The Second Jungle Book [Full Polished Calf]
de KIPLING, Rudyard
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Macmillan, 1906. Early printing. 8vo. Full red polished calf boards with raised bands and bottle green spine label. Decorative floral spine compartments. Gilt gadrooned board edges. Decorative trailing floral turn ins. Marbled edges & endpapers. A near fine copy with no chipping or splitting to boards. Some superficial rubbing to spine label. Internally clean and complete. Ink inscription to blank endpaper dated 1918. Very clean and fresh leaves with sharp corners. A very attractive copy. The second of Kipling's two part Classic.
Sinopsis
The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles.
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- Librería
- Julian Roberts Fine Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 102450
- Título
- The Second Jungle Book [Full Polished Calf]
- Autor
- KIPLING, Rudyard
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Macmillan
- Fecha de publicación
- 1906
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...