A Diversity of Creatures
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1917. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm). In red publisher's cloth, with elephant badge on front in gilt, titled in gilt on spine, top edge gilt; plain endpaper; viii, 441, [3]pp; with 4pp of publisher's ads at rear. A bright, square copy, gently rubbed at head and tail, with a contemporary pencil annotatation to the table of contents: Very Good. LIVINGSTON 411.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54805
- Title
- A Diversity of Creatures
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...