Proserpina
by RUSKIN, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sunnyside, Orpinton, Kent: George Allen, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrated by the Author. 8vo. Full white vellum cover with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Glossy red edges. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name written neatly in ink. Illustrated throughout. Plates covered with tissue paper. "Studies of Wayside Flowers". Volume 1 only. An exquisite edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41201
- Title
- Proserpina
- Author
- RUSKIN, JOHN
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by the Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- Sunnyside, Orpinton, Kent
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Vellum,
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vellum
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...