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Puck of Pook's Hill
by Kipling, Rudyard (illus. H. R. Millar)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, no d/j, red leather-bound boards good (but some markings on back), with gilt spine titling and cover elephant design
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1912. reprint. hardback. Very good, no d/j, red leather-bound boards good (but some markings on back), with gilt spine titling and cover elephant design bright; gilt top edges; pages unmarked and tight; some browning on endpapers. (Macmillan Pocket Kipling series) Owner's plate on ffep.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Playing in the gardens of their home, Dan and Una come across Puck, an ancient fairy with a gift for storytelling. Plucking figures from history to weave his magical stories, Puck takes the children from the Norman conquest to the signing of the Magna Carta. Set in the surroundings of his Sussex home, Bateman's, Rudyard Kipling's sparkling storytelling perfectly captures the myth and mystery of the English countryside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC70079
- Title
- Puck of Pook's Hill
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard (illus. H. R. Millar)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, no d/j, red leather-bound boards good (but some markings on back), with gilt spine titling and cover elephant design
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Pages
- 306
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, young people, leather-binding, Kipling, Nobel, pocket
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....