[Rarebooks] FS: KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER with an ALS by John Ruskin, #30 of 50 copies

[Charles Agvent]

RUSKIN, John. KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER OR THE BLACK BROTHERS with 
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Full black 
calf. Introduction by Eugene A. Noble. Illustrated by F. H. Horvath with 
the frontispiece SIGNED by the artist in pencil. Copy #30 of only 50, 
each with an original SIGNED holograph letter by Ruskin bound in, this 
copy with a one-page letter dated 5 November 1873 to Madame E. Stuart: 
"I wish I could write a pretty picturesque hand like yours. -- still one 
word puzzles me in your address Les B[?] ? -- please tell me if it is 
some Breton(?) word." Housed in the original felt-lined yellow folding 
box. Fine copy in a close to Fine example of the box.

A sumptuous edition of Ruskin's charming fairy tale, (first published in 
1851), which he wrote for Euphemia Gray, to whom he was later unhappily 
married. "In this new edition the artist and the author are engaged in 
the joint task of giving something that will be worth remembering. So 
intimately has Mr. Horvath entered into the spirit of Mr. Ruskin's story 
that his pictures have the exceptional merit of unfolding the inner 
meanings suggested by words. The imagination of the picture maker has 
been enlivened by that of the writer, resulting in perfect accord, and a 
new interpretation is made for the delight of those who read" 
(introduction). (#019092)        $850.00

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