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Debits and Credits
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first pocket edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of short stories and poems with the original dust wrapper. First pocket book edition of Debits and Credits by Rudyard Kipling in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Published the same year as the first edition on fine paper with a red and black decorative title page. A uniform set edition published alongside other works by Kipling. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1926. Debits and Credits is a collection of fourteen stories, nineteen poems and two scenes from a play. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities with some small tears. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1926. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine of the binding. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 838W41
- Title
- Debits and Credits
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling Debits and Credits Dust wrapper Pocket edition Debits and Credits
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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.
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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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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