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THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING (10 volume set)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Young Folks' Educational League, 1909. Edition de Luxe. Cloth. Very Good. 1st thus, Edition de Luxe, limited to 1000 copies 10 volume set. 8vo., t.e.g. Each volume about 480 pp., illustrated with frontispieces, and approx. 4 mezzo gravure plates in each volume. Brown cloth with title on paper labels on the spine. Frontispieces have tissue guards, and captions. Fore edge of text untrimmed; nice wide margins. Title labels toned and some with wear. All volumes with the same previous owner's handsome book plate. Light shelf wear. Some text signatures remain unopened. Not available for expedited or overseas shipping. The plates are dated and copyrighted to the Edinburgh Society, 1909. Volumes titles: BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND OTHER VERSES, LETTERS OF MARQUE, THE LIGHT THAT FAILED, MINE OWN PEOPLE,THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW, PLAIN TALK FROM THE HILLS, SOLDIERS THREE, THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS IN BLACK AND WHITE, UNDER THE DEODARS, and WEE WILLIE WINKIE: CITY OF THE DREADFUL NIGHT, AMERICAN NOTES.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28571
- Title
- THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING (10 volume set)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition de Luxe
- Publisher
- Young Folks' Educational League
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1909
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Frey Fine Books
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Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Gravure
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
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