(Bindings and Literature) Sixteen works John Ruskin and Will...

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(Bindings and Literature) Sixteen works John Ruskin and William Sinclair (introduction). 'Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin,' bound in a very smart half velum and red cloth, circular red morocco label and gilt decoration to spine, by H. Johnson & Nephew of Cambridge, gilt top edge, half title, b+w frontis aquatint (?) with tissue guard, pp.548, a very tidy copy, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, [1907]; Maurice Hewlett. 'The Road in Tuscany. A Commentary,' two volumes in a half red morocco, raised bands and morocco label to spines, a small dint to the front board of vol II, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, ex libris label Wilberforce N. Tribe, plates and illustrations, some scattered spotting, vg, MacMillan and Co, London, 1904; Algernon Charles Swinburne. 'The Poems of....,' first two vols out of six, second edition, a tidy half polished calf, gilt top edge, vg, Chatto & Windus, London, 1905; Antoine de Saint-Exupery. 'Courrier Sud,' in a quarter red morocco with marbled boards, vg, Abbaye du Livre, Lausanne, 1948; Andre Lemoyne. 'Les Roses D'Antan,' quarter morocco with morcco boards, some spotting but generally vg, Firmin Didot, 1864; With eight other works including two translations of La Fontaine by Edward Marsh. (16)

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