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Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (First Edition)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: United States Book Company successors to John W. Lovell Company, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Maroon cloth over beveled edge boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, top edge gilt, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. vi, 270. Volume with minor wear to spine ends and corners and a couple of small cracks to hinges, spine gilt dulled. First printing of the first edition with "LOVELL" stamped in gilt at foot of spine. ". ..There are thousands that do write; there are dozens that can write; but there is only one Rudyard Kipling." Rudyard Kipling - An Attempt at Appreciation, Monkshood, G. F. (pseud. W. J. Clarke), 1899. Printed on laid paper, this volume collects some of Kipling's best and most loved verses. Ref. Richards, A48.
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1200
- Title
- Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (First Edition)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- United States Book Company successors to John W. Lovell Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- G
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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...
- Top Edge Gilt
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