PETER QUENNELL - John Ruskin. The Portrait of a Prophet.

London England, Collins, 1949. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harback hardback. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. The object of this book is to portray John Ruskin both as a writer and as a personality: to show the close connection between his personal growth and his literary development: and to suggest how the frustration of his private hopes finally brought to an end his career of public usefulness. Illustrated. 320 pp.