Macmillan / Methuen Pocket Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling Thirty-two [32] Volumes [Pocket Kipling Edition Full Leatherette Binding]

Rudyard Kipling

Editore: London: Macmillan and Co. and Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1908

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London: Macmillan and Co.; and Methuen and Co. Ltd 1908-1928, Later Editions. 32 volume set. Publisher's leatherette, with gilt titles and decoration. Page edges gilt. Many with silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Wear or scuffing to the volumes, worn and rubbed to the spine ends, fading to the spines, some straining to the internal gutters on a few volumes, split to the front hinge of Life s Handicap with the front 2 pages standing proud, generally in good condition. A nice set. Titles set out below: The Jungle Book [1909]; The Second Jungle Book [1910]; A Book of Words Selection from Speeches [1928 First Edition]; A Diversity of Creatures [1917 First Edition]; Actions and Reactions [1910]; Barrack Room Ballads [1915] Methuen; Captains Courageous [1914]; Departmental Ditties [1915] Methuen; Debits and Credits [1927]; From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Volume I [1910]; From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Volume II [1910]; Just So Stories [1928]; Kim [1910]; Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides [1927]; Letters of Travel 1892-1913 [1920 First Edition]; Life's Handicap [1908]; Limits and Renewals [1932 First Edition]; Many Inventions [1910]; Plain Tales from the Hills [1916]; Puck of Pook's Hill [1911]; Rewards and Fairies [1910 First Edition]; Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys [1909] Stalky and Co. [1924]; Songs from Books [1913]; Traffics and Discoveries [1909]; The Seven Seas [1916] Methuen; The Naulahka: A Story of West and East [1910]; The Day's Work [1910]; The Five Nations [1915] Methuen; The Light that Failed [1910]; The Years Between [1919 First Edition] Methuen; Wee Willie Winkie [1914]. Provenance: the names WH Lynn, Wheeler, AH Gimblett, AN Black to single volumes; bookplate for Cecil Harold Wright in one volume. Approximately 7 inches tall (17.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles and decoration, spines faded to varying degrees, worn and rubbed, particularly to the spine ends with some loss. Joints good condition gently rubbed and worn; rear hinge of Life's Handicap cracked. Corners good condition gently worn. Boards good condition red leatherette, gilt Kipling decoration to most front boards. Page edges good condition top edge gilt or all edges gilt, darkened, others tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure to all but one volume where the hinge is strained but intact (Life s Handicap). Paste downs good condition plain, tanned and foxed. End papers good condition plain, tanned and foxed. Title good condition red decorated frame surrounding the title. Pages good condition pages tanned. Binding good condition. See photos.

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• Titolo: Macmillan / Methuen Pocket Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling Thirty-two [32] Volumes [Pocket Kipling Edition Full Leatherette Binding]
• Editore: London: Macmillan and Co. and Methuen and Co. Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1908
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Good