The Crown Of Wild Olive

This is what I believe is a first Hurst edition of Crown of Wild Olive, a collection of three lectures by the English critic and philosopher John Ruskin (1819-1900). It is three of Ruskin's most famous lectures: Traffic (1864), which is about the conflict between taste and morality; Work (1865) which is about the conflict between those who produce and those… Read more about this item

New York:: John Wiley & Son,, 1866.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only in reddish-brown boards with gilt decoration on front cover, top edge gilt (gift inscription, corners bumped, wear and some tearing to sides of spine) .. First American edition. Includes a preface by Ruskin. xxi, 127 pp.

New York: Clarke, Given & Hooper, undated. Hardcover. Very Good. 'Hale Library' stamp on inside front cover, otherwise no sign of ex libris; 'Aunty Nettie' and Christnas '92 written on blank facing page; otherwise unmarked tight copy

New York: John Wiley & Son, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Publisher's purple cloth gilt. Modest wear at the spine-ends and corners, a very good copy.

New York: John B. Alden, 1890. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine with very light wear.

London: George Allen, 1895. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5" . None . A bright copy of this ninth edition group of lectures no industry and war by John Ruskin. A ninth edition of this work, originally published in 1866. Containing four lectures discussing work, traffic, war, and the future of England. With an appendix on… Read more about this item

New York: F. M. Lupton 252 pp. No date, but December 25, 1897 is written on the front free endpaper. A fine, otherwise unmarked copy in a tight binding.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley & Son, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Publisher's brown cloth. Owner's name on titlepage, modest loss at the crown, a very good copy.

George Allen, London, 1892. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 7th Edition of this work originally published in 1866: 250 pages, contents: Introductory, Lecture I Work, Lecture II Traffic, Lecture III War, Lecture IV The Future of England. Appendix. The appendix is on The Economies of the Kings of Prussia.… Read more about this item

George Allen, 1904. Hardcover. Good. 1904. No edition remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Gilt lettering… Read more about this item

New York: Wiley, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good minus/hardcover. Light foxing on pages. Pencil scribbles on inside front cover and endpaper. Corners bent. Chipping to edges of spine. Spine and edges of cover faded. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to… Read more about this item

London UK: Macmillan Co, 1952. Pages [103 plus publisher's lists of works available in the English Literature Series and the Macmillan's English Classics] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, a little age tanning. Rust colored boards, dark blue decorations and lettering, clean, minimal shelf wear, small area colored in red at top of decoration, probably not as issued. PO's book… Read more about this item

George Allen & Sons, 1909. 118th thousand. Hardback. Soft leather, VG. [iv]+276pp, index, crossed out ownership name on the endpaper, spine sunned, a nice copy in green leather. A lively collection of 4 lectures given by Ruskin which were 'critiques both of contemporary [ Victorian ] culture and of the society that produced that culture' [DNB]. The… Read more about this item

A. L. Burt Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 323 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Heavy cracking to hinges, causing boards to be loose. moderate tanning and marking to pastedowns and endpapers, with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and… Read more about this item

Hurst & Company, N.D. HB. G / NONE. 0x0x0. G HARDBACK. ABOUT 7 X 5 INCHES. APPEARS TO BE BOUND (OR REBOUND) IN A PRETTY CONVINCING FAKE ALLIGATOR - WEARING AWAY AT CORNERS AND PARTLY SPLIT AT FRONT EDGE OF SPINE

New York: John Wiley, 1890 2019-08-22. Hardcover. Good. New York: John Wiley, 1890, Hardcover, 8vo. No DJ, red cover boards with gilt lettering. Solid binding and hinges, bright text, rubbing/bumping along edges of cover boards/head and tail of spine.

London: George Allen & Sons, 1908. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A scarce edition of this collection of four lectures from John Ruskin. Scarce edition. Ninety-ninth thousandth. A collection of four lectures, including: Work, Traffic, War, and The Future of England. Written… Read more about this item

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1900. Undated, ca. 1900-1910. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Illustrated in black and white. Attractively bound in dark green cloth with spine lettered and elaborately decorated around an artist palette and architect tool design, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, title pages in black and red, books about 8 inches tall. Some light shelf rubbing to the… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Crowell. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. No date, circa 1900. 6" X 4" 190 pages. Frontispiece with tissue. Decorative leaf paper with green cloth spine, gilt lettering. All extremities are heavily worn with toned endpages. The hinges and the binding are tight. Adhered to the inside cover and ffep and continuing to … Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. Reprinted. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.