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Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures by John Ruskin, LL.D
by John Ruskin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/None (as issued)
- Seller
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
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 ribbon bookmark has separated at the top, but is laid in.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: LITERARY COLLECTIONS; Essays; United States; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Main Picture: Ruskin (1891), Sesame and Lilies - Leather cover with "JR" monogram on front cover and gilt title and raised bands on spine. Picture 2: Ruskin (1891), Sesame and Lilies - Detail of the "JR" monogram on the front cover. Picture 3: Ruskin (1891), Sesame and Lilies - Decorative Title Page and frontispiece portrait of Ruskin under tissue, showing foxing (which is limited to this page and tissue). Picture 4: Ruskin (1891), Sesame and Lilies - Frontispiece portrait of Ruskin. Picture 5: Ruskin (1891), Sesame and Lilies - Marbled endpapers and gilt page edges. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 924. .
Synopsis
John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865) consists of two lectures, “Of Kings’ Treasuries” and “Of Queens' Gardens,” delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester. While these lectures emphasize the connections between nature, art and society, they are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. The first half of the original work, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” is a critique of Victorian manhood. The second half, “Of Queens' Gardens,” counsels women to be moral guides and urges parents to educate them as such. Although Sesame and Lilies was widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century.
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- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 924
- Title
- Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures by John Ruskin, LL.D
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- None (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged Ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1891]
- Keywords
- BZDB22 LITERARY COLLECTIONS; Essays; United States; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Unbranded John Ruskin Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures by John Ruskin, LL.D.
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS; Essays & Literary Criticism;
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About the Seller
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
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Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
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