London: MacMillan and Co., Limited 1930, 1st English edition, 1st printing. (hardcover) 92pp, [1]. Fair, no dust jacket. 8vo. Red cloth boards, lettering and illustration in black to spine and top board, illustration in black to bottom board. Boards rubbed, a couple small soiled spots, two small closed splits to cloth at front hinge. Previous owner's stamp to front-pastedown and ffep. Gift inscription to first blanco. Starting at p88. Occasional light foxing, age spotting. Faint smell of must to the book, no evidence of internal dampening or mold. Illustrated by G. L. Stampa. A fair, complete copy of this 1st / 1st at an accessible price. Stewart / Yeats 577..

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Bookseller: Spafford Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 120360
Title: Thy Servant a Dog, Told by Boots
Author: Kipling, Rudyard; Stampa, G. L. (Illus.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: MacMillan and Co., Limited
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Literature, English Literature, Kipling, Literature - English

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