London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1934. 1st Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Stampa, G. L. 278pp. A super copy of this scarce first edition with dust wrapper. Numerous illustrations throughout support the text. Gilt embossed lettering and vignette of a dog to the front board and spine. A light bump to the tail of the spine with a couple of tiny niks to the cloth at the tail of the spine. Slight board bowing. Neat ink name and date inscription to the front end paper, dated 1934, Suva Fiji. Light toning to the end papers. Clean and tight. Original dust wrapper not price clipped. Significant sunning to the spine of the wrapper and tide mark to the wrapper at the tail of the spine with some light patchy fading to the underlying cloth at the tail of the spine. There is chipping to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with loss of 0.3 cm. Tear of 5 cm to the wrapper from the tail of the spine, now repaired with acid free archival tape to the rear of the wrapper with a small circular loss of 1 cm along the edge of the tear. A smaller 1 cm tear to the wrapper from the head of the spine. Rubbing to the wrapper over the corners of the boards. A lovely, very good copy.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 209201
Title: Collected Dog Stories
Author: Kipling, Rudyard
Illustrator: Stampa, G. L
Format/Binding: Red Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Plus
Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan & Co Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1934
Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾"
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: LITERATURE ILLUSTRATED KIPLING

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