A Song of the English
by Kipling, Rudyard; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c1915]. Hardcover. Contemporary gift inscription. Some foxing. Dust-jacket with foxing and chips along upper margin, tatty along front flap fold of dust-jacket with chips and rubbing. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; No date [c1915]. 123, [1] pages + 16 tipped-in colour plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board, gilt and turquoise lettering on spine, turquoise illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 248 x 185mm. Black and white illustrations in the text. Illustration of light-house on front panel of dust-jacket, this is the same illustrations as the plate facing page 26, accompanying "The Coastwise Lights of England". .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23172
- Title
- A Song of the English
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [c1915]
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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