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Kipling Pocket Editions. The complete 35 volume set.

Kipling Pocket Editions. The complete 35 volume set.

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Kipling Pocket Editions. The complete 35 volume set.

by Kipling, Rudyard

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London: Macmillan 1912-1938. 8vo. 35 volumes (complete). Full maroon calf with gilt decorations to spines and front covers. All edges of the earliest volume Wee Willie Winkie gilt; Top edges gilt on all other volumes. With red ribbon bookmarks to each of the volumes. Illustrations throughout a number of the volumes, inc. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, Puck of Pook's Hill, Thy Servant A Dog, Land and Sea Tales, Kim, Rewards and Fairies & Just So Stories. Some rubbing to the spines and edges of the bindings and occassional scratcing to boards. Most volumes bear ownership inscriptions, but are otherwise internally clean. These Macmillan pocket editions were issued over several years, never as a complete set. This set includes the very scarce Thy Servant a Dog, alongside 2 anthology volumes which have different decoration to the spine but are considered to be a part of the set. Titles include: Actions and Reactions; Barrack Room Ballads; A Book of Words; Captains Courageous; The Day's Work; Debits and Credits; Departmental Ditties; A Diversity of Creatures; The Five Nations; From Sea to Sea and other sketches, volume I; From Sea to Sea and other sketches, volume II; The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Just So Stories; Kim; Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides; Letters of Travel 1892 – 1913; Life's Handicap; The Light that Failed; Limits and Renewals; Many Inventions; The Naulahka: A Story of West and East; Plain Tales From The Hills; Puck of Pook's Hill; Rewards and Fairies; The Seven Seas; Soldiers Three, and other stories; Something of Myself; Songs from Books; Stalky and Co.; Traffics and Discoveries; Wee Willie Winkie; The Years Between; A Kipling Anthology: Prose; A Kipling Anthology: Verse; Souvenirs of France & Thy Servant a Dog. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1912.

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
71819
Title
Kipling Pocket Editions. The complete 35 volume set.
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Format/Binding
Full Calf
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Macmillan 1912-1938
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1912
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Rudyard Kipling,Thy Servant A Dog,The Jungle Book,Just So Stories,Kim,, Rewards and Fairies
Bookseller catalogs
Literature; Leather Bound Sets; Library Sets;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Glossary

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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...
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...
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....

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