The Life of John Ruskin
London: George Allen and Co., 1911. Octavo. Item #023956
Portrait frontispieces, xxv, 540 and xiv, 615 pp. Cook's biography comes from many letters Ruskin wrote to his parents, diaries, notebooks and friends, along with much information coming directly from some of his books. Ruskin's range of interests and achievements were quite staggering. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth. A handsome set bound by Henry Young and Sons in 3/4 dark blue morocco over light blue cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, a very small bump to edger of upper board near foot of one volume. No names or book plates, near fine.
Price: $200.00