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MODERN PAINTERS by (BINDINGS - FINELY BOUND SETS). RUSKIN, JOHN

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: MODERN PAINTERS
Author: (BINDINGS - FINELY BOUND SETS). RUSKIN, JOHN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1867-69, 1860. Seventh Edition of volume I; Fifth Edition of volume II; Second Edition of volumes III and IV; FIRST EDITION of volume V.. 257 x 175 mm. (10 1/8 x 7"). Five volumes.. HANDSOME 19TH CENTURY BROWN MOROCCO, covers with gilt Greek key roll border, raised bands, compartments with gilt rules, central floral ornaments, and gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Volumes III-V each with frontispiece plus a total of 84 steel-engraved plates (a few in color), eight wood-engraved plates, and several wood-engraved illustrations in the text by the author, J. M. W. Turner, and others. A touch of rubbing to extremities, spines slightly sunned, covers with a few negligible blemishes, but the bindings very well preserved with only minor signs of wear; isolated light foxing to perhaps a score of leaves in total (mostly confined to upper margins and only once touching a plate), a few instances of faint thumbing, but the contents clean and fresh, without the pervasive foxing and browning that often plague this work. AN ATTRACTIVE SET. This pleasing set is the first major work by John Ruskin (1819-1900), a pre-eminent figure in literary non-fiction whose theories on the interconnection of art and life continue to have influence today. Ruskin begins "Modern Painters" with a defense of the work of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) against critics who claimed his work was "unlike nature." In the words of art historian George Landow, the author then goes on to "explain the nature of beauty and demonstrate its importance in human life." In Ruskin's view, says Landow, "all beauty, if properly regarded, is theophany, the revelation of God." Tolstoy said that in all of his writings, Ruskin was "one of those rare men who think with their hearts, and so he thought and said not only what he himself had seen and felt, but what everyone will think and say in the future." In "The Social History of Art," Arnold Hauser proclaims that "there has never been such a clear awareness of the organic relationship between art and life . . . since Ruskin." He describes Ruskin as "the first person in England to emphasize the fact that art is a public concern and that no nation can neglect it without endangering its social existence." And he says that our author was "the first to proclaim the gospel that art is not the privilege of artists, connoisseurs and the educated classes, but is part of every man's inheritance and estate." The numerous plates here--most of which were done either by Ruskin himself or by Turner, the artist he championed--run the gamut from sketches, fully realized landscapes, and studies of leaves, branches, or clouds, and they complement this important text beautifully. Sets of this work are frequently made up of mixed editions, as here, but are often found foxed and browned due to the paper stock. Our copy is mercifully clean, bright, and in an excellent state of preservation both inside and out..

The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, Hans Christian

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Title: The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: ORIGINAL 14 PARTS First edition in the original 14 parts. 11" x 8 1/2", circa 400 b/w illustrations by Lemercier and Helen Stratton (who gets sole credit on the title page). Original stitched green pictorial wrappers. Part 14 with half title, title page, contents and list of illustrations, 320 pages. No dust jacket. Very good (minor rubbing; signs of handling and some light foxing). Scarce. Printed by Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works. Some illustrations in first two parts are signed "Lemercier" in the plate.

Winterset by ANDERSON, Maxwell

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Title: Winterset
Author: ANDERSON, Maxwell
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: Washington, D.C., Anderson House, 1935., 1935. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Title page in red and black. Dust jacket (unclipped) Small tape stains on endpapers, else fine. 134 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Filmed in 1936. Play based on the Sacco-Vanzetti murder trial. "Winterset" won Anderson the very first New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1935.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker by BANKER, HOWARD JAMES

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Title: Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker
Author: BANKER, HOWARD JAMES
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1909. BANKER, HOWARD JAMES. A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families of America, and in Particular the Descendants of Laurens Mattyse Bancker. [N.p., 1909.] 458 p. Plates. Cloth. Noticeable dampstain in the upper right corner of the first and last several pages, else a very good copy. Genealogy of the descendants of the Banckers of New Netherland. Chiefly New York ancestry.

Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition by Arts and Crafts Movement: Cathers, David and Vertikoff, Alexander

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Title: Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition
Author: Arts and Crafts Movement: Cathers, David and Vertikoff, Alexander
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780684856032
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 Pictorial hardcover with gingko leaf design; color illustrated dust jacket with some scuffing and slightly age-toned. An exploration of Gustav Stickley furniture and the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Illustrated with photographs. . 3rd Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Large Thick 4to.

Les Architectes Du Livres, Contemporary Creative French Bookbinding by Book Arts.

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Title: Les Architectes Du Livres, Contemporary Creative French Bookbinding
Author: Book Arts.
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1956 Blue laid paper self wraps with string binding, paper title label to upper cover, some edge wear, else fine. A catalog of an exhibition of French bookbinding from the collections of Mr & Mrs Morgan A Gunst and Mr & Mrs Edward H Heller at the Stanford University Libraries. Printed on fine paper with deckled edges in black and red ink. Limited to 400 copies.. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

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Welcome to the Green House. by YOLEN, Jane.

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Title: Welcome to the Green House.
Author: YOLEN, Jane.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780399223358
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: NY:: Putnam,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0399223355 . Eighth printing. Previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

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How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by YOLEN, Jane.

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Title: How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
Author: YOLEN, Jane.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780439241007
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: NY:: Scholastic (Blue Sky Press) ,. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0439241006 . Illustrated by Mark Teague. First printing. Fine in a near fine (one short closed edge tear) dust jacket. .

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