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A Book of Words. Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by KIPLING Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan,, 1928. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at headband. With personal bookplate on front paste-down and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45470
- Title
- A Book of Words. Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- KIPLING Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, kipling, rudyard kipling
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Island Books
Biblio member since 2004
Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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