19th Century British Literature from Charles Agvent
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THE ISLAND, OR CHRISTIAN AND HIS COMRADES
by BYRON, (George Gordon Noel, Lord)
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- Used - Covers very slightly bowed, otherwise a Fine copy
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- First Edition
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- 1823
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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London: John Hunt, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers very slightly bowed, otherwise a Fine copy. Attractively bound in full green morocco leather with triple gilt rules on the covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt; 94, [2] pages. Bound with new endpapers, lacking as nearly always the case the two ad… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,283.62
POEMS BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: INCLUDING LYRICAL BALLADS, AND THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY
by WORDSWORTH, William
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- Used - Contents quite clean. Scuffing to covers, edges worn; each volume with front hinges cracked after the title or preliminaries; co
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- First Edition
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- 1815
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 3,423.00
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London: Longman, Hurst et. al, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean. Scuffing to covers, edges worn; each volume with front hinges cracked after the title or preliminaries; covers tight. Very Good. Two 5-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in period calf leather, rebacked with later brown morocco tooled and lettered in gilt, endpapers renewed. With an engraved frontispiece… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,423.00
![[TIMBUCTOO, A POEM]. Prolusiones Academiæ Præmiis Annuis Dignatæ et in Curia Cantabrigiensi Recitatae Comitiis Maximis](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/245/258/1599258245.0.m.jpg)
[TIMBUCTOO, A POEM]. Prolusiones Academiæ Præmiis Annuis Dignatæ et in Curia Cantabrigiensi Recitatae Comitiis Maximis
by TENNYSON, Alfred Lord
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- Used - Some fraying to the spine of the wrappers with loss, minor creasing. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1829
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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Cambridge: John Smith for the University Press, 1829. First Edition. Wraps. Some fraying to the spine of the wrappers with loss, minor creasing. Near Fine. String-tied pamphlet in publisher's blue wraps (5-3/8" x 8-1/2"); 41, [3] pages. Tennyson's second published work, presented in company with the other Chancellor's prize-winners of the year, and the first to appear under… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,283.62
PHANTASMAGORIA. OR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF MAGICAL DECEPTION
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - Pages toned with scattered soiling and foxing, pencil notes on endpapers; binding Fine
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- First Edition
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- [1803]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,278.75
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London: Tegg and Castleman, [1803]. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages toned with scattered soiling and foxing, pencil notes on endpapers; binding Fine. Modern calf-backed orange paper boards (4-1/8" x 7"); 72 pages. Frontispiece engraving by I. Taylor after a design by W. M. Craig. Scarce Gothic fiction employing Phantasmagoria, developed in the late eighteenth century from the earlier magic… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,278.75
THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE. Or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been almost Worried to Death
by (CRUIKSHANK, George) [MAYHEW, Augustus and Henry]
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- Used - Contents clean. Two spines with neat repairs; rear cover of last part detached but present; early owner name in ink at the top o
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- First Edition
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- [1847]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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(London): David Bogue, [1847]. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean. Two spines with neat repairs; rear cover of last part detached but present; early owner name in ink at the top of each front cover. Very Good in chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Scarce first edition in the original 6 parts, each bound in decorated beige 5" x 7-1/4"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by RUSKIN, John
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- Used - Light crease from mailing with neat paper reinfocement of the crease on the verso. Fine
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- 18 December 1887
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Landgate, 18 December 1887. Letter. Light crease from mailing with neat paper reinfocement of the crease on the verso. Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "John Ruskin" ona 4-1/2" x 6-7/8" sheet of light blue paper addressed to George Barnard, artist, writer, and from 1843 to 1880, the drawing master at Rugby School. Along with Ruskin, Barnard had been… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
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- Used - Light spotting to letter, some soiling at very bottom of letter covering up part of the words of the postscript. Letter examined
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- [April 1859]
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- Framed Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,836.25
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[Rome], [April 1859]. Framed Letter. Light spotting to letter, some soiling at very bottom of letter covering up part of the words of the postscript. Letter examined out of frame and no other defects observed. Very Good. Handwritten letter SIGNED "Elizabeth B. Browning" on a 3-3/8" x 5-1/4" sheet of paper matted and framed with a portrait to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,836.25
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SWINBURNE, Algernon
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- Used - Creases from mailing. Near Fine
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- November 14
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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Holmwood, November 14. Letter. Creases from mailing. Near Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "A. C. Swinburne" on two adjoining 4-1/2" x 7" sheets to composer Theo Marzials. In large part: "I am afraid I did not answer your note yesterday, & today it rises on my sight like an avenging ghost. As a rule I find it… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,283.62
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Used - Spine slightly darkened with some rubbing, much nicer than usually found. Near Fine in an intact Very Good slipcase
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.02
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Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with some rubbing, much nicer than usually found. Near Fine in an intact Very Good slipcase. Gordon Ross. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in green buckram and printed by R. & R. Clark with a previously unpublished 6000-word preface by George Bernard Shaw. This edition is also bibliographically important… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.02
KIDNAPPED. BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751...
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.01
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Hans Alexander Mueller. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in full brick-colored linen, lacking the silver-stamped black leather label, as often the case. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Designed and printed by Elmer Adler at the Pynson Printers. Copy #65 of 1500 illustrated with color wood… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.01
ARROWS OF THE CHACE BEING A COLLECTION OF SCATTERED LETTERS PUBLISHED CHIEFLY IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS,-- 1840-1880 with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) tipped in
by RUSKIN, John
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- Used - Darkening to edges of text; soiling and rubbing to covers, heaviest to spine. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1880
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Darkening to edges of text; soiling and rubbing to covers, heaviest to spine. Very Good. Two volumes in original boards with paper spine labels. Essays on Art Education, Architecture, J. M. W. Turner, Women: Their Work and Dress, and other topics. With a two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with an… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
SILAS MARNER: THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE
by ELIOT, George
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- Used - Rear hinge with paper split but binding firm, early owner name at top of half-title page; tear along rear joint and small tears
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- First Edition
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- 1861
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,112.48
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear hinge with paper split but binding firm, early owner name at top of half-title page; tear along rear joint and small tears to spine tips, cloth a bit darkened. Very Good. Publisher's cinnamon cloth: Carter's A binding with 16-page Blackwood catalog and 4-page Carlyle catalog bound… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,112.48
OUR STREET
by TITMARSH, M. A. [THACKERAY, William M]
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- Used - Light rubbing to joints, covers firm. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1848
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.02
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to joints, covers firm. Near Fine. Finely bound in full red levant morocco leather by Riviere with original covers mounted as front and rear pastedowns, triple gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (5-1/2 x 7-1/4"). Illustrated with a hand-colored title page and 15… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.02
NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION. A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff
by WOLFF, Robert Lee
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- Used - Fine
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- Reprint
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- [1993]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.01
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(Mansfield): Maurizio Martino, [1993]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Five volumes bound in two green buckram volumes, as issued. Limited to 325 copies, this facsimile reprint in a smaller format contains the full catalogue of one of the great collections of Victorian fiction. Over 1400 pages of valuable information illustrated with facsimiles and plates.
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SGD 214.01
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
by WHITE, Gilbert
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- Used - Very mild rubbing to spine tips. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 231.12
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Ipswich: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine tips. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase. John Nash. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter gold-stamped calfskin and green boards decorated with a morning glory pattern repeated on the slipcase. Illustrated by John Nash with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16 part-page drawings… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 231.12
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
by HARDY, Thomas (PARKER, Agnes Miller)
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with sunning to the backstrip
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with sunning to the backstrip. Agnes Miller Parker. Tall octavo (6" x 9-1/4") bound in quarter maroon Indian goatskin, gold-stamped, and imported hand-made paper sides, 336 pages. Illustrated with 16 full-page wood engravings and a number of smaller engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #1165… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY
by BEERBOHM, Max
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- Used - Fine in a Fine slipcase
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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Baltimore: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. George Him. Tall octavo (6-1/4" x 11-1/8") bound in blue-gray linen with the lettering and decoration in pink, black, and gold. Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon and printed at the Garamond Press. Illustrated with 16 full-page color plates, 12 monochrome full-page plates, and 68 part-page monochromes by George… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by BENNETT, Arnold
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- Used - Few minor spots of foxing to rear endpapers of second volume; dustwrapper of second volume just slightly darkened and with small
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 342.30
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Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Few minor spots of foxing to rear endpapers of second volume; dustwrapper of second volume just slightly darkened and with small ink stroke at spine. Fine in Fine dustwrappers and a Fine slipcase, uncommon as such. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) on Realism in Art and Literature and its Relation to Morals
by RUSKIN, John
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- Used - Minor staining. Near Fine
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- [17 January 1882?]
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- Manuscript
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 17,115.00
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[17 January 1882?]. Manuscript. Minor staining. Near Fine. Twelve 5" x 8" pages written on 3 folded leaves, stitched together at the vertical fold, not signed but completely in Ruskin's hand. A presumably complete and untitled essay, possibly unpublished, on realism in art and its relation to morals. Ruskin begins, Realism in any work of art ... is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17,115.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by RUSKIN, John
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- Used - Creases from mailing; minor soiling. Very Good
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- 4 January 1837
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,278.75
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Hernehill, 4 January 1837. Letter. Creases from mailing; minor soiling. Very Good. An early one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "J Ruskin," written when he was just 17 years old, on one panel of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in fours addressed to W. H. White, Secretary of the British Meteorological Society. In full: "I take the liberty of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,278.75
