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KIPLING RUDYARD; BALESTIER WOOLCOTT
THE NAULAHKA. A story of West and East
<p>William Heinemann. London.1892. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. A near very good clean copy in the original publishers binding of brick red cloth letttered and decorated in brown to the boards the spine lettered in gilt. Plain white endpapers with both inner hinges solid and without any the cracking often found in copies of this title. Some rubbing to the cloth extremities but overall a near very good copy.:.</p> William Heinemann. London.,1892 hardcover
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Kipling Rudyard
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
New York: The Century Co. 1914. Early Printing. Illustrated throughout with decorations by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo publisher's original cloth the spine panel and upper cover lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black t.e.g. x 324 pp. A very handsome and pleasing copy the gilt bright and well preserved the black pictorial decorations also in pleasing condition lightly mellowed at the back and edges. A HANDSOME COPY OF THE EDITION PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. These stories of Mowgli a human child lost in the jungles of India and raised by wild animals Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the white seal Baloo and others struck a cord with readers who were able to find these exotic animals and people easy to relate to despite the bizarre circumstances and far off locales. They are arguably the best loved of Kipling’s many delightful works for children and a true classic of its genre. The Century Co. hardcover
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KIPLING RUDYARD
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK.
<p>Macmillan and co. London. 1895. FIRST EDITION First printing. 8vo. 7.2 x 5.1 inches. Illustrated throughout by J. Lockwood Kipling. A bright and clean copy finely bound by Bayntun Riviere Bookbinders of Bath England. Lovely full blue calf the spine with five raised bands each decorated with a floral gilt roll. Compartments fully decorated and double ruled in gilt including Mowgli Elephant Tiger and Wolf heads. Red and brown labels ruled and lettered in gilt. Double gilt ruled border on boards with gilt stamped Wolf head to the centre of the front board panel. Gilt inner dentelles and decorative roll to board edges. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to the extremities but overall a very attractive copy of this classic book.</p> Macmillan and co. London. 1895 hardcover
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KIPLING RUDYARD
THE SEVEN SEAS.
Macmillan and Co. London. 1900. Seventh edition. 8vo. 7.4 x 4.7 inches. Foxing to the blank endpapers and the first and last couple of leaves otherwise a clean copy in a beautiful fine leather binding by Bumpus of full dark blue crushed morocco. Spine with five raised bands each with three gilt dots. The compartments ruled lettered and fully decorated with small flower emblems all in gilt. Both boards with four ruled lines and flower and leaf designs in the middle panel all in gilt. Board edges double ruled in gilt Turn-ins with double ruled lines and flower and leaf designs all in gilt. plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Blue silk bookmarker sewn in. A fine and beautiful binding. --- An early edition of this popular collection of KIpling's poetry. First published in 1896. Macmillan and Co. London. 1900 hardcover
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Kipling Rudyard
The Story of the Gadsbys. A Tale without a Plot
London: A H Wheeler & Sampson Low 1888. First Edition. . Paperback. Good. 8vo. disbound & undated. I think there was only one edition of this before it was incorporated into Soldirs Three. nothing before title page on the reverse is an advertisement for Sarsaparilla preface contents 85pp one unumbered page "L'envoi". <br/> <br/> A H Wheeler & Sampson Low paperback
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KIPLING Rudyard
THE TWO JUNGLE BOOKS
Macmillan and Co. 1924. 1st thin paper edition. 8vo 7½ x 5 ins. Original gilt decorated red cloth top edge gilt spine faded and light wear on upper board - otherwise bright VG in protective cover. Pp. vi 576 illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and drawings in text by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper. Macmillan and Co., 1924 unknown
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KIPLING RUDYARD
THE TWO JUNGLE BOOKS. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. and W. H. Drake
Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. New York. No date. circa 1936. Reprint. Large 8vo 8 x 6.2 inches. Colour frontis and dozens of mono illustrations some full page throughout. A bright and clean copy in mid twentieth century fine leather binding of half dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands each with three gilt dots. Compartments ruled lettered and decoration in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Some minor rubbing to the extremities but overall a near fine copy in an attractive leather binding. The binding is unsigned but it certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. New York. No date. circa 1936 hardcover
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Kipling Rudyard
The works of Rudyard Kipling
Longmeadow Press 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Longmeadow Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : G0681287659I4N00 ISBN : 0681287659 9780681287655
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Kipling Rudyard
The works of Rudyard Kipling
Longmeadow Press 1984. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Longmeadow Press hardcover
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Kipling Rudyard [ Edited By ]
Thy Servant a Dog Told By Boots
London: Macmillan & Co 1930. Book measures 21x16.cm. Bound in original publshers limp turquoise leather gilt image of dog gilt lettering full gilt edges marble endpapers. Small abrasion mark on top cover. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally abrasion wear patch on endpapers. Pages in very good clean condition. Original publishers box worn defective. A very nice copy. . Leather. Very Good. Illus. by G. L. Stampa . 8vo. Macmillan & Co
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KIPLING Rudyard
Twenty Poems. REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Methuen 1918. 16mo. First Edition on laid paper very neat contemporary signature on front cover and half-title; original printed wrappers uncut backstrip faintly browned else a remarkably bright fresh copy. Livingston 433. Methuen, unknown
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Kipling Rudyard
UNDER THE DEODARS
London: A.H. Wheeler & Co's Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 96 pp rear cover missing illus frnt cover slightly worn at extremities hinge and joint tender contents clean but binding tender a good copy of a first edition Kipling. A.H. Wheeler & Co's Paperback
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KIPLING Rudyard
Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories
Allahabad: A H Wheeler 1888 sewn sheets in remains of printed paper wrappers 96pp lacks rear wrapper front wrapper well chipped to edges contents; Wee Willie Winkie Baa Baa Black Sheep His Majesty the King The Drums of the Fore and Aft contents generally tidy one page has some marginal ink scribbles not too unattractive some leaves of the final signature are detached but present a binding copy original pictorial greyish-green wraps titled & illustrated in black "Indian Railway Library No. 6" First English Edition sixth printing of the second issue of the first edition without the period after the H i.e. A.H Wheeler on the cover. undated 1888 states No 6 on the cover but is listed as number 4 on the advertisement 500 gram rate . reprint. Original Wraps. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. A H Wheeler paperback
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Kipling Rudyard
Works Sussex Edition . 14 Volumes Only
London: Macmillan & Co 1937. Volumes 1-10-22-23-31-33 14 volumes in all volume 1 signed by Kipling. Limited to 525 set. Bound in original publishers morocco. Leather lightly rubbed some abrasion wear volume 31 heavier worn slighly buckled. Generally bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean throughout. A good clean part set. . Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan & Co
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KIPLING Rudyard
'They'. With Illustrations by F.H. Townsend. FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First English Edition, First Issue, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and 14 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards present), text on rectos only, free endpapers mildly browned; original ivory pictorial buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, covers mildly age-soiled as often, backstrip faded (but all gilt just legible) else a very good, tight, clean copy. First Edition in book form. First Issue, with imprint 'Bemrose Dalziel'. Livingston, 287.
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KIPLING Rudyard
A Book of Words. Selections from Speeches and Addresses delivered between 1906 and 1927. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at headband. With personal bookplate on front paste-down and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end.
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KIPLING Rudyard
All the Puck Stories. With Illustrations by H. . Millar and Charles E Brock. DELUXE EDITION
8vo., First Edition Deluxe, with a coloured frontispiece and 32 full-page monochrome plates; original red full limp calf, upper board blocked with large image of Puck in gilt, backstrip lettered and blocked in gilt, all edges gilt, orange silk marker, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. With a personal prize bookplate on front free endpaper, and school name blocked in gilt on upper board. Published simultaneously with the trade edition. The deluxe edition is scarce. Bleiler 277.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Barrack-Room Ballads and other Verses. [Thirteenth Edition].
8vo., Thirteenth Edition, on laid paper, with a title-vignette, endpapers very lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original plum buckram, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt bright and entirely legible), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 40pp publisher's catalogue (dated February 1898) bound in at end. First published in 1892.
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KIPLING RUDYARD
CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI - 1938
In 8o, pp. 316, br., traduz. di Mario Benzi, spellature e strappetti alla parte sup. piatto e prime pp., m. buono (10087/ KIPLING - LETTERATURA INGLESE)
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KIPLING Rudyard
Departmental Ditties and other Verses. [Newnes Edition]. NEWNES 'DITTIES'
8vo., Newnes Edition; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, backstrip and lower board mildly and unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The sole Newnes edition. Newnes secured rights of publication from Thacker and issued the only cheap editions in the UK. Kipling himself purchased the rights from Newnes and thereafter appointed as his publishers Methuen in the UK and Doubleday in the US. Livingston 19.
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KIPLING Rudyard
East of Suez. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Illustrated Edition, with 24 coloured plates and several monochrome illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly browned; original boards, a very good, firm copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with two or three losses at edges. Elusive in the dustwrapper.
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KIPLING Rudyard
France at War. IN FULL MOROCCO
12mo., First UK Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt back, an attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects six articles originally published in two newspapers, the Daily Telegraph (London) and the Sun (New York). They were subsequently published as individual pamphlets in the US; this is their first appearance in book form. Livingston, 397.
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KIPLING RUDYARD
IL RICKSHAW FANTASMA. WEE WILLIE WINKIE. BEE, BEE, PECORA NERA. I DUE TAMBURINI. LA LEGIONE PERDUTA. IL LIBRO DELLA GIUNGLA. IL SECONDO LIBRO DELLA GIUNGLA. KIM
In-16 (cm 18x10,7), pp. XXXIV+846+indice, leg. edit. in similpelle verde con titolo in oro al dorso, sovracop. trasparente, custodia in cartonato, ritratto dell'autore b.n. all'antiporta. Prefazione di V. Beonio-Brocchieri. Traduzione di A. Levi, L. Berti, M. Ettlinger-Fano, U. Pittola, G. Celenza, Collana "Scrittori del mondo: i Nobel". BUONO
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KIPLING RUDYARD
IL SECONDO LIBRO DELLA JUNGLA - 1928
In 16o, pp. 266, br. a cura di U. Ammirata, ottimo (6801/ KIPLING - IL SECONDO LIBRO DELLA JUNGLA - LETTERATURA INGLESE 1800)
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KIPLING Rudyard
KIM.
Paris Mercure de France 1946, 2 volumes In-8 brochés, 269 + 294 pages. Trés bon état. Traduit par louis FABULET et Ch. FOUNTAINE-WALKER.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Kim. [With Illustrations by John Lockhart Kipling. First UK Edition.] FRESH, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK ISSUE
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 9 plates, tiny neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth, upper board blocked with Ganesha elephant's head in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip very faintly faded at extreme head and tail else an unusally bright, clean, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J. Chamberlain on front paste-down, and complete with 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end showing price of 6s. The illustrations are by Kipling's father. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston, 250.
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KIPLING Rudyard
La luce che si spense. Romanzo. Nuova traduzione italiana di Umberto Pittola
In-8°, pp. 287, brossura editoriale. Usura diffusa con qualche lieve strappo senza mancanze alla brossura.
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Kipling Rudyard
Lettere Di Marca
Mm 130x190 Brossura cucita di pp. 236, fioriture leggere alla copertina e al testo. Piccoli strappi al dorso. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Letters of Travel (1892-1913). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black; red buckram, upper board with 'elephant's head' medallion blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With 4pp of publisher's advertisements at end. Collects three groups of letters originally published in periodicals: 'From Tideway to Tideway' (The Times), 'Letters to the Family' (The Morning Post) and 'Egypt of the Magicians' (Nash's Magazine). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Livingston, 454.
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KIPLING Rudyard
lettres du Japon. traduits par Louis Fabulet et Arthur Austin Jackson
In 16, cm 12 x 19, pp. 236. Intonso, Brossura editoriale
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KIPLING Rudyard
PUCK LUTIN DE LA COLLINE
Hartmann 1932, In-8 broché, 319 pages. Trés bon état. Traduction de Jacques VALLETTE , introduction d'André MAUROIS
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KIPLING Rudyard
Puck of Pook's Hill. [With Illustrations by H. R. Millar.] IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and 19 full-page illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on title; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original gilt from upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Collects ten historical tales. Livingston 299.
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Kipling Rudyard
Racconti
In 8 (21x13) Legatura in tela con sovracoperta illustrata a colori. Pp: 773 Ottimo
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KIPLING Rudyard
RACCONTI.
In-8 (cm. 20.80), tela editoriale, titoli in oro su tasselli al dorso, pp. XV, (1), 773, (7), con un ritratto dell’Autore in bianco e nero in antiporta. A cura di Luigi Berti. Conservata la scheda bibliografica editoriale. Leggerissima ammaccatura ad una punta. Carte minimamente brunite, soprattutto ai tagli; peraltro, volume in ottimo stato (nice copy).
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KIPLING Rudyard
Rewards and Fairies. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 11 plates; pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in black and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Rewards and Fairies. With Illustrations by Frank Craig. THE ORIGINAL 'IF' IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and 4 plates; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, Anning-Bell's gilt 'elephant' emblem from upper board mounted on new and separate leaf at front, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Kipling's collection of historical fantasy and short stories includes the first appearance of the well-known poem 'If'. Bleiler 344.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Definitive Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with title in red and black; original black cloth, gilt back, a nesar fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Definitive Edition, incorporating all four versions of the 'Collected Verse', was first published in 1940. A bright copy of the most extensive collection of Kipling's verse.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Selected Poems. Edited and introduced by Andrew Lycett. Engravings by George Tute. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text; printed cloth, burgundy morocco back lettered in gilt, red top, red endpapers, a near fine copy. Published in the Folio Poets series. The publisher's slip-case is not present with this copy.
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KIPLING Rudyard
SIMPLES CONTES SUR LA MONTAGNE
Mercure de France 1930, In-8 broché, 255 pages. Couverture tachée, intérieur en très bon état. Exemplaire correct.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Soldier Tales. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 20 plates and numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces by A. S. Hartwick, preliminaries very lightly spotted, frontispiece guard moderately spotted and offset to title, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, fife and drummer boys from plate facing p.58 elaborately blocked in gilt on upper board, pictorial back gilt, all edges gilt, a very bright, crisp, clean copy. Collects seven stories first published between 1888 and 1890. Livingston, 133; Martindale 67; Stewart 157.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Soldiers Three. A Collection of Stories setting forth certain Passages in the Lives and Adventures of Privates Terence Mulvaney, Stanley Ortheris and John Learoyd. Third Edition. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., Third Edition thus; original illustrated wrappers, sewed as issued, wrappers with small losses at edges else a bright, clean copy. In the pale green wrappers of Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington with Wheeler's Indian Railway logo on front. Collects seven tales: The God from the Machine, Private Learoyd's Story, The Big Drunk Draf, The Solid Muldoon, With the Main Guard, In the Matter of a Private, Black Jack. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Soldiers Three. Tenth Edition [with] In Black and White. Ninth Edition [with] The Story of the Gadsbys. Eighth Edition.
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Mixed Editions, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, decorative endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned, very neatly recased,a very good, clean copy.
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KIPLING Rudyard
Soldiers Three. The Story of the Gadsbys. In Black and White. SECOND IMPRESSION WITH REVISED CONTENTS
8vo., Second Impression thus, bookplate scar on front paste-down; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably well-preserved bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end, and a small printed portrait of the author mounted on front free endpaper verso. For the first Macmillan edition of the previous year the text was revised and two stories - 'Of Those Called' and 'The Wreck of the Visigoth' - added. To Soldiers Three. In this second impression these two tales were omitted and a new story - 'L'Envoi' - added to The Story of the Gadsbys. Scarce, especially in this condition. Livingston 119 (recording the first edition of the previous year).
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KIPLING Rudyard
Something of Myself. For my Friends known and unknown. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and title in red and black; original red buckram, upper board blocked with elephant's head motif in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities. With newspaper portrait mounted on front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Complete Stalky & Co.. Illustrated by David Eccles. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 8 coloured plates; pictorial red cloth, upper board blocked in black and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Dead King
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. . Small 4to stiff mauve printed wrappers; original glassine wrapper present but lacking large portion of back and a third of the spine. First English Edition preceded only by the American copyright issue found in the Library of Congress. Stewart 439 London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. unknown books
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Fox Meditates. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. [Second Impression]. WITH A.L.s FROM THE BISHOP OF WAKEFIELD
8vo., Second Impression, with several illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, front wrapper mildly sunned, small label scar on rear wrapper, a good, clean copy. With a long A.L.s from the Rt. Revd Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, loosely inserted. Published in the same month as the first impression.
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Fox Meditates.Illustrated by Lionel Edwards R.I.
London: Medici Society 1933. . 8vo self wrappers tied in centerfold with wool thread original mailing envelope present. First Edition. Stewart 617 London: Medici Society, 1933. unknown books
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. [With an Introduction by the Author]. NEAR FINE SET IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece maps in red and black, and 9 maps (2 folding) in red and black, free endpapers mildly browned; original regimental red cloth, upper boards blocked with crest in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, a near fine set in the original binding. Vol I: The First Battalion; Vol. II: The Second Battalion and Appendices. The standard history of the regiment in the Great War, including ROH, and awards & decorations. Kipling undertook the history of the regiment in WWI following the death in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos whilst serving with the Second Battalion; a personal tragedy from which the author never fully recovered. After five and a half years of research ('done with agony and bloody sweat') the work was immediately recognised as both a military and a literary masterpiece. 'One could be assured that when Mr. Kipling turned his hand to a regimental history the result would be very different to the ordinary. The particular invention wherewith he has enriched this book is a sort of chorus - the comment of the private soldier upon the events narrated, which is witty and effective. Mr. Kipling has also brought to bear his magic upon that most matter-of-fact of records, the battalion war diary, and has made it live. Generally speaking he has composed a noble tribute to the great regiment in the ranks of which he lost his son' (Falls). Enser, p.66;Falls, p.117; Sutcliffe, p.14; White, p. 45.
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KIPLING Rudyard
The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. With a Foreword by George Webb. [Re-issue Edition. Complete Set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous illustrations and maps (many coloured in outline) in the text and endpaper maps; cloth (red/green respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol I: The First Battalion; Vol. II: The Second Battalion. Kipling undertook the history of the regiment in WWI following the death in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos whilst serving with the Second Battalion; a personal tragedy from which the author never fully recovered. After five and a half years of research ('done with agony and bloody sweat') the work was immediately recognised as both a military and a literary masterpiece. This much needed re-issue of the original edition of 1923 is augmented with a considerable number of previously unpublished photographs of places and events, together with a thoughtful foreword by the editor of the 'Kipling Journal'. Enser, p.66; White, p. 45 (both recording the original edition).
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