The Jungle Book. With Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. SECOND REPRINT OF FIRST EDITION.
by KIPLING, Rudyard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co. London. 1894. Macmillan & Co. June, 1894. The first reprint of the first edition of May, 1984. Original illustrated blue cloth gilt, worn and rubbed to extremities, slight lean to spine and slight scuff marks to lower board. Gorgeous gilt elephants to upper board. All page edges gilt. Inner front hinge cracked but holding, contents slightly shaken, a few different ownership names and inscriptions, a couple to first page of prelims and a later name and address to reverse of half-title. Pages browned, foxed and occasionally thumbed to margins. generally a good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99430
- Title
- The Jungle Book. With Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. SECOND REPRINT OF FIRST EDITION.
- Author
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Macmillan and Co. London. 1894
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S jungle book kipling
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
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- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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