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THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING - THE MANDALAY EDITION. 7 VOLS (INCOMPLETE SET) INCLUDES VOL 6 - THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK, VOL. 7 - THE LIGHT THAT FAILED AND CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, VOL. 8 - PUCK OF POOK'S HILL AND REWARDS AND FAIRIES, VOL. 9 - WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND LIFE'S HANDICAP, VOL. 10 - TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES AND ACTIONS AND REACTIONS, VOL. 11 - THE DAY'S WORK AND MANY INVENTIONS, VOL. 12 - A DIVERSITY OF CREATURES AND LETTERS OF TRAVEL, VOL. 13 - DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES: BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND FIVE NATIONS THE SEVEN SEAS
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
Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1925. The Mandalay Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Finely bound in half deep blue morocco with blue cloth boards. Raised spine bands, gilt spine titles and decorations, gilt upper text block. Incomplete set, a sequential run from Vol. 6 - Vol. 13. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; the leather is supple and has no cracks or splits, all joints are excellent. Covers very clean except Vols 6,7, 10 and 13, which have some paler discolorations to the cloth only, Vol. 6 also has some pale stains to the leather of the covers, but not the spine. Bindings all tight and text spotless. A very handsome partial set. Fine Bindings, RGR.
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- Andre Strong Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41169
- Title
- THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING - THE MANDALAY EDITION. 7 VOLS (INCOMPLETE SET) INCLUDES VOL 6 - THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK, VOL. 7 - THE LIGHT THAT FAILED AND CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, VOL. 8 - PUCK OF POOK'S HILL AND REWARDS AND FAIRIES, VOL. 9 - WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND LIFE'S HANDICAP, VOL. 10 - TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES AND ACTIONS AND REACTIONS, VOL. 11 - THE DAY'S WORK AND MANY INVENTIONS, VOL. 12 - A DIVERSITY OF CREATURES AND LETTERS OF TRAVEL, VOL. 13 - DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES: BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND FIVE NATIONS THE SEVEN SEAS
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Mandalay Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1925
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Text Block
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