The Drums of The Fore and Aft.
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: F. Tennyson Neely, 1899. First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Kipling's The Drums of the Fore and Aft concerns an inexperienced Regular battalion on overseas service brigaded with a Highland Regiment and a Gurkha Regiment in Afghanistan. Unlike Kipling's other tales, it concerns the disgrace of a battle almost lost rather than the glory of a battle won.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120480
- Title
- The Drums of The Fore and Aft.
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- F. Tennyson Neely
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling first edition, The Drums of The Fore and Aft First Edition
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...