The Day's Work
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Day's Work contains twelve of Kipling's tales that focus on work, employment, and labor from different perspectives. Some of the stories include: "A Walking Delegate," "The Bridge-Builders," "The Tomb of His Ancestors," and "William the Conquerer," among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7547
- Title
- The Day's Work
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- [6], 381, [1, blank], [18, ads] pp
- Size
- Octavo.
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Gilt
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