Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas.
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen and Co. and George Newnes, 1899. Finely bound early printings of Kipling's collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Bookplate to each pastedown. Written in vernacular dialect, Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work, including the poems "Gunga Din", "Tommy", "Mandalay", and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890, and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War, titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations (1903), can be considered part of the Ballads, as can a number of other uncollected pieces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96168
- Title
- Barrack-Room Ballads, Departmental Duties, and The Seven Seas.
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co. and George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses Finely Bound, Departmental Duties Finely Bound, Rudyard Kipling Finely Bound, The Seven Seas Finely Bound
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
Glossary
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- Marbled boards
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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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...