The Five Nations (The Gordon Edition)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Gordon and Gotch (Australia), Limited, London, No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Green / brown coloured textured end pages. Brown textured cloth covered boards with embossed decoration to the front panel, with gilt elephant's head to the front panel along with the Hindu sign of good luck (looks like a reverse swastika); gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Gilt to the top text edge. Poetry of Rudyard Kipling in two separate sections  the first series of poems covering many subjects, and the second called Service Songs  mostly relates to real or imagined experiences of late 19th British soldiers. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the same areas, either side of the backstrip, top book corners and lower book edges. Tanning of the textblock edges and lighter tanning of the pages. Heavy tanning to the first few and last few pages of the book with scattered foxing throughout and to the textblock edges. Some white marks to the lower edge of the front panel. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XVI, [1], 2 - 208 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 0129045. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129045
- Title
- The Five Nations (The Gordon Edition)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gordon and Gotch (Australia), Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Poetry, military, India, 19th century, British Raj Poetry; Unbranded Kipling, Rudyard The Five Nations (The Gordon Edition)
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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