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Many Inventions; Songs from Books; Plain Tales from the Hills; the Seven Seas; Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads; the Five Nations (set of 6 books)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. From The Pocket Kipling series. Soft dark red leather, top edge gilt, gold lettering and scrolls on spine, gold circle containing elephant and swastika symbol on front. All volumes worn and ragged on ends of spine and on corners, faded and rubbed along spine. Published 1914-1915. Songs from Books; The Seven Seas: 1914, silk bookmark detached, pages clean and crisp throughout. Many Inventions; Departmental Ditties: 1915, cracked at title page but still tight, silk bookmark detached, pages clean and bright. Plain Tales: 1915, cracked at title page but still tight, silk bookmark missing, pages clean and bright. The Five Nations: 1915, silk bookmark detaching, pages clean and bright. Overall, good. Note: weight totals five pounds.. Full-Leather. Good/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001259
- Title
- Many Inventions; Songs from Books; Plain Tales from the Hills; the Seven Seas; Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads; the Five Nations (set of 6 books)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling, Pocket Kipling Series
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Lindenlea Books
We guarantee the condition of every book as it is described. If you are not satisfied with your purchase or if the order hasn't arrived, you are eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date.
About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
Biblio member since 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
We are located in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), and started selling books online in 2009. We offer a wide range of topics, with a focus on signed modern Canadian first editions. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have a question regarding any of our books.
Glossary
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....
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