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A gift presented by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson to Mary Upton upon the completion of her time as his student, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Mary Upton, April 2, 1901, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, The Doves Bindery". Upton, who bound this work, was one of three students he took on at the bindery in 1900. Cobden-Sanderson has additionally inscribed the rear pastedown, where one might expect to find a binder's signature, adding "M.U. 1901 At The Doves Bindery", designating the work as Upton's own. Upton's father "reportedly squandered the family fortune, leaving his three daughters practically penniless. In 1900, at the age of about twenty-six, Mary decided to spend what she had on coming to England to learn bookbinding" (Tidcombe, p. 73). Tidcombe notes the Cobden-Sandersons probably visited Mary Upton in Philadelphia in 1907 during a tour to the US, during which they visited several former students, Mary living and working as a binder there with her sister Lucy. Ruskin's attempts to convey his moral principles in political economic terms were first issued in book form in 1862. Provenance: Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008), a Maine rare book collector, with his family bookplate and pencilled note further explaining the provenance: "This small volume was from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson's own library and was given to Miss Upton while a student at the Doves Bindery, given to me by Miss Upton, sister Miss Lee of Philadelphia, J. W. P. A gift presented by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson to Mary Upton upon the completion of her time as his student, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Mary Upton, April 2, 1901, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, The Doves Bindery". Upton, who bound this work, was one of three students he took on at the bindery in 1900. Cobden-Sanderson has additionally inscribed the rear pastedown, where one might expect to find a binder's signature, adding "M.U. 1901 At The Doves Bindery", designating the work as Upton's own. Upton's father "reportedly squandered the family fortune, leaving his three daughters practically penniless. In 1900, at the age of about twenty-six, Mary decided to spend what she had on coming to England to learn bookbinding" (Tidcombe, p. 73). Tidcombe notes the Cobden-Sandersons probably visited Mary Upton in Philadelphia in 1907 during a tour to the US, during which they visited several former students, Mary living and working as a binder there with her sister Lucy. Ruskin's attempts to convey his moral principles in political economic terms were first issued in book form in 1862. Provenance: Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008), a Maine rare book collector, with his family bookplate and pencilled note further explaining the provenance: "This small volume was from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson's own library and was given to Miss Upton while a student at the Doves Bindery, given to me by Miss Upton, sister Miss Lee of Philadelphia, J. W. P. Frost". READ MORE Octavo (168 x 104 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine tooled in gilt with repeated petal pattern, lettered in second compartment, divided with 5 raised bands, boards tooled with matching petal-patterned frames and dot-work borders, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt with petal cornerpieces, partially gauffered edges gilt. Spine and board edges browned, minor rubbing, front joint fragile, secured by four cords only, book block remaining firm, offsetting to endpapers, contents clean: a very good copy. Marianne Tidcombe, The Doves Bindery, 1991.