James Dearden: A John Ruskin Collection. by JUSTIN CROFT ANTIQUARIAN…

Large 4to (295 × 208 mm), pp. 176, colour illustrations. Softback.

First edition. A descriptive catalogue of the lifetime collection of James Dearden (1931-2021) devoted to John Ruskin. Containing a near-comprehensive set of all important early editions of Ruskin’s works, manuscripts, letters, photographs, ephemera, Ruskiniana and a reference collection (345 item). With introductory essays by Stuart Eagles (’Ruskin Today’) and Stephen Wildman (a biographical appreciation of James Dearden). Catalogue text by Justin Croft and Jonathan Stone.