Lectures On Architecture and Painting, Delivered At Edinburgh, In November, 1853

New York: John Wiley, 1854. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt spine, 189 pp, 15 plates including frontispiece. Light wear and soil to covers, contents very good, small corner chip to plate 14, minor wear and soil.

London: Smith, Elder, and Co. , 1854 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". John Ruskin. The first edition of this publication of lectures delivered in Edinburgh 1853 by John Ruskin with illustrations. First edition of Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Includes fifteen monochrome… Read more about this item

NY: John Wiley, 1854. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. VG, a clean and solid copy with light foxing, here and there more moderate. The name "Joshua Coolidge, Belmont Street, Watertown, Mass" is written on the front free endpaper. Brown cloth. 189+ pp. Illustrated with 15 lithographed plates ["Sarony & Co. Lith N. Y."] with tissue guards. A lovely first… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley, 1854. First American edition, 1854. With 15 plates from sketches drawn by the author. Greenish brown textured cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fair condition with chipped spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned and foxed pages and plates, three different names on front endpapers with dates of 1910, 1932 and 1945.. First US Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

SUNNYSIDE , ORPINGTON & LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN, 1899 Vellum Quarter binding with gilt titles and decs, Beige cloth boards, 190 x 130 mm approx. Floral dec end papers, top edge of book block gilt.viii + 256 pp. Frontis + 14 other plates showing 23 figs all as called for. 1899. Sixth Thousand. VG ( Vellum a little soiled/ rubbed to… Read more about this item

Smith, Elder & Co., 1854. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1854. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding,… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley, 1854. First American edition, 1854. With 15 plates from sketches drawn by the author. Brown textured cloth with gilt spine lettering. Some wear and light chipping to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name (E. Mulford, Yale) and Oct. 1854 date on front free endpaper, no other markings..… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Company. Good. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Inner hinges are mostly cracked. Covers have light wear to the front lower outer corner, slight wear to the other outer corners, and a few ink spots on the front. Spine has wear to the upper end, slight wear to the lower end, and a split to… Read more about this item

LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING DELIVERED AT EDINBURGH IN NOVEMBER 1853, Wiley, 1854, first American edition, some wear to the spine extremities and fore edge corner tips, bookplates on the f.p.d. & f.e.p. with the latter showing 2 small chips, previous owners name stamp to the title and content pages, else a tight vg copy with unbroken inner hinges… Read more about this item

Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding.

New York: John Wiley, 1854. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st U.S. edition, w/ 15 plates by the author. Lectures on J.M.W. Turner, Pre-Raphaelites, etc. A few annotations by former owners on endpapers and front blanks. Brown cloth, blind decorated, gilt lettering. Lacks approx. 20% of back strip (lower portions), cloth… Read more about this item

New York: Merrill and Baker Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in gold. . 189pp., Reprinted with 29 page essay appended: "An Inquiry into Some of the Conditions at Present Affecting 'The Study of Architecture" in Our Schools'". Illustrated with 25 plates. No printing date present, circa 1900. A good. sound, clean copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/Not… Read more about this item

John Wiley, 1854-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover, no DJ. Covers show edge wear and the beginnings of chipping on spine. Previous owner's name on end paper, pages show soiling, foxing and tanning. Hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

George Allen 1891. Hardcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

London: John Wiley & Sons, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edition not known. In good, bright bevel edged cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are firm, square and unmarked; corners and spine cloth ends bumped and frayed.Clean dark brown end papers; two vertical creases to front free end… Read more about this item

GB: Smith, Elder, 1854. Original brown watered cloth lettered in gold on spine. 16 page May 1854 catalogue. Plates I-XV at end except Plate XI which appears misnumbered as Plate II as frontispiece. Inscription of owner at start of book. Clean tight text in clean slightly worn covers. Spine joints very worn and spine reattached. Spine lettering very faded. Book… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1890. Two volumes complete. Three quarter dark blue calf leather with gilt compartmented spine, labels on the spine, modest wear to the extremities, marbled boards and decorative endpapers. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Photos available upon request.. Three Quarter Calf Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

NY 1854 Wiley. Hardcover. Octavo, 189pp., 15 plates, illustrations by Ruskin, original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, spine ends a bit frayed, light soiling on cover, occasional spots in text. .

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1854-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Spine,cover and edges shows wear and tanning. Title page shows foxing. Few pages shows minor foxing.

George Allen & sons, 1903. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Full burgundy leather limp covers with gilt border and gilt titles to spine. Book slightly bowed in shape. Some discolouring to spine and slight rubbing to leather. 256pp. Illustration plates. Previous owners inscription to endpaper..