Click for full-size.
Sea Warfare
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
-
Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sea Warfare by Rudyard Kipling Hardback, 1916, first edition, first printing, published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London, 222 pages.
Measures around 5.25" by 7.5". Blue cloth boards and spine, with gilt lettering to front board and spine. A little scuffed, marked and rubbed, with a little discolouration to spine. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear but quite clean and colour has mostly been retained in boards. Corners a little bumped and torn. Binding firm though slightly strained. Page edges very roughly cut, with a number of tears and jagged edges. A couple of pages have not been separated. Browning to page edges but quite clean. Previous owner name to front pastedown. Marking to endpapers. The odd bit of foxing throughout but otherwise page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-375
- Title
- Sea Warfare
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Pages
- 222
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sea Warfare
Terms of Sale
GN Books and Prints
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Frequently asked questions
What is a professional bookseller?
Just about anyone can sell a book, but a professional bookseller knows the ins and outs of the rare book trade. Learn more!
Collecting Arkham House
Learn about collecting the iconic horror and fantasy publisher that produced books by the likes of Ray Bradbury, August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft.
