LIFE'S HANDICAP; Being stories of mine own people
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1891. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 351. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. Cover ilittle worn at corners and ends of spine, one hinge near tender, o/w VG. Volumes under this title were published by Macmillan & Co. both in London and New York in 1891 [this being the somewhat earlier American edition]. They contain all the stories in MINE OWN PEOPLE, 1891, with the exception of 'A Conference of the Powers,' together with sixteen additional stories and one poem." - Stewart 99; Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 955. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 541. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 306. Bleiler (1978), p. 115. A series of short stories including a number that are supernatural.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32788
- Title
- LIFE'S HANDICAP; Being stories of mine own people
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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