Ruskin, John — The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, Delivered in 1858-9

New York, J. WIley, 1872. Hardcover. Light red boards with gilt lettering on the spine; viii, 217 pp. illustration. Contents include: I. The deteriorative power of conventional art over nations -- II. The unity of art -- III. Modern manufacture and design -- IV. The influence of imagination in architecture -- V. The work of iron, in nature, art, and policy. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; top and bottoms of spine strip is heavily worn; inner hinges are cracked; signatures and markings from former owners in pencil on endpapers; textblock edges are toned with foxing/scuffing/smudging; interior is clean; textblock appears solid.) .