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Sea and Sussex : from Rudyard Kipling's Verse
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.. A limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Rudyard Kipling. In the original slipcase with title label. Slipcase is faded with wear to edges. Dustjacket is present with small tears to edges and a very small tear half way down spine and fading. Blue grey paper covered boards with vellum spine and gilt lines and lettering to spine. Boards are in very good condition. Endpapers are stained and slightly foxed. Printed on uncut laid paper with 24 coloured plates tipped in, by Donald Maxwell. Gilt top page edge. Large quarto. A very handsome copy. 1926
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5042
- Title
- Sea and Sussex : from Rudyard Kipling's Verse
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 4to.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Quarto
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- Vellum
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- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tipped In
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