Departmental Ditties and other verses.
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Newnes, London., 1899. Eleventh edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 189. Illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Period binding of three-quarter red morocco with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt (the decorations including a bugle, drum and two poppies), marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt.Faint mark on spine. Covers a little rubbed at edges. Very good indeed. Attractive binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KIPLINGR018455
- Title
- Departmental Ditties and other verses.
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes, London.
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- nobel prize
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...