A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. 1st Edition . Very Good/Near Fine. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Dust jacket: Excellent original jacket. Tiny amount of wear to ends of spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: Red buckram binding, top page edge gilt. Fading to lower edge of boards, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 299, 4
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1218E004
- Title
- A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm)
- Keywords
- , Essays_Letters_Tracts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays, Letters & Tracts;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...