Just So Stories For Little Children: Illustrated by the Author
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 249p quarto, illustrated. A fine bright copy in a very good dust jacket. The design on the dust jacket differs from the design on the covers of the book. Just So Stories was Kipling's only self illustrated book. A fine bright copy with none of the usual flaking to the white pigment on the binding; armorial bookplate of George Jefferson Mersereau with the bookplate of A. Edward Newton above it on the front paste down. The extremely rare dust jacket is complete with only minor wear and tear and with a few archival tape reinforcements o the inside of the spine. Preserved in a custom cloth chemise and morocco-tipped slipcase
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49105
- Title
- Just So Stories For Little Children
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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