John Ruskin by Quennell, Peter - 1949: The Portrait of a Prophet

London (Longmans, Green & Co.), January 1966. Hardcover. Good. hardcover edition

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 320 pages, illustrations. Ex-university library book, some wear, pages are yellowed; a good solid book overall. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Criticism & Essays; Inventory No: 207721. .

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Collins, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Barnett Freedman -- Cover Art. list of illustrations, foreword by author, selected bibliography and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of John Ruskin. The text is illustrated with 10 other black-and-white photographs or illustrations. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine section, and to the front edge of the front board. Internally clean and bright, no annotations, bookseller sticker on front end page, no stamps. A biography of the Scottish aesthete and social reformer of the Victorian era -- John Ruskin. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Barnett Freedman -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; 19th Century; Britain/UK; 19th… Read More

London: Collins, 1949 Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly cjhipped and creased around edges with a few small closed tears. Sporaic light foxing to folio edges and early folios. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Clean text withb/w plates.

New York: Viking, 1949. Very Good. First?. Very good plus Clean text, Previous owner's name on front inside panel, cloth covers are bumped on corners, sunned spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

The Viking Press, October 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover First edition with dust jacket in archival protective wrapper. Appears to have light shelf wear and is internally clean, unmarked and with sound binding. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.

London: Collins, 1949. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine Book/Near Fine Dustjacket. Barnett Freedman Dustjacket; Photographs and Illustrations. 149 Pp. A Study Of The Man And His Writings. Quennell Makes Use Of Recently Published Material And Some Previously Unpublished Letters, To Follow The Course Of His Marriage And His Relationship With Rose La Touche. A Bright, Clean Copy In An Unworn Dust Jacket With A Little Aging To Spine Panel And Top Edges.

London and New York: British Council/National Book League/Longmans,Green, 1956. Decorative beige covers.A small slim and covered with light card covers. A previous careful owners name is written neatly on the top front. (Very lightly). First Edition. Stapled Covers. Near Fine in Wraps. Illus. by Sepia Frontis of John Ruskin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Foxing on the end papers. Jacket is price clipped, there are tears and scuffing on it.