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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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About This Item

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,, 1906. First edition, first impression, of one of Kipling's major books, very rare in the dust jacket. Puck of Pook's Hill brings together ten stories and 16 poems, which had previously appeared in journals. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt Ganesha device to front cover, top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and 19 full-page monochrome illustrations by H. R. Millar, 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. Corners a touch bumped, the binding otherwise bright and firm, internally clean and fresh. A very good copy in good only jacket, small tape repairs to verso, slight wear to extremities, spine panel toned. Richards A205; Stewart 306.

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Bookseller
Peter Harrington GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
147583
Title
Puck of Pook's Hill.
Author
KIPLING, Rudyard
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Place of Publication
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited,
Date Published
1906

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About Peter Harrington

Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.

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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...
Device
Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Top Edge Gilt
Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.

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