Alexander Francesca Edited Ruskin John (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Roadside Songs of Tuscany part 1: The Story of Lucia Alexander, Francesca (edited, with a preface, by John Ruskin) Cupples, Upham and Company, Boston 1884 Gray cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration, 40 pp., 2 BW illus. as frontispiece. American illustrator and author Esther Francesca "Fanny" Alexander (1837-1917) some clot hwea, edge rubbing, inside minor marks and spots, cleanand tight, very good BB1.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. brown cloth, spine bumped, Nominal Index to Part VI, ads rear Works of John Ruskin, Owner's Name.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, viii,94pp, frotispiece; foxing on endpapers, frontis. and title page, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, parchment-covered card covers, covers browned, frayed at spine ends and a patch on the middle one spine edge; Good condition.

Hardcover. Gray cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration, 84 pp., 1 BW illus. as frontispiece. American illustrator and author Esther Francesca "Fanny" Alexander (1837-1917) became a confidant of John Ruskin while she was living in Florence in 1882. The fact that he edited this book so quickly after their first introduction, speaks of his high regard for her abilities. He shortly thereafter purchased the 122 drawings that she had prepared for Roadside Songs of Tuscany. G- (Outer covering is slightly wrinkled and soiled; front hinge is broken inside at tp; pages have aged only slightly'; former owner name on first flyleaf.).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo. 146 pp; 8 full-page b/w illustrations. Patterned paper over boards with gilt-lettered spine & red-lettered title on cover; bevelled edges, all edges gilt. VG, former owner name on front endpaper, bottom corners & leading edge of covers damp stained as well as the bottom corner of a few pages. Translated and illustrated by Francesca Alexander.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Pp x, 264. Full calf, beveled edges, ruled blind and lettered gilt to spine. Aeg. Marbled endpapers. A little light surface rubbing. A handsome copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition , 3/4 leather , blue morrocan spine and gilt lined corners, gilt stamped spine, marbled boards , marbled endpapers, with bookplate, numbered, of noted Pennyslvania railroad tycoon, M Riebenack, also his initials stamped on spine, read edge starting to split.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Plates (illustrator). Kent, UK: George Allen. G/No Dustjacket. 1885. . Cloth. 4to., 340 pp., rubbed, bumped, frayed, page toning & foxing, hinges cracked & weak .

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 264 pp., Bound in dark brown morocco. with deep burgundy marbled paper boards and end papers. Top edge gilt. spine with 5 raised bands gilt lettering. .Bookseller's tiny stamp on the obverse of the last marbled endpaper. Edited by Ruskin. Previous owners handsome book plate.

First Edition 8vo; pp. x, 264, 46, 9; half leather binding over marbled boards with marbled endpapers; title lettered in gilt on spine; raised bands; light foxing; gilt to top of pages; a very good copy. Delightful reading. Rear of book has bound in original title pages for the issued parts as they were published separately. .