Is Mr Ruskin Living Too Long?: Selected Writings of E.W. Godwin on Victorian Architecture, Design and Culture
by Kinchin, Juliet; Stirton, Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1873487126
- ISBN 13
- 9781873487129
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oxford, UK: White Cockade Publishing, 2005. Large octavo trade paperback. Signed and inscribed by co-author Paul Stirton on title, dated Sept. 2005. 416 pages. An appendix of Godwin's writing's arranged by year, Index. Profusely illustrated with vignette line drawings. First edition. A first hand account of many key Victorian debates from architecture to theatre, art criticism to dress reform, culled from the writings of one the age's leading Aesthetes. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Incidental wear from use, a quite nice copy. Near very good. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013920
- Title
- Is Mr Ruskin Living Too Long?: Selected Writings of E.W. Godwin on Victorian Architecture, Design and Culture
- Author
- Kinchin, Juliet; Stirton, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1873487126
- ISBN 13
- 9781873487129
- Publisher
- White Cockade Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, UK
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Architecture, Aestheticism, Victorian Design and Culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Architecture;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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