The Seven Seas 1886 Book 1st Edition RARE

Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Edition: First Edition; First Printing Publisher: New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1896. A handsome first (American) edition, published October 30, 1896, the same day as the English edition. Only predeced by 6 printed copies of the copyright edition on September 9. Richards A92, Livingston 130, Stewart 139. Very Good+ in the light grayish olive, dotted-line cloth, little rubbing along edges, Top edges gilt. In the rare light grayish yellowish brown dusts-jacket, gilt lettering and decoration replicating the design on front and spine panels on binding, spotting and light soiling, Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907, wrote this book shortly after his famous Jungle books . Beautiful rare book. Please see photos for description