The Vampire - Unauthorized Privately Printed Boston Edition
by Rudyard KIPLING
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
10pp. Frontispiece illustration by Philip Burne-Jones. Decorative red vignette of bats flying under a crescent moon to title page, duplicated on text pages. Rubbing/marks to boards and early foxing. A scarce survival.
An unauthorized pamphlet featuring a poem written by Kipling to publicise for the painting by Philip Burne-Jones (a cousin of Kipling's) entitled "The Vampire," which was first exhibited at the New Gallery in London, 1897.
An unauthorized pamphlet featuring a poem written by Kipling to publicise for the painting by Philip Burne-Jones (a cousin of Kipling's) entitled "The Vampire," which was first exhibited at the New Gallery in London, 1897.
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Unauthorized pamphlet featuring a poem written by Kipling publicising the painting "The Vampire" by Philip Burne-Jones
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 453
- Title
- The Vampire - Unauthorized Privately Printed Boston Edition
- Author
- Rudyard KIPLING
- Illustrator
- Philip BURNE-JONES
- Format/Binding
- Beige cloth with gilt lettering to front panel surrounded by a wreath.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Vampire, Vampyre
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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