Kipling Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling Classics 10 Volume Set

1930réf. CLA212500102Textured burgundy boards have the authors initials blind-stamped to the front board. All the volumes have slight blemishes to front and rear boards the top and bottom of the back strip is worn and all volumes have some amount of wear and bumping to the corners. The previous owners name is written on the front free endpaper of each volume. The gold gilt titles and decorations to the spine are all readable but have some sun fading. The spines are firm with no slanting and no cracking to the end papers. Text blocks are solid with all pages firmly attached but the gold gilt on the top edge is now faded. Age tanning throughout with more darkening to the endpapers. Interior pages are in excellent condition with no creases tears or previous owner marks except as noted individually. Each volume with a frontispiece in black & white. Each volume dimensions: H – 7-1/2" W – 5". List of books included per the order they are photographed: Plain Tales from the Hills 242 pages Soldiers Three and Other Stories 244 pages The Light That Failed 241 pages Barack Room Ballads Departments Ditties and Ballads 239 pages Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories 244 pages The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories 240 pages American Notes 239 pages The Courting of Dinah Shadd and other Stories and Poems 230 pages The Story of the Gadsby's and Other Stories 241 pages name on top of text block In Black and White and Under the Deodars 244 pages Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 was an English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist. He was born in India which inspired much of his work. He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story and his children's books are classics. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries he was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers and in 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the first English-language writer to receive the prize and at age 41 and was the youngest recipient to date. Later Kipling's reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the times. Orsamus Turner Harris 1870 – 1936 after working as an Encyclopaedia Britannica agent in 1902 he began to publish the works of well-known authors and became a leader in the field of publishing premium sets of books. Heavy set will require additional shipping charges for international shipments. Orsamus Turner Harris hardcover

Old Books and Such, LLC · États-Unis183,00 $US≈ 163,17 €

Kipling Rudyard

Kipling Rudyard

Siècle

Langue

Pays du libraire

Photos

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues

Siècle

Langue

Pays du libraire

Photos

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues

Siècle

Langue

Pays du libraire

Photos

Ajouté

Sujets

Catalogues