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Songs From Books.
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. First edition of this selection of songs from Kipling's children's stories. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Songs From Books contains songs The Recall, Cuckoo Song, The New Knighthood, Puck, Rewards and Fairies, Kim, Actions and Reactions, and The Truthful Song among dozens of others.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121421
- Title
- Songs From Books.
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling first edition, Songs From Books First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
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- Gilt
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