Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. Twenty-Third Edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Deckled edges. Rough cut edges. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters however binding remains firm. Moderate thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate sunning to board edges and spine which has mild crushing to ends. Books has a backward lean. Moderate water stains to boards. Methuen and Co. Ltd. hardcover
Methuen and Co. Ltd 1921. Hardcover. Good. 1921. Thirty-Sixth Edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Full bound red leather. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild sunning to front board. Mild scuffing to spine. Methuen and Co. Ltd hardcover
Review of Reviews Co. 1914. Hardcover. Good. 1914. No Edition Remarks. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Minor cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ownership plate stuck to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Review of Reviews Co. hardcover
<p>Doubleday Page and Company 1915. Hardcover in good condition with no dust jacket. The book is red with the author title publisher and "Authorized Edition" embossed in gold on the spine. The book is in good used condition with disoloration on the spine and wear along the top of the spine. The previous owners name is on the inside front cover and the pages do show some foxing but are free of writting tears or folds.</p><p>The book in the pictures is the book you are purchasing.</p> Doubleday, Page, & Company hardcover
London: George Newnes Limited; Methuen and Co. 1899-1900. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound set of volumes from English writer Rudyard Kipling with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer journalist and poet known for his works the Jungle Book and Just So Stories. This set includes: Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1899. Eleventh edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Includes poems such as: Delilah A Code of Morals To the Unknown Goddess The Lovers' Litany Possibilities and many others. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses 1900. A collection of verses including: Danny Deever Fuzzy-Wuzzy Soldier Soldier Mandalay The Widow's Party Ford o' Kabul River and many others. Bound in half blue calf with blue cloth boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or pencil mark. The odd spot to the endpapers. Prize bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Newnes, Limited; Methuen and Co. hardcover
United States Book Company as successor to John W. Lovell Company 1890. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First U.S. edition with all first issue points. 12mo in burgundy cloth bevelled boards titles in gilt on the spine and front board Lovell name at the bottom of the spine address on the title page cr notice dated 1890 on title page verso. Binding tight and square hinges complete and firm just the tiniest touch of rubbing at the corners and spine ends very neat p.o. note dated 1891 on the ffep. A very nice copy you wouldn't hesitate to call VG. United States Book Company as successor to John W. Lovell Company hardcover
New York: R.F. Fenno & Co. 1899. Paperback. Good. . Uncertain early edition. Original wrap yapped with minor creasing tears and tanning. Pages lightly tanned and clean. New York: R.F. Fenno & Co. paperback
<p>Doubleday & McClure Co. New York 1899. Dark green covers with embossed ship and gilt lettering deckle pages. Minor wear to covers; inside is clean with no markings or writing. Nice copy satisfaction guaranteed.</p> Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The fourth edition in the original cloth of Rudyard Kipling's anthology of verses. The fourth edition of this work. A collection of poems by the renowned author Rudyard Kipling. Seen in both blue and maroon variant cloth binding.This work originally appeared in 1886 on the 'Civil & Military Gazette Press' in Lahore and was reprinted in Calcutte in the same year with multiple further editions following. Kipling tended to add poems with each new edition both to the 'Ditties' and the 'Other Verses.'Â Twenty-four leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with light bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip darkened. Front free endpaper was pasted to front pastedown. Library stamp to half title with library marks to front and rear title page and no further marking. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Good Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
American Publishers Corporation. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Clothbound in brown with gold gilting. American Publishers Corporation hardcover
NY: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY 1890 Book. Fair PLUS. Hardcover. TITLE: DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS AND OTHER VERSES By RUDYARD KIPLING 1890 AUTHOR: RUDYARD KIPLING PUBLISHER - LOCATION / COPYRIGHT: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY NY 1890 EDITION: First American Edition CATEGORY: Literature Rare First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Maroon CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The outside is in fair condition; there is a spot/stain to the back board along the middle of the edge; there is a scratch line to the middle area of the spine. There are several meaningful like writings on the inside of the front board writing from various times in ink; there is a piece of a book label on the inside front board. Book is without other marks or writings pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ approximately PAGES: 270 pages. Fair/None dust jacket condition as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First American Edition with only one date present. JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY NY 1890. THE LOVELL IMPRINT IS AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SPINE denotes First Edition First Issue. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid books will ship immediately without email notification to customer it's on the way you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books prints and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc 89 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 006497. JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY hardcover
Doubleday Page and Company 1912. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Pages are clean and bright with no markings. 'Authorized Edition'. Binding is fine. Moderate rubbing to the edges and corners of the red coverboards. Doubleday, Page and Company hardcover
Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. 4th Edition 1st UK Edition . Very Good Plus/Fine. 5.75 x 7.75 inches 15 x 20 cm. Slipcase: Custom made maroon cloth slip case with gilt lettering to end panel. Overall case condition is Fine. Book: Fourth edition and the first edition to be printed in England. Ads at rear dated February 1890. This edition includes 10 additional poems. Maroon cloth binding with bevelled board edges. Gilt sheaf of documents to front board gilt lettering to spine. Decorated endpapers. Very slight fading to spine. Very slight rubbing to corners. Good solid binding. A few light spots of foxing to page edges otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. An excellent example Richards A31. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches 15 x 20 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: vi 120 24 Thacker, Spink and Co. hardcover
London: Thacker Spink And Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smart edition of the collection of poems from Rudyard Kipling first printed in 1886. A very smart eighth edition of Rudyard Kipling's 'Departmental Ditties and Other Verses' containing such poems as 'The Plea of the Simla Dancers' and 'To the Unknown Goddess'. Kipling is known for his works of fiction notably 'The Jungle Book' 1894 and 'The Man Who Would Be King' 1888.  Twenty-four pages of adverts to the rear. In publisher's original pictorial binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally smart. Some very light rubbing to the extremities particularly head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting. Very light marking to the front pastedown and endpaper. Blind stamp to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some light spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Thacker, Spink And Co. hardcover
<b>First edition by the United States Book Co. successor toLovell publishers. In excellent condition for its age. Faults we found: shelf wear at top and bottom of spine and cover corners discoloring at bottom section of spine and initials at top left of first fly-leaf page and also some light soiling on that page. all pages are clear clean and without foxing. No tears. </b> United States Book Company (successor to the John W. Lovell Company), hardcover
M F Mansfield 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks overall. Textblock is shaky. M F Mansfield hardcover