Presentation Copy
Salsette and Elephanta: a Prize Poem.
Oxford: J. Vincent, 1839.
Price: $3,500.00
About the item
First edition of the author's first book. 17 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Presentation Copy. Polished tan calf, gilt, t.e.g. Rebacked preserving spine. Very good. Internally fine.
Item #315006
Ruskin’s first book, published while a student at Christ Church, Oxford, the Newdigate Prize poem for 1839.
"With J. Ruskin's kind regards" on the title-page.
