The Day's Work
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday & McClure Co, 1898 Green boards with gilt lettering and design. Uncut pages. Gilt top. Ex Libris owner's sticker on front endpaper. Some soiling around sticker and on first free page. Bit of rubbing to boards mostly around spine. Corners lightly bumped. Otherwise clean and tight. 8 illustrations plus frontispiece and tissue guard.
Synopsis
The Day's Work contains twelve of Kipling's tales that focus on work, employment, and labor from different perspectives. Some of the stories include: "A Walking Delegate," "The Bridge-Builders," "The Tomb of His Ancestors," and "William the Conquerer," among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindas Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001581
- Title
- The Day's Work
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & McClure Co
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Lindas Rare Books
Payment must be received within 5 business days.Money back guarantee within 12 business days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lindas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2008
New York, New York
About Lindas Rare Books
I specialize in rare children's books, plays, poetry books, modern first editions, out of print and unusual books and signed books. If you cannot find what you are looking for, I will try and find it for you.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.