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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Departmental Ditties.
Tall narrow 8vo, original enve-
lope-style printed tan wrappers, browned, finger soiling and mild foxing to covers and
initial and final leaves, light pencil signature on front wrapper, small loss at flap bottom not
affecting Lahore stamp, lacking red tie; preserved in cloth chemise within custom straight-
grain morocco pull-off case.
AN UNRESTORED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION
, one of
approximately 350 unnumbered copies. Livingston 10.
Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886
[800/1,200]
WITH
—
De Vinne Press facsimile edition. Format follows the First Edition except for the title-
page; small chips to wrapper edges and backstrip, wrappers partially detached. Identified as the
Second Edition and one of 250 copies on the verso of title-page. Not listed in Livingston, who
states that only a First Edition of this facsimile appeared. New York: 1899.
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KING, STEPHEN.
Salem’s Lot.
8vo, original blue cloth, slightly skewed; dust
jacket, few small nicks to fold corners, spine panel slightly faded, unclipped.
SIGNED PRE
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SENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
.
(London): New English Library, (1975)
[200/300]
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KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Captains Courageous * Kim.
Illustrated. 8vo, pub-
lisher’s decorated cloth, few stray marks to covers, first title slightly cocked, spine tips on
second title with some fraying, top edges gilt; first title with Tyler Kipling bookplate on
front free endpaper, mounted bookplate to front pastedown of second.
TWO FIRST AMERI
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CAN EDITIONS
.
New York, 1897; 1901
[600/900]
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