Ten Stories. Pan Books No. 1 (Kiplingiana)

Kipling, Rudyard

Verlag: Pan Books Ltd, London, 1947

Beschreibung

Illustrated wraps, 12mo (6-15/16 inches tall), pp. 254. Volume with light wear, toning and crinkling near spine [likely from binding process] very occasional spot of soil and the odd crease, p.o. name and date (Jan/48) in ink to half-title. The very first Pan paberback, with "Made and Printed in France / by IMPRIMERIE CRETE, CORBEIL" at foot of copyright page and a similar imprint at foot of colophon having the same date. And thereby, showing Pan's out-of-country printing strategy, which was necessiated by the post-war paper shortages in the UK. "In 1947 PAN solved the problem of paper shortages from the war by reaching an agreement with the Board of Trade which allowed them to print the books in Europe. They solved the problem of transport by shipping the books from the printers to the warehouses using an ex-Royal Navy Motor Launch ML225. This was renamed 'Lalun' after a prostitute in 'On the City Wall' in Ten Stories by Rudyard Kipling." Ref. The First Twenty Five Years of PAN Paperback Books, Tikit Resources. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1985

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ten Stories. Pan Books No. 1 (Kiplingiana)

Verlag: Pan Books Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1947

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Near Very Good

Auflage: First Edition Thus, First Printing.