A Fleet in Being Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". Norman Wilkinson [cover]. The first edition of this collection of articles by Rudyard Kipling on his time with the navy. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Cover illustration by Norman Wilkinson, the president of the 'Royal Institute if Painters in Water Colours'. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling and provides an account of the author's time upon a fleet on Naval ships. This work was originally published as a series of six articles in the 'Morning Post'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and extremities, slight shelf wear to the spine and marks to the rear board. Light age toning and spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages with only the odd very minor spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 895Z24
- Title
- A Fleet in Being Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- Norman Wilkinson [cover]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- First edition Rudyard Kipling Article Journalism Rudyard Kipling Voyage Ships
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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