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The Works of Rudyard Kipling XXI "The Five Nations"
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Reprint. Hardcover. Boards show shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. Previous owner's names on FFEP and back pastedown. Back hinge started but still strong. A ding top of front board ; A tight solid book. Top edge gilt, front and bottom edges deckled ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20229
- Title
- The Works of Rudyard Kipling XXI "The Five Nations"
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- kipling, POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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