Sesame and Lilies
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: George Allen. 1904. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Good Condition. Light rubbing to corners and edges, attractive gilt decoration to spine. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Mild age-toning to page edges. xxxvi, 228 pages. Contains three lectures: Of Kings' Treasuries; Of Queens' Gardens; The Mystery of Life and Its Arts. Also includes lengthy Preface by Ruskin. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint Edition. Hardback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB317068
- Title
- Sesame and Lilies
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Literature;
Terms of Sale
Adelaide Booksellers
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
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About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...