Time and Tide
by John Ruskin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good+
- Seller
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About This Item
TIME AND TIDE
BY
WEARE AND TYNE
BY
JOHN RUSKIN LL.D,
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN
1899
DESCRIPTION
(ii) + 261 + (ii)
Book measures 190mm x 130mm approximately.
Nicely bound by Morrell in half green grained gilt-ruled calf over green silk covered boards. Spine with two raised bands and gilt decoration in the "arts & crafts" style plus title and date. Marbled end-papers and paste-downs. Top page edges in gilt, remainder uncut.
CONDITION
In overall good condition. The binding is in firm condition although the inner front board hinge seems cracked but holding well. There are some general scuffs, marks and knocks to the binding and some light rubbing of hinges and bumping to board corners. Internally the pages are very clean and bright although with some occasional foxing spots, particularly to title page, verso and contents pages.
Overall, a nicely bound volume in good condition.
INTERESTING
John Ruskin (1819 to 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation.
Though he made his career as an art historian, Ruskin was passionately interested in politics and social change. In Time and Tide, Ruskin pens a series of letters, to a cork-cutter in the north of England took place during "the agitation for reform". Ruskin's hope was to inspire workers to cooperate and lobby for reform.
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- Bookseller
- Melmoth Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MB0279
- Title
- Time and Tide
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Morrell fine binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ruskin
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- Spine
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