- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Compton Books, Guildford, United KingdomCompton Books
AbeBooks seller since September 16, 2024
Condition: Used - Good
£ 20.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Ox coloured leathers with gilt decorations to covers, gilt foredge, spine some what rubbed, book still tight, no cracking, attractive leave design endpapers, 7th edition. Ten lectures to little housewives on the elements of crystallisation. Written from discussions with children at a school, this book is presented as dialogues between an old lecturer and a group of schoolgirls, discussing the life lessons of mineralogy. In the preface, the author states that his purpose in writing these lectures, ".was merely to awaken in the minds of young girls, who were ready to work earnestly and systematically, a vital interest in the subject of their study." The dialogue topics are: "The Valley of Diamonds," "The Pyramid Builders," "The Crystal Life," "The Crystal Orders," "Crystal Virtues," "Crystal Quarrels," "Home Virtues," "Crystal Caprice," "Crystal Sorrows," and "The Crystal Rest.".
Seller Inventory # 273
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The ethics of the dust
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Publication year
- 1892
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Seller catalogs
- Literature, Natural history, Religion
Compton Books
Guildford, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since September 16, 2024
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 17.00 | £ 22.00 |
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Compton Books
United Kingdom
Kevin Hooper
9 Spiceall, Compton
Guildford
GU3 1JQ
Tel 01483 810762
Email: kvnhpr@aol.com
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