[Rarebooks] FS: John Ruskin, one of only 7 on vellum, with 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS bound in

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new catalog--SPRING MISCELLANY 2021--now posted on our website.

RUSKIN, John. LETTERS UPON SUBJECTS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM JOHN RUSKIN 
TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS with FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by Ruskin 
tipped in. London: Privately printed (Not for Sale), 1892. First 
Edition. Full gilt-decorated dark blue morocco by Zaensdorf, gilt 
dentelles with silk endpapers, all edges gilt; recently and 
professionally rebacked with the original spine. With 4 Autograph 
Letters SIGNED by Ruskin tipped in at the front and rear of the volume. 
According to a printed statement after the title page, the book was 
limited to a few copies for private circulation only. Thomas Wise in his 
bibliography of Ruskin states, "The volume contains thirty-six letters, 
five of which had appeared previously in various magazines, the 
remaining thirty-one being printed here for the first time." According 
to W. G. Partington in his book about Wise, FORGING AHEAD (page 294), 
this was printed by R. Clay & Sons for Wise, who stated that 40 copies 
were issued, 33 printed on paper and 7 on vellum. This is one of the 7 
printed on vellum and with two colophon pages, the first stating that 
the book was privately printed in 1890 followed by a page correctly 
stating it was printed in 1892. In the paper copies an erratum slip was 
inserted to correct the mistake. The first of the 4 letters on Corpus 
Christi College Oxford stationery is undated and addressed only to "My 
dear Sir." Ruskin apologizes for neglecting his correspondent, stating 
that his prints "are in hand and I should be glad to see you, with your 
drawings tomorrow at 2." The second letter, on Brantwood stationery and 
addressed the same way, dated 26 January 1880, mentions that he will be 
happy to receive Mr. Newman's drawings. The third letter, also on 
Brantwood stationery, is to H. Buxton Forman dated 7 May 1876. In part: 
"Yes, those Kataph papers are mine; written when I was 18 or 19. (I was 
born 1819)-- I forget their date exactly." This letter was sold at The 
Anderson Galleries in Sale 1476 in 1920, possibly with the previous 
letter. The last letter, no year on Denmark Hill stationery, consists of 
one sentence: "I shall have pleasure in signing the memorial." Evidence 
of bookplate removal from front pastedown. Except for slight waviness 
and stiffness to some of the pages, the contents of the book, including 
the letters, is about Fine as is the binding with the color of the front 
cover faded to a darker color than the rear. (#019093)        $7,500

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