The Collected Works.
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[New York:] Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,, 1941. The definitive text of his works, signed by Kipling The Burwash edition, number 892 of 1,010 copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf in volume I, as issued; the final and definitive text of Kipling's works. In the final years of his life, Kipling undertook a complete revision of his works. These definitive revised texts were published, with different arrangement of materials, as the Sussex edition in Britain and the Burwash edition in the US. Both sets were posthumously published, using sheets signed by Kipling before his death in 1936.. 28 volumes, octavo. Attractively bound in recent burgundy half morocco, spines lettered in gilt with centre tools, raised bands, burgundy cloth sides with gilt vignettes, original endpapers with Kipling's monogram, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated frontispieces. Original coated endpapers a little rubbed, the occasional minor blemish, an excellent set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155599
- Title
- The Collected Works.
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- [New York:] Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,
- Date Published
- 1941
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Cloth
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