The Day's Work
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collection of short stories by Kipling. Dark green cloth cover with gilt and black stamping on front and spine. Inscription on frontpaper dated 1898. Deckled-edged paged.
Cover and interior are stained and chipped, interior is age tanned. Binding is broken with one loose page inside. All eight B&W illustrations are intact, as is the protective tissue over the frontispiece.
Cover and interior are stained and chipped, interior is age tanned. Binding is broken with one loose page inside. All eight B&W illustrations are intact, as is the protective tissue over the frontispiece.
Synopsis
The Day's Work contains twelve of Kipling's tales that focus on work, employment, and labor from different perspectives. Some of the stories include: "A Walking Delegate," "The Bridge-Builders," "The Tomb of His Ancestors," and "William the Conquerer," among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Y62
- Title
- The Day's Work
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & McClure
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- 431
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kipling
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Stories; Works of Rudyard Kipling;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
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About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
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Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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....