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Kipling, Rudyard
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description
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Barrack-room Ballads and Other Verses. London: [T.& A. Constable in Edinburgh for] Methuen & Co., 1892
8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 228 x 140 mm, largely unopened). Limitation leaf, half-title, title printed in red and black. Publisher's half vellum and cream cloth, gilt-ruled, in a maroon half-morocco slipcase; covers soiled, a few small rust spots.
8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 228 x 140 mm, largely unopened). Limitation leaf, half-title, title printed in red and black. Publisher's half vellum and cream cloth, gilt-ruled, in a maroon half-morocco slipcase; covers soiled, a few small rust spots.
Literature
Martindell no. 55; Stewart p. 112
Condition
covers soiled, a few small rust spots.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Edition Deluxe of the First English edition, number 24 of 30 copies on Japanese vellum paper in half-vellum covers. This edition contains the dedication to Wolcott Balestier, seventeen poems from Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses (1890), and twenty-four other poems, most of which appeared first in The National Observer, Macmillan's Magazine, and elsewhere.