The King of the Golden River
Ruskin, John, Albert Whitman and Co. Chicago (1927) 116 pages. A “Just Right Book” printed in the USA. There is some foxing in the antique green cloth cover, which take the appearance of white/light spots, also on the spine. At the top and bottom of the spine there is some fraying and on the cover also. The cover is very secure and all the pages are intact. Page 73-81 have some wear in the margin, a few small tears and some tattering as well as 73 and 75 looking as if the page was stuck to something in the right margin area and pulled apart leaving the paper a bit peeled and preserved in Good Condition. A bit of wear inside front cover, and on front endpapers. Large color illustration pasted to the front cover. Gilt lettering on spine has faded. End papers with dark blue silhouetes of the two evil brothers, Schwartz and Hans Black, toiling up a mountain. Frontiscolor drawing of Gluck, the 12-year old good brother, aiding a stranger. Over twenty color drawings by Elizabeth M. Fisher, including eight full-page plates, blank on reverse, plus half-page and vignettes in the text. FROM preface by W. Montgomery Major: Ruskin called his fable a story for nice children but it is far more than that: it is a beautiful picture by one of the greatest prose painters of England.a classic. “The King of the Golden River was written to amuse a little girl; and being a fairly good imitation of Grimm and Dickens mixed with a little true Alpine feeling of my own, has been rightly pleasing to nice children and good for them.” John Ruskin. Media shipping $4.00.
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