[Hastings] The Five Nations

KIPLING, Rudyard

Published by London: Methuen & Co, 1903., 1903

About this Item

Octavo. First edition. pp xi, [2], 215, edges uncut, top edge gilt, occasional foxing. In a PAINTED VELLUM BINDING, with VIV marked out within a floral design with birds and peacocks, with marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Hastings to verso of flyleaf, with the motto Justitiae Tenax. One would expect a vellum binding such as this to be Italian, from Florence, (also from the endpapers), though there is no binder s label. However, the supposition is reinforced by the Hastings family bookplate: Lord Hastings was Chairman of the British School in Florence throughout much of the twentieth century, and decorated by the Italian government for his services to culture and art.

Seller Inventory # A098348

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Hastings] The Five Nations
• Publisher: London: Methuen & Co, 1903.
• Publication Date: 1903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Twentieth century