ETHICS OF THE DUST by JOHN RUSKIN LL. D - 1878

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces.Boards are slightly bowed. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

George Allen, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 360 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with white paper to spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Some light creasing to pages. Cracking to rear hinge with slight exposed binding.Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Visible dark rubbing to spine. Scuffed loss to title to spine.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford I am offering two works by John Ruskin in one volume: "Sesame and Lilies" (two lectures) and "The Ethics of Dust" (ten lectures). The book was published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London. The book is not dated, but someone has written in pencil on the free rear end paper "Apr. 25, 1947, Brentano's, $1.10." The book does not have a dust jacket, but a small piece of the original dust jacket flap, showing John Ruskin's portrait, has been attached to the rear end paper. This 224-page hardback is in very good condition, clean, and tightly bound. About a dozen pages have neat, ruled underlining. It is a small volume, measuring 4 inches by 6 inches. It is on a stamped blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. See photo.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Chap Book.

George Allen, 1877. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1877. No Edition Remarks. 244 pages. Full bound leather. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. Previous owner's inscriptions to fep with small area of loss to ffep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Boards are slightly bowed.

Oxford University Press NON ex-libri copy. Pages [224] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square; one page with a short edge tear. Navy boards, gilt lettering, clean, minor shelf and general wear. Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures by John Ruskin: 1. Of Kings Treasuries, 2. Of Queens' Gardens, with two prefaces. The Ethics of Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on The Elements of Crystallization. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Hurst & Company. N.D.. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak and cracked. Previous owner's name, Pages yellowing, wear on front cover; 249 pages .

New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1891. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. ; Vol. 11 .

Humphrey Milford-Oxford University Press, 1916. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1916. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Full bound soft red leather. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board is loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Small tears to top edge of some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. tTars to leather to spine.