LAND AND SEA TALES FOR SCOUTS AND GUIDES.**
by KIPLING**, RUDYARD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-./Minus issued dw/dj.
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK,8vo HB minus issued dw/dj,1st edn.VG-.Owner's handwritten ink name+address to front pastedown.Publisher's bright,crisp but droplet shapedspotting with light bleeching of same,to board's original red cloth boards with an approx. 1.5" horizontal top portion with bright, crisp,blocked,black ink silhouette illustration of two Indian elephants each with a mahout,each pair at front and end of the illuistration with a single-masted,single sail vessel in background and between them and a single line bordered panel with black lettered title and author name within that,to front board; black ink blocked thumbnail detail from front illustration to head of a slightly dulled/darkened spine/backstrip with black-lettered title,author and publisher to rest of same - top+foot also with fraying,nicks,small splits and tears but with minimal loss to same, rear board plain red without decoration or lettering but with some minimal grubbing and blemishes - all with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges with ageing/toning but no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with minimal,sparse foxing,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,v-viipp+1-282pp [paginated] includes a 2pp verse Preface,contents list/table with blank verso,11 short stories,7 poems; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and individual storys' title separator pages,and to the rear,publisher's 2pp catalogue/advert for author's other works/titles. Described hard,but fairly and honestly.
Visually the exterior appearance is suitable as a reading copy,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It is mainly the exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an acceptable copy for its internal cleanliness and brightness. A collection of short stories and some poems/poetry. Written when Kipling was Chief Scout Commissioner, this collection of poems and short stories extolling the Empire were very much part of the times.
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** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.
Visually the exterior appearance is suitable as a reading copy,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It is mainly the exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an acceptable copy for its internal cleanliness and brightness. A collection of short stories and some poems/poetry. Written when Kipling was Chief Scout Commissioner, this collection of poems and short stories extolling the Empire were very much part of the times.
Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.
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Details
- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja1037422
- Title
- LAND AND SEA TALES FOR SCOUTS AND GUIDES.**
- Author
- KIPLING**, RUDYARD:
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-.
- Jacket Condition
- Minus issued dw/dj.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LONDON.MACMILLAN & CO.,LIMITED,1923.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,8vo HB minus issued dw/dj,1st edn.No ISBN.Victorian_English_poet_short-story writer_novelist_ journalist_Rudyard Kipling. Jungle Book duology_Kim_The Just So Stories.Nobel Prize for Literature_1907_Rudyard Kipli
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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About the Seller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
Biblio member since 2009
PLYMOUTH., Devon
About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
Bookdealer/seller established 1984, selling used,new,out-of-print,collectable (vintage and TV tie-in p/backs etc.), modern and second-hand books and book-related ephemera.We specialise in Children's Illustrated books, Modern Firsts, Fiction and Non-fiction - a good, wide range of subjects - Nautical, Naval/ Military, Theatre+Film biography/ autobiography, GENERAL (non-fiction/ reference), Author/Illustrator SIGNED copies/edns, and other Collectables. I no longer have a B&M store (established 1984) since 1996,as I then became an internet- based seller exclusively, continuing with Mail Order selling as well. Viewing by arranged appointment(s), book searches undertaken and welcomed. Minimal grade of stock is VG/VG (the exception), the majority around FINE/FINE.[Criteria used - as a bibliophile myself,would I want to see this book on my own personal bookshelves!!] Welcome,and thank you for browsing my stock - enjoy! "WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, THOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT!!" 'From paper to boards,to you'.
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