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Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse; With an Introductory Poem by Rudyard Kipling
by Rudyard Kipling
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
MacMillan, London, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Donald Maxwell. contents list & index of first lines of verses at front of book; illustrated by 24 tipped in engraved colour plates from the topographical paintings of artist Donald Maxwell showing Sussex landscapes & seascapes; Maxwell trained in London at the Clapham School of Art, the Slade School of Fine Art, and the Royal College of Art. Among others he wrote & illustrated several books on the sights of Southern England & had a further connection with the poems in this volume as his mother was related to Rudyard Kipling. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 95 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, and is foxed here and there; now in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine & front. This is NOT a perfect copy: there are marks & blemishes, mostly in the margins of the early pages, but also slightly affecting three of the twenty-four illustrations. The book has been priced to take account of these defects & photographs of the relevant pages are available on request.. blue cloth. Illustrator: Donald Maxwell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Sussex; Southern England; England; Art & Design. Inventory No: 3321. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3321
- Title
- Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse; With an Introductory Poem by Rudyard Kipling
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling
- Illustrator
- Donald Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Poetry/Art/Donald Maxwell/Landscapes/Southern England/Sussex//SeaScapes/Rudyard Kipling Poetry; Sussex; Southern England; England; Art & Design. Donald Maxwell Unbranded Rudyard Kipling Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse; With a
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