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THE STONES OF VENICE
Written by John Ruskin; Jan Morris. Illustrated by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 1827560
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Stones of Venice was originally published in 3 volumes between 1851 and 1853. Ruskin believed that the best of Gothic architecture was to be found in Venice. This edition is in beautiful terracotta pictorial cloth with colour plates by Ruskin. 350 pages includes index. Edited and Introduced by Jan Morris. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325425
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. 3rd issue of first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and marked. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled showing stitching beneath but binding still tight. This is a well loved edition and the pages are quite grubby in places.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1324331
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Decorated card wraps. 4 colour plates and a few b/w text illustrations. 47 pages. Spine and corners bumped and some slight creasing to cover edges. A couple of page margins have small tears, some finger marks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby, pencil scribble to rear flap.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2133897
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Almost very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. Nearly 2" split to cloth at base of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Robert Broomfield.
Stock no. 1506506
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A humorous tale written principally by a lady of ninety, edited with additional verses by Ruskin. Oblong format. Pictorial boards, 31 pages. Colour illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Wear to ends of spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tears and chips. 1" tear to bottom edge of rear panel. Spine lightly browned.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1314808
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1885. Very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.

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THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN VOLUME VI
Written by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 988152
Published by George Allen. 1888. Good condition.

Grey boards. 210 pages. The Crown of Wild Olive-title on spine. Four lectures on industry and war. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Endpapers foxed. Covers grubby.

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