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The Drums of the Fore and Aft: (Brentano's Pomegranate Series)
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1898. 1st Edition . Very Good. 3.75 x 6.25 inches (10 x 16 cm). First American separate edition of this short story taken from the 'Wee Willie Winkie' collection (1889). An unauthorized pirate edition. First printing: with the J.J. Little printer's device to verso of title page, and final page listing six volumes in the series (three by Kipling). Green cloth binding with decorative boards, gilt lettering to spine. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Slight flecking to spine, very clean text throughout. Two previous owner bookplates to front endpaper. Scarce. (Richards A121, E1-33). Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 3.75 x 6.25 inches (10 x 16 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 71
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1219E017
- Title
- The Drums of the Fore and Aft: (Brentano's Pomegranate Series)
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 3.75 x 6.25 inches (10 x 16 cm)
- Keywords
- , Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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