Avon, Conn.: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. Limited Edition. Fine in green and purple cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations around the author's initials on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case. One of only 2,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 435 and signed by the illustrator, Charles Raymond. Selections by Bernard Bergonzi. 375 pages of text and illustrated with line drawings and color lithographs by Charles Raymond. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB28072
Title: Tales of East and West
Author: Kipling, Rudyard
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: Avon, Conn.
Date Published: 1976

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