The Crown of Wild Olive. Four Lectures on Industry and War.
by RUSKIN, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Allen, 1902. "Thirty-Ninth Thousand". Octavo, full dark blue calf prize binding, with Canadian school emblem in gilt on upper board, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label, all edges marbled; pp. 276. Gift inscription on first blank, slight wear to bottom edge of covers, else fine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09954
- Title
- The Crown of Wild Olive. Four Lectures on Industry and War.
- Author
- RUSKIN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Allen, 1902. "Thirty-Ninth Thousand".
- Keywords
- RUSKINCAT
- Bookseller catalogs
- John Ruskin;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Payment with order only, except for institutions which may request billing. We accept payment by Visa, MasterCard, Canadian or US cheque. Canadian customers will be billed 5% GST on books and 13% HST on all other items (photographs; autograph letters, maps, prints, ephemera et al).
About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...