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Fully bound in genuine Maroon leather covers with gilt paneled boards. - 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. Silk cloth end-papers. Printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations, Sewn pages,Satin-ribbon page marker, Gilded page ends.

Faint soiling to cover. Black paper spine shows heavy wear. Interior has no marks or tears. This is a story of faith and courage when God challenged Roy and Dale with an imperfect child.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments is a NEW blue leather bound hardcover Collector's Edition with 22kt gold accents inlaid on distinctive covers and hubbed spines. It has smyth-sewn pages with concealed muslin joints for quality binding. The pristine book is printed on archival paper with gilded edges, moiré fabric end-sheets, and a satin ribbon page marker.
Sir Richard Burton (Translator)Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. .

The Art of England, John Ruskin: (7" x 4 1/2"). 151 pages. Hardcover, bound in brown paper with marble boards. Missing spine Paper.

John Ruskin was the first Slade Professor of Fine Art in Oxford, and gave the first series of eight public lectures in 1870. In his inaugural lecture, he announced that he was setting up the Ruskin School of Drawing, which is now the Ruskin School of Art. Six lectures include: Lecture 1. Realistic Schools of Painting. G. Rossetti and W.Holman Hunt. Lecture 2: Mythic Schools of Painting. E. Burne-Jones and G.F. Watts, Lecture III: Classic Schools of Painting. F.Leighton and Alma Tadema. Lecture IV: Fairy Land, Mrs. Allingham and Kate Greenaway Lecture V. The Fireside. John Leech and John Tenniel. Lecture VI: The Hillside. George Robson and Copley