Description:
London: Methuen and Co., 1903. LIMITED FIRST EDITION printed on Japanese paper. Crown octavo, pp.xv; 215; [1], blank. Elegantly bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt titles, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. A clean, fine copy with just a little expected bowing to the vellum covers. A rare book, this being one of just thirty copies.
The Five Nations. by Kipling (Rudyard)
by Kipling (Rudyard)
Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
The Five Nations.
by Kipling (Rudyard)
- Used
- Hardcover
NY: Doubleday, Page, 1903. First American edition. Green pictorial cloth, designed in black, lettered in gilt. Title page printed in black & red. Light shelf wear to tips, a bright and attractive copy, about fine. Inscribed from H. Morse Stephens to Dunning Rideout: "For Dunning Rideout / In memory of many happy days, / some spent with Kipling, at / Marysville, / From / H. Morse Stephens / 16 November 1903". Stephens was the founder of The Kipling Club, and was a historian and professor at the University of California. Dunning Rideout was a financier and capitalist, mayor of Marysville, California in the 1870s, later a prominent figure in the Republican Party. A nice association copy, and in unusually nice condition.
-
Bookseller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
We have 1 copies available starting at $785.06.
The Five Nations
by KIPLING, [Joseph] Rudyard (1865-1936)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$785.06
Show Details
Item Price
$785.06