Garden City NY: Garden City Pub. Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt and gold decorated spine faded. Split hinge repaired. Double column text. Inscribed to Lucille obtained from the family of Lucille La Point this book is from her library. Lucille La Pointe first worked in the theater in New York city and then in Hollywood as a minor actress of early 'talkies' and radio programs. Latter to work in Hollywood at the Canteen and teaching acting classes to newbies such as Betty Davis according to her family but substantiated ; 8vo - 7 � - 9 �" tall. " . Garden City Pub. Co. hardcover
The Dominons Edition 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover no dj. Covers show light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! The Dominons Edition hardcover
The Lovell Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Set of fifteen. Books include American Notes Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses The Light that Failed Mine Own People Soldiers Three Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories The Phantom Rickshaw The Courting of Dinah Shadd Letters of Marque In Black and White Letters From the East Under the Deodars The Story of the Gadsbys Departmental Deities Ballads and Other Verses Plain Tales from the Hills.Very good hardcovers no dust jackets. Previous owners' name and nameplate on end papers. Pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! The Lovell Company hardcover
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. Octavo pp. i-iv v-viii 1-360 original pictorial blue cloth stamped in red. First edition second binding. "'Abaft the Funnel' was a title first used for a series of eight stories written by Kipling for the CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE which were first collected in TURN-OVERS volumes V VI and VII. These were written during Kipling's journey in 1889 from India to England via Burma China Japan and the United States . In 1909 B. W. Dodge & Company New York used the title for an unauthorized volume containing thirty stories letters and articles and one poem of which twenty-two of the stories and the poem has previously appeared in TURN-OVERS. In order to discourage the sale of the unauthorized edition Kipling instructed Doubleday Page & Company to issue a volume containing the same material and which was to retail at 19 cents . The first English printing was in volume XXX of the Sussex edition 1938." - Stewart 324. A very good copy previous owners inscription to front free end paper light rubbing to edges touch of fraying to spine ends some rubbing to rear cover; No dust jacket. #125861 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy. No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown
Rutherford Madison Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1965. Octavo pp. 1-2 i-vi vii-xi xii xiii-xvi 1-196 197-198: blank note: last leaf is a blank illustrations cloth. First U.S. edition. A selection of letters from Kipling to Haggard two giants of late Victorian fiction. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with two closed tears and associated crease at top edge of rear panel and some mild dust soiling. #131310 Fairleigh Dickinson University Press unknown
New York: Doubleday 1909. Octavo pp. 1-2 1-2 3-77 78-86 leaves note: leaves following two preliminary leaves are printed on rectos only; last two leaves are stubs with single folded leaf inserted between them four inserted plates with color illustrations two by Frank X. Leyendecker and two by H. Reuterdahl original pictorial blue cloth front panel stamped in gold and silver spine panel stamped in gold pictorial endpapers. First edition. Collected later the same year in ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. Classic science fiction story of the world of the future governed by the Aerial Board of Control. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-102; 1981 1-110; 1987 1-55; 1995 1-55; and 2004 II-603. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 465. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 37. Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 145. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 107. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 129. Negley Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 640. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 135. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2053-054. Bleiler 1978 p. 115. Reginald 08282. Stewart 322. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Mild wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners inner front hinge weak inner rear hinge cracked a bright very good copy. #125869 Doubleday unknown
H. M. Caldwell Co 2100-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Looks to be around 1900-10. Pages are clean and unmarked. Very slight crack on front hinge but still intact. Covers show light edge wear with minor rubbing/soiling.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! H. M. Caldwell Co hardcover
Saddleback Publsihing California USA 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. PB pictorial card covers 80pp study guide quarto 48pp ISBN: 1562548697. These are new copies in pristine condition. These classics are designed specifically for students of limited reading ability staying within the level of the less fluent reader but still retaining the 'flavor' of the original. Ideal as teaching aids in remedial classes. Study Guide has a wealth of reproducible support material to help students extend their experience of the book and later seek out the original work. 340g when packed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature; Literature & Literary; ISBN: 1562548689. ISBN/EAN: 9781562548681. Inventory No: GHE0018945. 9781562548681 Saddleback Publsihing paperback
MacMillan & Co. London 1922 HB Gilt swastika and Elephant motif teg. Very good. Spine titles still bright some minor wear to tips of spine at head and tail. Some edge wear. Gift inscription to fep. Small crease to back board. Pages have aged uniformly but still a nice little copy. No dustjacket present. 353pp 0 MacMillan & Co. London 1922 HB hardcover
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran 1930. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 24pp. Original cream wrappers printed in green fine. In red morocco-backed case. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo 24pp. One of a small number of copies printed for American copyright. Stewart 579; Livingston 549 Doubleday, Doran unknown
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company 1909. First Unauthorized Edition. viii 360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with seascape in black lettering in orange 2nd variant of binding fine copy in original tan dust jacket also showing some minor staining to back panel. In half red morocco slipcase. First Unauthorized Edition. viii 360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In Dust Jacket. Stewart 324 B. W. Dodge & Company unknown
New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1914. Seven Seas Edition. Number 57 of 1000 sets signed by Kipling on the half-title of vol. I. 27 vols. 8vo. Quarter beige cloth and boards. Bookplate of Micah Pratt Clough. Spines are toned label rubbed on spine of volume XXVII. Seven Seas Edition. Number 57 of 1000 sets signed by Kipling on the half-title of vol. I. 27 vols. 8vo. The last Volume is " Debits and Credits." Stewart pp. 573-574 Doubleday, Page & Co unknown