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PUCK OF POOK'S HILL; Ex-Library - Harvard College Library
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. Millar, H. R.. London: Macmillan and Co., 1906. First edition. Ex-Library - Harvard College Library. 8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 306. Original red cloth boards with gold gilt titles and gold elephant with Hindu swastika emblem on front board. Gold gilt top on head of pages. With 4 page catalog of other works by Kipling and then current releases from contemporary authors. With 20 illustrations by H. R. Millar.
Ex-library copy with stamp inside front cover and embossed stamp on bottom corner of title page. Boards have light rubbing at edges and corners, some minor soiling. Name and date written in pencil on free facing end page. Text is unmarked. Bottom corners of 16 pages from title page on have been trimmed - looks like the bottom of the library embossment might have affected those pages. The first four pages have small tears at the spine join, about an inch and a half. Otherwise binding is solid and sound.
Ex-library copy with stamp inside front cover and embossed stamp on bottom corner of title page. Boards have light rubbing at edges and corners, some minor soiling. Name and date written in pencil on free facing end page. Text is unmarked. Bottom corners of 16 pages from title page on have been trimmed - looks like the bottom of the library embossment might have affected those pages. The first four pages have small tears at the spine join, about an inch and a half. Otherwise binding is solid and sound.
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- Seller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 883
- Title
- PUCK OF POOK'S HILL; Ex-Library - Harvard College Library
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Illustrator
- Millar, H. R.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
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Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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