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D. A. Talboys, Oxford, 1840. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/None (as issued). Book . VG- Leather HB. 355 p. Fine leather binding, heavily worn around the edges and the joints. Gilt outline on the covers, decoration on the spine. Title & Vol. # in gold on panels on the spine. Marbled end papers and matching page edges. Ex-Lib, but attractive copy and with only a label on the inside front cover, shelf location on title page and stamp on TOC to indicate its library lineage. Contents include Natural Sciences, "Polite Literature," and Poetry, incl. Herder & Goethe. 355 pages. Single volume only of set or series. Text is in German. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: LITERARY COLLECTIONS; Continental European; United States; 19th century; German Language; Literature & Literary. . Main Picture: Menzel (1840), German Literature (Vol. III only) - Front Cover and Spine. Picture 2: Menzel (1840), German Literature (Vol. III only) - Detail of Spine with… Read More

Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, [1891]. Revised and Enlarged Ed. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/None (as issued). VG HB with no DJ (as issued), but protected by custom cut clear polyester cover. 2 p. l., 3-184 p. front. (port.) 17 cm. A very attractive early copy of Ruskin's essays with an intertwined "JR" monogram in black and gilt embossed on the front cover and bright gilt title on spine with 5 raised bands. Size: Sextodecimo (16mo; up to 6 3/4" / 15-17.5 cm tall). Text block is tight, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and spine fully attached; leather is good with minimal wear showing around the edges and on the raised bands of the spine. Frontispiece portrait of Ruskin protected by tissue paper with decorative title for this edition, in addition to the regular title page. Some foxing on tissue and decorative title page only, not affecting the frontispiece or the rest of the text, which is bright and clean. All edges gilt in bright, rich condition. Red… Read More