Proserpina - Studies Of Wayside Flowers, While The Air Was Yet Pure Among The Alps, And In The Scotland And England Which My Father Knew
by John Ruskin
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Wiley & Son, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. No Edition Stated. 85 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Some black and white diagrams throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Many uncut pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately tanned, with noticeable crushing and fraying to ends. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, with a few visible white marks.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666980710GEO
- 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
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Son
- Date Published
- 1875
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...