A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING (1881-1921)
by [Kipling Rudyard]: Martindell, E. W
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About This Item
London & New York: The Bookman's Journal / James F. Drake, Inc., 1922.. xiii,[1],111,[3]pp. Tall octavo. Gilt cloth. Frontis and plates. Moderate and somewhat obtrusive scattered foxing, light rubbing at spine ends, endsheets browned, otherwise very good. First edition. Copy #21 of 450 numbered copies (400 for sale). A nice association copy, likely one of the fifty copies not for sale, inscribed on the limitation page: "To Mr. A. J. Hoppé with the Author's compliments." Hoppé's bibliography of Samuel Butler saw publication by the BOOKMAN'S JOURNAL in 1925.
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- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING (1881-1921)
- Author
- [Kipling Rudyard]: Martindell, E. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bookman's Journal / James F. Drake, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1922.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Rubbing
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