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Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

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Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
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About This Item

New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company, 1890. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition, containing some of Kipling's most famous poems. Maroon cloth binding with titling and decorations in gilt on the spine and front cover; bevelled edges. The first state printing, with "Lovell" on the spine. Clean text; vi, 270 pages. Very bright and clear. Tiny touches of rub at the margins. A very nice copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller
Quercus Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
006622
Title
Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good (Plus)
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First American Edition.
Publisher
United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1890
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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Quercus Rare Books

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Chico, California

About Quercus Rare Books

Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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Gilt
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