Proserpina : Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father knew ( Two Volumes )
by Ruskin, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen, Orpington, 1882. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Good, clean and sound ex-library copy, very neatly rebound in plain buckram gilt lettered. A few small marks to bindings. Usual marks of library ownership to endpapers, margins/versos of plates etc. iv + 287 + [2] + 204 pages, 5 full page "line-studies", 15 tinted lithograph plates, various text illus., index. Wise's 'Bibliography of Ruskin' #209. Approx. size 8.5" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27524. .
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- Seller
- Steve Liddle (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 27524
- Title
- Proserpina : Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father knew ( Two Volumes )
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- Orpington
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- BZDB28 botany botanical heaths heathers wild flower Natural History & Resources; Proserpina Studies of Wayside Flowers While the Air was Yet Pure Among the Alps and in the Scotland and England which my Father knew Two Volumes Ruskin John
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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- Buckram
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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