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Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". I. W. Taber. A very smart copy of Kipling's Captains Courageous, with illustrations by I. W. Taber. An early reprint of this novel in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with binder's label to the rear paste down. All edges gilt. Ink inscription to the half title. 21 plates. Collated complete. Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks by Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations by I. W. Taber (1830-1912). This novel follows the adventures of Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. The novel originally appeared as a serialisation in McClure's. In publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Spine is slightly faded, but overall colour is good and gilt is bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Faint tidemarks from the half title page to page 19, not affecting the text or illustrations. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838M2
- Title
- Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- I. W. Taber
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling Adventure Fiction Captains Courageous Adventure Fiction
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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