[Rarebooks] FS: John Ruskin Letter to his Publisher in Beautifully Bound Copy of SESAME AND LILIES

[Charles Agvent]

RUSKIN, John. SESAME AND LILIES with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to 
his Publisher by Ruskin tipped in. London: George Allen, Sunnyside, 
Orpington, 1896. Eleventh Edition. Full gilt-decorated green morocco by 
Hatchard, gilt dentelles with marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With an 
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Ruskin to George Smith tipped in at the 
front. In full: "I am thoroughly ashamed at not having answered -- I 
believe I did not -- your kind letter about Mr. Rich.-- I never meant to 
say that Mr. Rich had done his work badly, but only that I think I can 
do [?] little bit better -- and shall be very grateful to you if you 
will let me do so. I have been delayed by a little cold in finishing my 
[?] of lectures but hope to do so next week, and to have leisure for 
everything. You see I am getting my [?] of letters looked over today. I 
think you will find the Edinburgh people on the whole in very good 
humour with my lectures -- and they really should be, for I took great 
pains with them." Ruskin adds a postscript: "I have written to my father 
to consult with him about publishing my lectures. Edmunton (?) wanted to 
do it here, but I wish I should never leave W. Smith -- as long as he 
was not tired of me." With an auction description of this copy from 1925 
tipped to the front pastedown. Contents clean; letter with some 
splitting along one fold but intact. Binding rubbed along front hinge, 
covers tight. Near Fine.

George Smith (1824-1901), son of the founder of the publishing firm 
Smith, Elder, and Co., took over for his father in 1846, publishing many 
of Ruskin's major works. (#020205)        $2,500

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