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Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$409.85NZ$368.87
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A very bright, first edition of this charming collection of children's stories by Rudyard Kipling, with the original dust wrapper. First edition, bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original dust wrapper.Scarce. Written by celebrated English novelist, poet and short-story writer, Rudyard Kipling, known for his popular work 'The Jungle Book'. This collection features eighteen of short stories and poems set on land and sea, written for the enjoyment of children. With brightly decorated endpapers and a charming, pictorial dust wrapper.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 binding, with the original, clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and a touch of fading to the extremities and spine. Light offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and the odd mark. Darkening to the spine of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with one or two spots to the fore edge. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 894Q26
- Title
- Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling children's fiction first edition Land and sea tales children's fiction short stories collection
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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.
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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- Cloth
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- Fine
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