LETTERS FROM JOHN RUSKIN TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS.
Edited in a Series and privately printed by Thomas J. Wise. A complete set of the eight titles in ten volumes, each limited to only a few copies [allegedly 30 or 33, but more likely 55], printed on Whatman handmade paper; all post 8vo; various coloured cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt; uncut; very occasional light foxing; London, 1892-1897. Comprising: 1. Letters upon Subjects of General Interest. 1892. Todd 209d; 2. Stray Letters to a London Bibliopole. 1892. Todd 210d; 3. Letters to William Ward. Two volumes; 1893. Todd 211d; 4. Letters on Art and Literature. 1894. Todd 212d. 5. Letters to Ernest Chesneau. 1894. Todd 213d; 6. Letters to Rev. J. P. Faunthorpe. Two volumes; 1895-1896. Todd 215d; 7. Letters to Rev. F. A. Malleson. 1896. Todd 217d; 8. Letters to Frederick J. Furnivall. 1897. Todd 218d. *Five of the volumes have the bookplates of John Morgan of Rubishaw House, Aberdeen, on the upper pastedowns and William Sinclair, Glasgow, on the lower pastedowns. Two volumes have the bookplate of Michael Tomkinson, Franche Hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire on the upper pastedown, and one has the signature of C. E. Norton (dated 1896) on the upper pastedown. Autograph letters from Thomas Wise to John Morgan are tipped-in to two of the volumes. (Three letters from Ruskin to Morgan are printed amongst the 'other correspondents' at the end of the final volume). A complete description of individual volumes and the two letters from Wise to Morgan is available upon request. Item #157287
Price: $7,500.00