vellum as usual, small repaired hole on the upper cover. A very good copy without slipcase. § Deluxe limited edition of 570 copies signed by Rackham, this copy is number 534. The fable of three fortune-seeking brothers and a golden dwarf was written by Ruskin in 1841 for his future wife, the then twelve year old Effie Gray. Ninety years later it proved the perfect subject matter for Rackham’s fantastical illustration. Latimore & Haskell p. 67.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124039
- Title
- The King of the Golden River.
- Author
- Ruskin, John; Rackham, Arthur (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Harrap and Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...