Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses by Rudyard Kipling
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen and Co., 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A collection of ballads and poems by Rudyard Kipling. Fifteenth edition. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 ? 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He is chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. Re-bound in a half vellum binding with blue cloth covered boards. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. There is a bookplate to the the front pastedown. There is also an ink inscription and a binder's stamp to the verso of front free end papers. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LTH11-B-18
- Title
- Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses by Rudyard Kipling
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 7.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling Poetry Poems Kipling Poetry
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.