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Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's 'Jungle Book'
by Detmold, Maurice and Detmold, Edward; Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Sixteen finely executed illustrations, mounted and protected by part-printed paper overlays, contained in a later, half-calf, silk lined portfolio. The portfolio has raised bands, spine in four panels, panels bordered with gilt single rule, volute corner pieces, title in gilt to second panel, illustrators to third, place and date to fourth, silk ties to each edge. Rubbed to extremities, spine very slightly faded. Title page chipped and quite heavily repaired, slightly grubby with several small closed tears, the list of illustrations leaf is again chipped, with repairs to edges. The part-printed overlays are lightly foxed and browned to edges, chipped to top edges, one or two spots of foxing to the mounts, the illustrations are all bright and clean. For the Detmolds, see Houfe, page 115. First Edition. Plates Loose in Folder. Good+. Illus. by Detmold, Maurice and Detmold, Edward. Elephant Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000134
- Title
- Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's 'Jungle Book'
- Author
- Detmold, Maurice and Detmold, Edward; Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Detmold, Maurice and Detmold, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Illustrated, Detmold, Portfolio
- Size
- Elephant Folio
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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