Beast and Man In India: A Popular Sketch Of Indian Animals In Their Relations With The People.
by Kipling, John Lockwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891. First edition of Rudyard Kipling's father, John Lockwood Kipling's, best-known work. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated. In very good condition. Rare. In addition to his two major works Inezilla: A Romance in Two Chapters (1873) and Beast and Man in India (1891), John Lockwood Kipling illustrated Edward Emerson Oliver's Across the Border: Or, Pathan and Biloch and his son, Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Books (1894-1895).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135029
- Title
- Beast and Man In India: A Popular Sketch Of Indian Animals In Their Relations With The People.
- Author
- Kipling, John Lockwood
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Beast and Man In India First Edition, John Lockwood Kipling First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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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....