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Puck of Pook's Hill

Puck of Pook's Hill

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Puck of Pook's Hill

by Kipling, Rudyard

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  • Near Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Near Fine
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About This Item

New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1906. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Arthur Rackham. 8vo,( 8) 277, (1)pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition, published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound in original pictorial green cloth with titles and viking ship vignette stamped in black gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Four colored plates by Arthur Rackham present which were not present in the English Edition. Housed in a red cloth-covered chemise and matching quarter red morocco and red cloth slipcase. Bookplate on front paste-down.of popular American Author, George Barr McCutcheon, best known for the "Graustark" novels as well as"Brewster's Millions", made into several films of the same name. Bookseller ticket of Lauriat's of Boston on ffep. Square, tight and clean throughout. Mild rubbing to hinges, edges and tips. A hint of off-setting on the ffep from the bookplate but quite minor. Very well-preserved. A most handsome collectable copy.

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Bookseller
Brenner's Collectable Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
006313
Title
Puck of Pook's Hill
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Illustrator
Arthur Rackham
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First U.S. Edition
Publisher
Doubleday Page & Co
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1906
Weight
0.00 lbs

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About Brenner's Collectable Books

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Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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....
FFEP
A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Vignette
A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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