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WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING - 19 VOLUMES INCLUDING BOTH JUNGLE BOOKS AND JUST SO STORIES
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan, 1926-1928. Pocket Edition. Full leather. Very good. 5 x 7 in. Full semi-rigid maroon calf with gilt, gilt upper text edge. Not a complete set, 19 works of fiction, including both Jungle Books and Just So Stories. Condition is VERY GOOD ; leather supple and joints fine. Covers clean with a touch of sunning to the color here and there. Gilt all bright. Minimal shelf wear. Bindings tight. About three have a little chipping to spine head. Text clean and bright. Fic. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51312
- Title
- WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING - 19 VOLUMES INCLUDING BOTH JUNGLE BOOKS AND JUST SO STORIES
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Pocket Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926-1928
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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