Bookshop


Welcome to the Guild's bookshop, where you can purchase Guild publications. Books are listed in alphabetical order. Postage and packing is charged at £2 per item for the UK and £3 per item for overseas. This will be added as a 'shipping cost' at checkout.

SOME BOOKS, USUALLY WHEN OUT OF PRINT, CAN BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE, HERE.

A Companion's Story: Egbert Rydings at Laxley (2012)

A Companion's Story: Egbert Rydings at Laxley (2012)

The Story of Egbert Rydings and St George's Mill in the Isle of Man, by Sue King

£8.00

Benjamin Creswick

Benjamin Creswick

A monograph by Annie Creswick Dawson with Paul Dawson.

£12.00

Charles Fairfax Murray and Duccio's Maesta

Charles Fairfax Murray and Duccio's Maesta

The 2008 Ruskin lecture, by Paul Tucker

£5.00

Curator and Curatress: The Swans and St George's Museum

Curator and Curatress: The Swans and St George's Museum

The 2013 Ruskin Lecture, by Mark Frost

£6.00

Genevieve Pilley: Fifty Years' Devotion to Ruskin at the Meersbrook Museum

Genevieve Pilley: Fifty Years' Devotion to Ruskin at the Meersbrook Museum

The story of Genevieve Pilley, who gave fifty years' service to the Ruskin Collection and Museum at Meersbrook Hall in Sheffield. By Guild Companion Helen Parker.

£10.00

John Ruskin's Camberwell

John Ruskin's Camberwell

John Ruskin's Camberwell, by James S Dearden.

£10.00

John Ruskin's Guild of St George, by James S Dearden

John Ruskin's Guild of St George, by James S Dearden

A history of the Guild of St George, founded by John Ruskin in 1871

£12.00

Miss Margaret E Knight and St George's Field, Sheepscombe

Miss Margaret E Knight and St George's Field, Sheepscombe

A history of the wildflower meadow in Gloucestershire, By Stuart Eagles

£6.00

One of Ruskin's Whitelands College May Queens

One of Ruskin's Whitelands College May Queens

The 2018 Whitelands Ruskin Lecture, by May Queen Beate Howitt

£6.00

Our Power to Bequeath

Our Power to Bequeath

The 2007 Ruskin Lecture, by Jacqueline Yallop

£4.00

Paradise is Here: Building Community Around Things That Matter

Paradise is Here: Building Community Around Things That Matter

A beautifully illustrated handbook to inspire and equip people to engage with their local community and make positive changes where they live, based on a transformative community-led six-year activity programme in Sheffield inspired by John Ruskin’s ideas on making lives better.

£8.00

Rambling Reminiscences

Rambling Reminiscences

A Ruskinian's Recollections, by James S Dearden

£20.00

Ruskin and Bewdley

Ruskin and Bewdley

3rd edition (revised) (2022), by Peter Wardle and Cedric Quayle

£9.00

Ruskin and Cambridge

Ruskin and Cambridge

The 2006 Ruskin Lecture, by Sam Smiles

£4.00

Ruskin and Craftsmanship

Ruskin and Craftsmanship

Ruskin and Craftsmanship, by Marcus Waithe

Published 2015, re-printed 2019

£8.00

Ruskin and Sheffield - The Museum of The Guild of St George and its making

Ruskin and Sheffield - The Museum of The Guild of St George and its making

2nd edition (revised) of the 1979 Ruskin Lecture, by Robert Hewison

£6.00

Ruskin and War (2014)

Ruskin and War (2014)

The 1988 Ruskin Lecture by Nicholas Shrimpton

£6.00

Ruskin at Walkley: An illustrated guide to the online museum

Ruskin at Walkley: An illustrated guide to the online museum

An illustrated guide to the Online Museum (www.ruskinatwalkley.org) by Marcus Waithe

2nd edition (revised) (2014) reprinted with corrections (2019)

£8.00

Ruskin in Sheffield

Ruskin in Sheffield

An illustrated guide to the Ruskin Collection by Janet Barnes, with revisions and additional material by Louise Pullen

£8.00

Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelites and the Oxford Museum

Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelites and the Oxford Museum

The 2018 Ruskin Lecture by John Holmes.

£8.00

Searching for Ruskin's Utopia

Searching for Ruskin's Utopia

Searching for Ruskin's Utopia: A vision for the continued relevance of the place of the arts to the Guild of St George.

£6.00

The Dominion of Daedalus

The Dominion of Daedalus

Papers from the Ruskin Workshop held in Pisa and Lucca, 13-14 May 1993, edited by Jeanne Clegg and Paul Tucker

£12.50

'The Earth-Veil': Ruskin and Environment

'The Earth-Veil': Ruskin and Environment

A lecture given at Brantwood in 2014 by Sara Atwood

£8.00

The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin

With an introduction by Lawrence Campbell

£10.00

The Laws of Fésole

The Laws of Fésole

Forgotten Books Classic Reprint Series

£8.00

The Roll of Companions of the Guild of St George (2013)

The Roll of Companions of the Guild of St George (2013)

Edited and with an introduction by James S Dearden

£6.00

The Ruskinian Industrialist: George Thomson of Huddersfield

The Ruskinian Industrialist: George Thomson of Huddersfield

George Thomson (1842-1921), third Master of the Guild, was one of the few men of business who attempted to put John Ruskin's ideas into practice. A century after Thomson's death, former Guild Secretary and independent scholar, Stuart Eagles, re-examines the life, work and legacy of this remarkable idealist and industrial pioneer.

£8.00

The Ruskins and the Domecqs

The Ruskins and the Domecqs

The story of the family links upon which the fortunes of John Ruskin were built, written by James S Dearden, Master of the Guild between 2005-2009.

£10.00

The Sombre Robe: Ruskin and Birmingham

The Sombre Robe: Ruskin and Birmingham

2016 Ruskin Lecture by Bernard Richards.

£8.00
£5.00

Thirteen Acres: John Ruskin and the Totley Communists

Thirteen Acres: John Ruskin and the Totley Communists

A comprehensive account of one of the Guild's earliest and most controversial experiments written by local author, Sally Goldsmith.

£12.00

Three-corneredest of chaplains: John Ruskin & The Revd. J.P. Faunthrope

Three-corneredest of chaplains: John Ruskin & The Revd. J.P. Faunthrope

2017 Whitelands Ruskin Lecture by David Peacock.

£6.00

'What do you mean by dressing?': Ruskin and Dress

'What do you mean by dressing?': Ruskin and Dress

2016 Whitelands Ruskin Lecture by Rachel Dickinson.

£6.00

What the Guild of St George Does, by Clive Wilmer

What the Guild of St George Does, by Clive Wilmer

What the Guild of St George Does: Reflections on Wealth and Life. The 2019 Ruskin Lecture.

£6.00

Why have our little girls large shoes? (2011)

Why have our little girls large shoes? (2011)

2nd edition (revised) of the 1985 Ruskin Lecture, by Anthony Harris

£7.00