They
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". F. H. Townsend. The first edition of Kipling's story to be published separately from 'Traffics and Discoveries', with illustrations by F. H. Townsend. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated, complete. Kipling's semi-autobiographical story concerning grief and ghost children, with beautiful illustrations by Frederick Henry Townsend (1868-1920), the first Art Editor of Punch Magazine. This work was first published in Scribner"s Magazine for August 1904 and collected in Traffics and Discoveries in the same year. This is the first edition to be published separately. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though the spine and upper extremities to the front board are slightly darkened. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the paste downs and end papers. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 893M8
- Title
- They
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- F. H. Townsend
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Kipling Traffics and Discoveries Frederick Henry Townsend Traffics and Discoveries
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...