Beschreibung
The King of the Golden River (1850) is a wonderful children's tale about kindness, generosity, and how it can be rewarded (approx. 60pp). Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats is a poem about her precocious felines. Illustrated by 4 full-color plates bound in. iv + 72pp + 4 plates. John Ruskin (1819?1900) was an English philosopher and writer of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, art, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. The King of the Golden River (1850) is his only work of fiction, written because of a challenge by his future wife. It is the most often published of his works. Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognized as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft. Maria Louise Kirk (1860?1938) was an American painter and illustrator of more than fifty books, most of them for children. She illustrated the 1st edition of The Secret Garden as well as collaborated with John Tenniel to produce the 57 illustrations in the 1904 Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland. Hardcover has ivory cloth boards with black lettering and illustration on front and spine, but no DJ. Well-used copy, has patine and smudges on covers worn through at edges. Interior is tight, but obviously handled with pages marked by children. No missing or torn pages found. Markings indicate this copy used for instruction of upper grade school children in the study of literature, but no marks indicate that this copy was owned by any school district. ? Size: 12mo ? over 6¾ - 7¾? tall, 84pp. ? Condition: Worn & Studied Fair to Poor Hardcover without Dust Jacket ? Likely 1st printing of 1921 edition. Always Privately Owned. Ownership Markings adds no value. Copyright 1921 for the illustrations; story was in public domain by 1921. Title page indicates this copy printed in 1921, colophon indicates 1st printing of this edition, although not explicitly stated. Printed in U.S.A. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008280
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The King of the Golden River and Dame ...
Verlag: J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1921
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Maria L. Kirk
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Signiert: Prior Owner Name No Value
Auflage: First Thus
