New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897 Beautiful dark red 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 359pages, deckle-edged. The pages are crisp, clean, unmarked, uncreased. Appears to be unread with some uncut pages. Frontispiece, and all illustrations, with tissue guards. The binding is good and tight even though the back hinge is starting to crack, else fine. A fine collector's copy from a non-smoking household. Pictures available upon request. We have other volumes of this series. We ship daily.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Lots of Love Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011029
Title: The Works of Rudyard Kipling, Poems, Vol. XI
Author: Kipling, Rudyard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1897
Keywords: Kipling, Poetry, Poems, Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Literature; Kipling;

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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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
Uncut Pages: 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.