Works of Rudyard Kipling The Seven Seas Edition Signed Limited

Description: The Seven Seas Edition Works of Rudyard Kipling. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913-1915. Limited Edition #383/1050. Volume One is signed by Rudyard Kipling on the half-title page. Each volume has a front end paper that states: “The Seven Seas Edition of The Works of Rudyard Kipling is Limited to One Thousand and Fifty Numbered Copies of Which This is No. 383.” Has some uncut pages, and each book measures about 6 ½” x 9 ½.” Set weighs over 43 pounds. ***This is a 27 volume set, of which is missing Volumes: 4, 24-27. -Vol. I: Plain Tales from the Hills, has a Table of Contents, 302 pgs.-Vol. II: Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White, 325 pgs. Has some separation between back inside cover and back end paper. -Vol. III: Wee Willie Winkie, under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, and Other Stories, has a Table of Contents, 339 pgs. Has seperation between front and back covers (still intact but should be handled carefully). -Vol. V: From Sea to Sea, and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel, has a Table of Contents, 388 pgs. Has a red mark on back cover. -Vol. VI: Life’s Handicap, Being Stories of Mine Own People, has a Table of Contents, 364 pgs. -Vol. VII: The Light that Failed, 258 pgs. -Vol. VIII: The Naulahka: A Story of West and East, 296 pgs. -Vol. IX: Many Inventions, has a Table of Contents, 350 pgs. -Vol. X: ‘Captains Courageous” A Story of the Grand Banks, 193 pgs. -Vol. XI: The Jungle Book, has a Table of Contents, 194 pgs. -Vol. XII: The Second Jungle Book, 244pgs. -Vol. XIII: The Day’s Work, has a Table of Contents, 368 pgs. Has a detached ribbon bookmark. -Vol. XIV: Stalky & Co., 247 pgs. -Vol. XV: Kim, 375 pages. Has two pages with top to bottom vertical marks, like from a bookmark. -Vol. XVI: Just So Stories, for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. Has a Table of Contents, 202 pgs. -Vol. XVII: Traffics and Discoveries, has a Table of Contents, 375 pgs. Has a bit of spine/book separation at the bottom of the back cover. -Vol. XVIII: Puck of Pook’s Hill, has a Table of Contents, 253 pgs. -Vol. XIX: Rewards and Fairies, has a Table of Contents, 319 pgs. Has a bit of spine/book separation at the top of the back cover. -Vol. XX: Actions and Reactions, 1915, 279 pgs. -Vol. XXI: Departmental Ditties Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, has a Table of Contents, 1915, 297 pgs. -Vol. XXII: The Five Nations of the Seven Seas, 1915, has a Table of Contents, 342 pgs. -Vol. XXIII: Songs from Books, has a Table of Contents, 1915, 278 pgs. Hardcovers have some wear, mainly around edges, corners, and spine areas. Pages are tanned fromm age, and have light foxing and soil spots, along with some page edge tears (that are mainly from previously uncut pages being separated). Previous owners’ bookplate affixed to the inside front cover of each book. **Books will ship in more than one box**Note that I have described the books as best as I can. Look closely at ALL photos for condition and details as they are also part of the description. Email with any questions.

Price: 395 USD

Location: Sarasota, Florida

End Time: 2024-11-29T14:19:42.000Z

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