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Kipling Rudyard
FRANCE AT WAR ON THE FRONTIER OF CIVILIZATION
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1915. Tan boards pictorial label. First U.S. edition. Boards a bit rubbed at extremities leather bookplate offset to free endsheet else good and sound. RICHARDS A281. STEWART 388 Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT41559
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Kipling Rudyard
FRANCE AT WAR ON THE FRONTIER OF CIVILIZATION
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1915. Tan boards pictorial label. First U.S. edition. Boards a bit rubbed at extremities crown of spine worn else good and sound. RICHARDS A281. STEWART 388 Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT41560
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Kipling Rudyard
France at War.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First edition of Kipling's France at War. 12mo original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 122044
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Kipling Rudyard
France At War. On The Frontier Of Civilization.
Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1915. First American edition of Kipling's second collection of military poems and short stories. Octavo original boards with paper spine label and large paper label to the front panel decorated with the British Admiralty and French Flags. In fine condition. Small bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Kipling's second collection of military poems and tales France at War contains: Poem: France The Nation's Spirit and a New Inheritance Battle Spectacle and a Review The Spirit of the People Life in the Trenches on the Mountain Side and The Common Task of a Great People. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 120244
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Kipling Rudyard
FRANCE AT WAR: ON THE FRONTIER OF CIVILIZATION
Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Co. Very Good. 1915. Hardcover. 130 pages. 7x4 inches. Brown paper covered boards with paper labels to the front cover and the spine. The covers are slightly toned. Otherwise this is a bright nice copy. Very Good. . Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 66648
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KIPLING Rudyard
From Sea to Sea
New York: Doubleday McClure 1899. First. hardcover. very good. 2 vols. 8vo green ribbed cloth. N.Y.: Doubleday McClure 1899. First Edition. First issue with errors on pp. 90 & 153 of Volume II. Stewart 198.<br/><br/> Doubleday McClure unknown books
Bookseller reference : 83937
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA LETTERS OF TRAVEL
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt. First authorized edition of this material the text heavily revised by RK. The second volume exhibits the earliest readings on p.90 and p. 153. Corners rubbed one inner hinge cracking some marginal smudges and soiling; just a good sound set w.a.f. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131 Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT41586
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA LETTERS OF TRAVEL
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt. First authorized edition of this material the text heavily revised by RK. The second volume exhibits the earliest readings on p.90 and p. 153. Corners rubbed cloth a bit darkened and dull bookplate shadows on pastedowns unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector; just a good sound set w.a.f. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT41697
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA AND OTHER SKETCHES LETTERS OF TRAVEL
London: Macmillan & Co. 1900. Two volumes. Bright red cloth decorated gilt t.e.g. First UK edition preceded by the New York edition. Bookplates endsheets a bit foxed spine extremities a bit worn else a good sound bright set. STEWART 199. RICHARDS A157. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT40900
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KIPLING Rudyard
From Sea To Sea And Other Sketches: Letters of Travel
London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. 1900. First English edition. 8vo. 1 page preface by Kipling. Attractively bound in 3/4 blue morocco over light blue/gray marbled boards spine with 5 raised bands with each compartment gilt ruled with small floral design in the corners two compartments with a gilt drum and 2 compartment with a gilt horn a.e.g.; light blue/gray marbled endpapers. Very good. 2 volumes complete. No signatures or bookplates. Livington 228. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229603
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KIPLING Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA AND OTHER SKETCHES; Letters of travel
London: Macmillan 1900. First U.K. edition issued some months after the American edition. Two-volume set. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 497 438. Red cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Owner's bookplate on pastedowns covers slightly worn at ends of spines one small worm hold at bottom of a few pages o/w VG. Stewart 199. Macmillan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29538
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA LETTERS OF TRAVEL
New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Two volumes. Ribbed green cloth decorated in blind spines lettered in gilt. First edition preceding the UK edition. Bookplates endsheets a bit foxed spine extremities worn else a good sound set. STEWART 198. RICHARDS A131. Doubleday & McClure hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT40899
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Kipling Rudyard
From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Volume I
New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Green ribbed cloth engraved; some wear slightly cocked; contents clean and complete. This is Volume I. . Doubleday & Mcclure Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 13077
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA. Letters of Travel. In Two Volumes.
1899. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Original blind-stamped sea green cloth.<br/><br/> First Edition the English edition is dated 1900. These volumes include the first authorized edition of "American Notes" "Letters of Marque" "The City of Dreadful Night" and "The Smith Administration"; according to Kipling's Preface he was "forced" to issue this title "by the enterprise of various publishers" who were pirating and embellishing his earlier works. The half-title versos bear Kipling's usual icon from India the swastika -- which until the 1930s signified peace and continuity. This is a near-fine set with just a touch of rubbing. Richards A131; Stewart 198. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 13530
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Kipling Rudyard
FROM SEA TO SEA: LETTERS OF TRAVEL IN TWO VOLUMES
New York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company. Good. 1899. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes green pictorial boards gilt printing to the spines. First Edition. Former owner signature on the front pastedown of each copy. Spines a bit darkened with rubbing to spine ends. The contents show soe light toning- otherwise complete bright Good. . Doubleday & Mcclure Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 68545
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Kipling Rudyard
From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. First edition first issue of this collection of Kipling's essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the United States en route to England with "fifteen feet" on p. 90 line 12 of vol. II. Octavo two volumes original decorated cloth. In fine condition. Housed in the original publisher's box which is in good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 121448
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Kipling Rudyard
GREAT-HEART
Garden City: Doubleday 1919. Cream wrappers printed in green. A fine copy. First edition in book form of this poem one of sixty-nine copies printed for copyright purposes. RICHARDS A316. STEWART 476. Doubleday unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT40100
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Kipling Rudyard
GUNGA DIN AND OTHER BALLADS
Norwalk: Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 508 pages; VG-; bound in fine Red genuine leather with gilt text; gilt textblock; silk endpapers silk bookmark; minor shelfwear; Shelved in Easton Press. 1336189. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1336189
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KIPLING Rudyard
GYPSY TRAIL
BOSTON BARTLETT 1904 1904. DARK GRAY BOARDS; 10 PAGES SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. BOSTON, BARTLETT, 1904 hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4003
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Kipling Rudyard
he Jungle Book and the Second Jungle Book
Century 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes both first US editions. The second volume is from the library of the poet Amy Lowell and is signed by a Roosevelt. Very good condition. Century hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1909213
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Kipling Rudyard
His Apologies
Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Black cloth spine over red paper boards with cream upper panel with black and red lettering. Upper board stained at top lower board pencil marked at top. Edges somewhat chipped. Hinges starting but book tight. Pages folded in the Japanese fashion. Kipling's heart rending poetry combined with Aldin's enchanting pictures bring tears to the eyes. First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday, Doran & Company Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : W61505C
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KIPLING Rudyard
HOLY WAR
GD DOUBLEDAY 1917. COPYRIGHT COPY VERY GOOD. GD, DOUBLEDAY, 1917 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 4004
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Kipling Rudyard
How the camel got his hump His just so stories series
Garden City Pub. Co. Used - Good. Good condition. Owner's name on inside. Garden City Pub. Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : SB02J-00019
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Kipling Rudyard
How the Leopard Got His Spots
Garden City New York: Garden City Publishing Company 1942. F. Rojankovsky. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. price clipped. The color pictures are still very bright and crisp. Garden City Publishing Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 030606
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Kipling Rudyard
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Garden City New York: Garden City Publishing Company 1942. F. Rojankovsky. Octavo. price clipped. Crease and 2 closed tears. The color pictures are still very bright and crisp. Garden City Publishing Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 030607
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Kipling Rudyard
Humorous Tales From Rudyard Kipling.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1931. Deluxe first edition of this collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo original boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine gilt vignette to the front panel marbled endpapers ribbon bound in illustrated by Reginald Cleaver. Fine in the rare original publisher's box which is in good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 122490
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Kipling Rudyard
In Black and White.
New York: Hurst and Company n.d. Rare separate edition of this classic Kipling tale which first appeared in Soldiers Three. Octavo original cloth frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Hurst and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 123071
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Kipling Rudyard
In the Vernacular: The English in India
Gloucester: Peter Smith 1970. Hardcover. Very good. 291pp. Spine sunned extremities a bit worn else very good in publisher's rose cloth. <br/><br/> Peter Smith hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 44245
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Kipling Rudyard
INDEPENDENCE RECTORIAL ADDRESS AT ST. ANDREWS OCTOBER 10 1923
London: Macmillan 1923. Cherry red cloth lettered in gilt. First edition clothbound issue. Cloth lightly smudged but a very good copy. RICHARDS A341. STEWART 552. Macmillan hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT60791
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Kipling Rudyard
Independence Rectorial Address Delivered At St. Andrews October 10 1923
Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1924. Early reprint. Very good in light green paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 inches with small chips to the paper covering over the spine. Without a dust jacket. 33 pages of text. The first edition was published in 1923. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB30612
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KIPLING RUDYARD
INDEPENDENCE RECTORIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT ST. ANDREWS OCTOBER 10 1923
London Macmillan and Company Ltd 1923. Lettered in gilt Embossed owner's stamp at top of front free endpaper. A very clean copy throughout. 32pp. See Livingston 486. First English Editiion. Red Cloth. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo. London Macmillan and Company, Ltd 1923. Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 000318
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Kipling Rudyard
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews October 10 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. First English edition of Kipling's October 1923 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 123116
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Kipling Rudyard
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews October 10 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. First edition of Kipling's October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 121578
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KIPLING Rudyard
INDEPENDENCE; Rectorial address delivered at St. Andrews October 10 1923
Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1924. First Edition. 8vo pp. 33. Green paper over boards paper label on front. Spine little torn at top donor's presentation and owner's stamp on flyleaf. One hinge tender o/w VG. Stewart 554. Doubleday, Page unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29681
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KIPLING Rudyard
INDEPENDENCE; Rectorial address delivered at St. Andrews October 10 1923
London: Macmillan 1923. First UK edn. 8vo pp. 32. Stewart 534 A nice copy. Macmillan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29558
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KIPLING Rudyard
Indian Tales
New York: Lovell 1890. First Edition. Octavo. First Authorized Edition; 19.5cm; blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; top textblock in gilt; 771pp.; a Near Fine or better copy. A classic collection of 36 short stories. Lovell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 52434
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Kipling Rudyard
Indian Tales
New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 142 to 150 Worth Street 1890. First edition. 771 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. First edition. 771 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Stewart 63 United States Book Company, Successor to John W. Lovell Company 142 to 150 Worth Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 55000
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Kipling Rudyard
Indian Tales Authorized Edition
New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 125195
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Kipling Rudyard
Indian Tales.
New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. First authorized edition of this classic collection by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo original cloth. Illustrations by L.J. Bridgman. In near fine condition. Tanselle #99.17. A very sharp example. Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer poet and novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. His books include The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. John W. Lovell Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 121653
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KIPLING Rudyard
Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion
NY:: Serpedon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1885119380 . Edited and compiled from their diaries and papers. Foreword by George Webb. Illustrated. First printing thus. Fine in a near fine fading along the spine dust jacket. . Serpedon, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 59512 ISBN : 1885119380 9781885119384
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KIPLING Rudyard
Jungle Book And: The Second Jungle Book
First Edition ìJungle Booksî in the Original Bindings KIPLING Rudyard. The Jungle Book. With illustrations by J.L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. First edition second printing with two dates on verso of title-page. Small octavo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm. vi 2 212 pp. With frontispiece and tissue guard. Numerous illustrations including many full-page illustrations included in pagination. Together with: KIPLING Rudyard. The Second Jungle Book. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. First edition. Small octavo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 181 x 120 mm. vi 238 2 ads pp. Numerous illustrations including many full-page illustrations included in pagination. Title-page with vignette illustrations. With two pages of publisher's advertisements. Two volumes. Original bright blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt on front covers and spines and lettered in gilt on spines. Volume one with elephants stamped in gilt on front cover and a gilt cobra on the spine. Volume II with a cobra in gilt on front cover and a man and snake in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Original dark blue-green coated endpapers. Extremities of the spine and corners of the second book with a bit of rubbing. Final ad leaf in second book with some light foxing. Overall an about fine set. Rudyard Kipling has been called "perhaps the most original genius among English-writing novelists of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries." Certainly no other has been so widely acclaimed so eagerly read so lastingly loved by readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The honors bestowed upon him all over the world were capped in 1907 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Livingston 104 and 116. Martindell 61 and 63. Stewart 123 and 132. HBS 68158. $4500 Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 68158
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Kipling Rudyard
JUST SA-HISTORIER FÖR SMA BARN
Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Förlag 1902. Small octavo. Pictorial red cloth stamped in white and black. Illustrations and plates. Ink gift inscription in upper margin of title a couple small spots on upper board and a few marginal smudges inner hinges show signs of having been repaired early on; still a good copy. First Swedish edition translated by H. Flygare. Published in the same year as the UK and US editions. Hugo Gebers Förlag hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71957
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KIPLING Rudyard
JUST SO SONG BOOK
1903. KIPLING Rudyard. THE JUST SO SONG BOOK. Being the songs from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories set to music by Edward German. New York: Doubleday Page and Co. 1903. First American edition. Small 4to. green decorated cloth. Just about fine copy with a lovely illustrated cover. Stewart & Yeats 269-B Livingston 270. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 50881
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Kipling Rudyard
JUST SO STORIES
Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2000. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; bound in fine genuine Red leather with bright gilt spines gilt titling to spines gilt titling and illustrations on covers; gilt text block; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; spotting along textblock edges; shelved Easton Press. 1340428. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1340428
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Kipling Rudyard
Just So Stories
London: Macmillan & Co. 1902 First edition first printing. Illustrated by the author. Original publisher's red cloth stamped with illustrations of animals at a watering hole in black and white. A very good or better copy with only some rubbing to the extremities foxing to the endpapers and without the usual fading to the spine. A bright tight and attractive copy. A book that originated as a series of bedtime stories told by Kipling to his daughter Just So Stories contains chapters explaining the processes through which various animals came to look as they do including "How the Whale Got His Throat" and "How the Camel Got His Hump." This classic children's book takes its name from the fact that Kipling had to tell the stories "just so" or else run the risk of upsetting his daughter. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : RK060
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Kipling Rudyard
JUST SO STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. Small quarto. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations by the author. First edition. Spine and edges rubbed foxing to endsheets with some offset discolorations around the edges of the endleaves from the cloth dye some areas of white stamping faint a few marginal smudges; just an average copy. RICHARDS A181. STEWART 260. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT79635
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Kipling Rudyard
Just So Stories For Little Children.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1902. Rare Tauchnitz edition of Kipling's classic collection of stories with 22 illustrations by Kipling himself. Small octavo original cloth illustrated by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. Rare in the original cloth. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 196291
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Kipling Rudyard
Just So Stories For Little Children.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition first issue of Kipling's classic collection of stories illustrated with 22 <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">plates </span>designed by Kipling himself. Octavo original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing and wear. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 112320
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Kipling Rudyard
Just So Stories For Little Children.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition first issue of Kipling's classic collection of stories illustrated with 22 <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">plates </span>designed by Kipling himself. Octavo original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. Inscribed by Bertram Rota the owner of the Bodley House bookstore in London "S.W. Jackson's copy of my boyhood's favorite book. This copy survived fire and water when so many of its fellows were destroyed by Nazi barbarism at Bodley House in October 1940. After being stored nearby and escaping more bombs it returned to the resurrected bookshop and now leaves Bodley House to find sanctuary in friendly hands in a luckier land. With all good wishes Bertram Rota June 6th 1941." Bertram Rota began selling books in 1923 and was essentially the first bookseller to specialize in modern first editions. In 1923 Rota moved operations to the former location of the Bodley Head publishing house on Vigo Street in London where in spite of sustaining a direct hit during a Nazi blitzkrieg the bookshop remained for twenty-eight years. In near fine condition with light rubbing. Exceptional with fascinating provenance. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 108254
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Kipling Rudyard
Just So Stories For Little Children.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition first issue of Kipling's classic collection of stories illustrated with 22 <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">plates </span>designed by Kipling himself. Octavo original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing. A nice example. Just So Stories has "achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite media--the fable and the fairy-story" Muir 107. "Kipling's own witty black-and-white drawings. together with their extensive and ridiculous captions are one of the chief delights of the book" Carpenter & Prichard 285. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 99731
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