New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1910. First illustrated edition. Illustrated With 9 tipped in colour plates captioned tissues and 8 black and white line-drawingsby W. Heath Robinson. 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original red cloth pictorial gilt spine and upper board. Very good plus bright copy. Robinson William Heath. First illustrated edition. Illustrated With 9 tipped in colour plates captioned tissues and 8 black and white line-drawingsby W. Heath Robinson. 392 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown
London: Macmillan 1895. First English editions first impression. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 2 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt-pictorial cloth. Fine bright copies the second volume in the RARE PICTORIAL DUST-JACKET with one-inch chip from top and bottom of spine piece missing from upper inner corner of front panel which is detached from spine. RARE THUS. First English editions first impression. With decorations by J. Lockwood Kipling. 2 vols. 8vo. Fine copies of both volumes of Kipling's The Jungle Book the second volume in the rare dust jacket. Grolier/Kipling 185 & 197; Stewart 123 & 132; Richards A76 & A85 Macmillan unknown
Henry Altemus Company 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover no DJ. Cover bears color plates and golden inlay. Covers show light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. Hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Henry Altemus Company hardcover
Penguin Classic. As New with no dust jacket. 1994. Paperback. 0140620494 . Complete and unabridged. Clean tight copy light edge wear. No reading crease. ; 18 x 2.5 x 11.1 cm . Penguin Classic paperback
Bookseller reference : 003410 ISBN : 0140620494 9780140620498
The Reader's Digest Association Inc This is a deluxe edition published by Reader's Digest from a series of collectable editions of modern day classics. The complete text is present. Color plates and illustrations. The quality of construction sets this book apart from the normal expectations. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The decorative endpages are clean with no markings or folds. The pages have a significant warping dampstain to the fore-edge. This is now a reading copy but still looks extraordinary on the shelf. No remainder mark. Promotional material laid in. HARDCOVER. Fair. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001795 ISBN : 0895773430 9780895773432
Reader's Digest Association 1984. This is a deluxe edition published by Reader's Digest from a series of collectable editions of modern day classics. The complete text is present. Numerous plates and illustrations. The quality of construction sets this book apart from the normal expectations. Promotional materials laid in. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and decorative endpages are clean with no markings or folds. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. Illustrated by I.W. Taber. Afterword by James Hynes. HARDCOVER. Collectible; Fine. Reader's Digest Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001804 ISBN : 0895776014 9780895776013
DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO 1912. Hardcover. Good. Good HARDCOVER. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1912 EDITION. Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned Some pages corner bump. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO hardcover
Doubleday Page & Co 1910. Hardcover. Good. Good HARDCOVER. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1910 EDITION. Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned Couple pages have tear/tape. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Doubleday Page & Co hardcover
Dbldy Page 1924. Hardcover. Good. Good HARDCOVER. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1924 EDITION. Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. pages corner bump. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Dbldy Page hardcover
The Henneberry Company No Date Listed. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover no DJ. Covers show light edge wear. Previous owner's name and nameplate on end paper pages are otherwise clean and unmarked though tanned. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! The Henneberry Company hardcover
Doubleday 1948. No Jacket; This hardcover book is square and tight. The dark blue boards have only minor rubbing and a very small stain at the rear top. The blindstamp on the front board is crisp. The gilt on the spine is legible though a bit faded. The pages have the expected toning of the era but are not marked or folded. This is a very nice copy of this classic. Previous owner signature and info from 1948 on free end page. VG. Illus. by Aldren Watson. Doubleday hardcover
Spencer Press 1937. No Jacket; This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards show a mere whisper of wear and the spine only a small bit of loss. The spine is still bright and very legible. The pages are clean having no markings folds and only very mild even toning to the edges. This book looks nice on the shelf attractive to the eye and with a substantial feel in the hand. VG. Spencer Press hardcover
London: Macmillan And Co. 1926. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-iv v-vi 1-2 3-416 title page printed in red and black original red cloth Ganesha device stamped in gold on front panel spine stamped in gold t.e.g. First edition. A mixed collection consisting of twenty-one poems and fourteen stories including six which are fantasy or science fiction: "The Enemies to Each Other" "The Wish House" "A Madonna of the Trenches" "On the Gate: A Tale of '16" "The Eye of Allah" and "The Gardener." Perhaps Kipling's finest collection of short fiction. "The Wish House" one of the most highly regarded of all Kipling's many short stories is according to his biographer Angus Wilson "probably Kipling's most successful single story." Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 959. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1235 incorrectly recording "The Eye of Allah" as collected in A Diversity of Creatures 1917. Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy p. 541. Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction p. 670. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V p. 2054. Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 307. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Stewart 520. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. #136436 Macmillan And Co. unknown
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