Independence
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited. Near Fine. 1923. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A first English edition, gilded title on original red cloth in just about near Fine condition, showing little rubbing and sunning to spine. Also issued in gray paper wrappers. Livingston 486; Rectorial address delivered at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on October 10, 1923. Originally published as "Man's Desire for Independence" in The London Times. Kipling became Rector of St. Andrews in 1922. "The sole revenge that Maturity can take upon Youth for the sin of being young, is to preach at it. When I was young I sat and suffered under that dispensation." ; 16mo; 32 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29876
- Title
- Independence
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Classic Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature; By Year Of Issue / 1920s;
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