A Fleet In Being
by Kipling, Rudyard
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A Fleet in Being
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Very Good
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- First UK Edition, First Printing
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- 1898
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HINDHEAD, Surrey, GBR
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$12.61
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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. Sub-titled "Notes of two trips with the Channel Squadron". The illustrated dust jacket front has been pasted to the front of the book cover; unconventional but with a neat visual result. No inscriptions and minor wear only. An insight into the workings of the Royal Navy at the turn of the nineteenth century. . Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being - Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1898
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Cape Town, ZAF
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$60.00
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London: MacMillan. Very Good. 1898. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. One of a 1000 first issue copies bound in boards (an additional 500 in wrappers) . All first issue points present as per RICHARDS A117. Book is about VG, some spotting and staining of boards. Staining on end-papers, but otherwise internally clean. Slight musty smell. Collectable copy.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1898
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$107.70
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London: Macmillan And Co., 1898. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A well-preserved first edition of this account of the Royal Navy at sea by Rudyard Kipling. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book', 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories', Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1898
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Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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$165.00
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898. First Edition, First Printing. Very good. An about Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original blue binding with the spine and front board lettered in black and the front board also illustrated in black. The spine is toned and the boards are foxed (as is… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being
by Kipling. Rudyard.
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
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$63.35
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Uk.: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This little book are the notes Rudyard Kipling made on two trips with the channel squadron. The light blue boards are sun-faded and has light wear to the head and base of the spine and the corners are bumped, the text block… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by KIPLING, Rudyard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$65.00
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London: Macmillan, 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial cloth boards. Very slight soiling, very near fine. An attractive volume. Item Price
$65.00
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Rougemont, North Carolina, USA
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$40.00
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London: Macmillan & Co, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. Small 8vo., 84 pp. Light blue cloth with title and naval design in black on the front board. Light to moderate soiling of the boards. Very Good. Item Price
$40.00
A Fleet In Being.
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- 1898
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$1,250.00
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London: The Morning Post, 1898. First appearance of of this collection of 5 articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Royal octavo, bound in blue boards, consisting of the original 5 Morning Post articles which appeared on November 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, 1898 clipped and adhered to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used
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- 1898
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$75.00
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898. First edition of this collection of articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. In very good condition. Cover illustration by Norman Wilkinson. Kipling's account of the recently strengthened fleet of the British Royal Navy at the turn of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good +
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- First Edition.
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- 1898
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- Paperback
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA
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$65.00
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London: MacMillan & Co., 1898 London: MacMillan & Co., 1898 84 pp perfect-bound in blue illustrated paper. From the library of C. Lovat Frazer, English artist, designer and author. The phrase 'A Fleet in Being' referrs to a fleet in port which extends control of the surrounding seas just by its presence without leaving port. The book will appeal to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A fleet in being : notes of two trips with the Channel squadron / by Rudyard Kipling
by Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)
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- First Edition
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- 1898
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Galway, IRL
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$210.00
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Physical description: 84 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy - Sea life. Personal narratives. Item Price
$210.00
A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - G/NO DUSTJACKET
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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Owego, New York, USA
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$20.00
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London: Macmillan. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1899. Hardcover. May of 1899 . 12mo., 84 pp. . Item Price
$20.00
A Fleet in Being
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Collectible; Very Good
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- 1st
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- 1898
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- Original Wraps
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
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$65.00
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London: Macmillan & Co, 1898. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1898 1st edition, in its original pictorial wrappers. VG-, with pronounced staining at the spine and one 1 1/2" chip at the rear panel. Still though, a presentable copy of a fragile book. 12mo, 84 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, cloth chemise and quarter-morocco box.
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.
by KIPLING, Rudyard.
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- Used - Some light soiling to cloth; still, a nice copy.
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- First edition.
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- 1898.
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- Original pictorial flexible cloth.
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Rochester, New York, USA
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$110.00
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London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1898.. First edition.. original pictorial flexible cloth.. Some light soiling to cloth; still, a nice copy.. 8vo,. Stewart 191. Item Price
$110.00
A fleet in being: notes of two trips with the Channel squadron / by Rudyard Kipling
by Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)
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- Used
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Galway, IRL
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$30.00
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London; New York: Macmillan and Co, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Lord Methuen's copy. Physical description: 84 pages; 20 cm. Subjects: Great Britain Navy History.Great Britain Navy Sea life.Great Britain Navy History 19th… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Prestatyn, Flintshire, GBR
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$7.60
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London: Macmillan, 1898. Book. Good. Pictorial Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 84pp, covers sl worn, spine darkened, sl staining, inscr on front cover and ffep.. Item Price
$7.60
A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$18.03
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Macmillan, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. Reprinted. 84 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by KIPLING, Rudyard
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1898
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- Softcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$125.00
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London: Macmillan & Co, 1898. Softcover. Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Pictorial blue wrappers. Light wear at the extremities, a very good or better copy. *Stewart* 191. Item Price
$125.00
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A Fleet in Being : Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Fair Condition
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- Reprint
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- 1999
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$9.03
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Macmillan, London, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition. Illustrator: N Wilkinson -- cover. the sewing on the binding has stretched, and the hinge is visible at front and rear, and there are library stamps at front and rear. Internally clean. third impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 84 pages. Please… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fleet in Being (with Dw)
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
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- Poor
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- 1st Edition 3rd Printing
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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London, GBR
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$28.51
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1899. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with black stamped decoration in a similarly decorated dw; pp. 84. Subtitled: "Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron" From the library of Prof Gavin Stamp, writer, academic and TV pundit, bearing his bookplate on front paste… Read more about this item Item Price
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