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RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The King of the Golden River or the Black Brothers ... Ninth Edition, Orpington: George Allen, 1888. 8° (164 x 140mm). Half title, wood-engraved illustrations by Richard Doyle (some mainly light spotting). Finely-bound in contemporary scarlet pictorial morocco gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: WHITELANDS COLLEGE (prize label, the book awarded to Elizabeth Birdsell, and signed by the May Queen for 1899, Agnes Gourlay, and the Principal of the College, Joan Ruskin Severn, daughter of Ruskin's cousin); Alexander Stone (library label). Annually from 1881 John Ruskin commissioned these special bindings for 30 or 40 of his works to be donated to the College as prizes for their May Queen celebration.
With 23 other miscellaneous works in 31 volumes, all attractively-bound in calf or morocco, various sizes, including Joseph Ritson's The English Anthology (London, 1793-94, 3 vols.), John Brown's Horae Subsecivae ... New Edition (Edinburgh, 1889-93, 3 vols.) and Richard Harris Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends (London, 1898, 8°, illustrated by Arthur Rackham). Sold as a collection of bindings, not subject to return. (32)
With 23 other miscellaneous works in 31 volumes, all attractively-bound in calf or morocco, various sizes, including Joseph Ritson's The English Anthology (London, 1793-94, 3 vols.), John Brown's Horae Subsecivae ... New Edition (Edinburgh, 1889-93, 3 vols.) and Richard Harris Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends (London, 1898, 8°, illustrated by Arthur Rackham). Sold as a collection of bindings, not subject to return. (32)
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