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First Edition. First Printing. London 2021. Granta.
Novel by acclaimed award winning writer.
Fine book in Fine DJ. Now in protective removeable sleeve.
As new.
No markings or inscriptions.
An excellent copy

First Edition. Bloomsbury London 2007.
True First edition.Book very good plus. Boards clean. No bumping or rubbing. Internally clean. No inscriptions or markings. Leaves a little toned. Edges of text block a little yellowed in places. Else fine.
DJ is Fine. Not price clipped and has no loss. No chipping or creasing. Now in a protective removeable sleeve.

London 1906. A collection of four essays written by the English philosopher John Ruskin (1819-1900) which were first published in the Cornhill Magazine. The essays are The Roots of Honour, The Veins of Wealth, Qui Judicatis Terran and Ad Valorem.
Contemporary red calf, decorative spine with raised bands, arms of Marlborough College blocked in gilt to front board, marbled endpapers and edges. Contents clean and free of markings.
Neat ink inscription on first blank reading "Cogswell A E Harrison Mathematics Prize. In divisions. Marlborough. July 1910. Signed: Frank Fletcher."
Frank Fletcher was headmaster of Marlborough College and Cogswell Harrison is thought to be the only son of Edgar Harrison the principal of Cogswell & Harrison, est. 1770 and London's oldest gunmakers.
Cogswell died tragically in an explosion in the company's powder mills and shooting grounds in Colnbrook in 1915.
A Very good copy. Sign of small wear to head and tail of spine, joints and lower corners. Slight darkening to upper… Read More