A Book of Words; Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906-1927
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1928 Copy in red cloth on boards with gilt decoration on cover and gilt title on spine. Boards lightly scuffed. Some wear tohead/foot of spine. Spine lightly sunned with rubbing to both side edges. Corners bumped. Several l.ight internal cracks. Paper label stuck to rear pase down. Clean text.
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- Bookseller
- Balfour Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030330
- Title
- A Book of Words; Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906-1927
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- A Book of Words; Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906-1927 Rudyard Kipling Anthology
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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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...
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