The Ethics of the Dust : Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization
244pp. Red leather over limp card. Leather at spine ends worn through. Spine sun faded, ink stain towards head. Tanning to free endpapers and next page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. With prefaces to the first and second editions. This study by the famous British art critic and writer is written in the form of a Socratic dialogue and details Ruskin's thoughts on the education system, the development of fine art and design in Europe, and man's place in the world.