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Abaft the Funnel.
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company,, 1909. First edition, first issue with gilt lettering, an unauthorized piracy by Dodge and Company reprinting Kipling's contributions from various Indian newspapers. The first issue can be distinguished by the gold lettering on the spine and front cover; in response to the piracy, Kipling instructed his regular American publisher, Doubleday, to produce a rival publication to undercut the piracy. To compete with the new authorized version, Dodge & Company bound remaining sheets of the book in a binding using a cheaper red lettering, rather than gilt. Richards notes that the publisher apparently retained many unsold copies, for the number of surviving fine dust jackets implies that a cache of copies was issued many decades later. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy, in near-fine jacket with only very light shelfwear. Richards A227; Stewart 324.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144356
- Title
- Abaft the Funnel.
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: B. W. Dodge & Company,
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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