The Works of Rudyard Kipling, Actions and Reactions, Vol. XXIV
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909 Beautiful dark wine binding with an ivory cameo inset with an elephant and a swastika (a Hindu religious symbol), a gilt border on the front cover, gilt printing on the spine and a gilt decoration on the spine. The binding has no bumping or rubbing. Gilt top edges of the 324 pages, deckle-edged. The pages are crisp, clean, unmarked, uncreased. Frontispiece, and all illustrations, with tissue guards. The binding is good and tight. A fine collector's copy from a non-smoking household. Pictures available upon request. We have other volumes of this series. We ship daily.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine+/No Jacket. Illus. by Reuterdahl, Henry, Mrs. J.S. Williams and F. WalterTaylor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Lots of Love Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011019
- Title
- The Works of Rudyard Kipling, Actions and Reactions, Vol. XXIV
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Reuterdahl, Henry, Mrs. J.S. Williams and F. WalterTaylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Literature, Poetry, Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Poetry; Literature; Kipling;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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