The Stones of Venice: Volume the First: the Foundations by John Ruskin
1858. 2nd Edition. 400 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Annotations and pencil marking to some pages. Pencil inscription to half-title page and rear free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Tears and areas of loss to spine with rear board partially detached from spine. Water marking to front board.