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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (The World's Classics)
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192816608
- ISBN 13
- 9780192816603
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Oxford Paperbacks (1987), 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Mass market paperback, VG in brown pictorial wraps. 300 pp. Arranged in the order of their original publication and written during Kipling's time as a journalist in India, these seventeen short stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and the effects of the Indian caste system on society. Along with the title piece, the volume includes "Gemini," "A Wayside Comedy," "The Hill of Illusion," "Only a Subaltern," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "Black Jack," and others.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xlii).
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75499
- Title
- The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (The World's Classics)
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0192816608
- ISBN 13
- 9780192816603
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks (1987)
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1987
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...