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1890Best.-Nr. 40770Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1890. First edition of The Story of the Gadsbys later intermediate issue see details below; probable Third Indian Edition of Wee Willie Winkie. 4 leaves pp. 1 2-12 13-102 4 leaves; with inserted insurance ad Gadsbys; 4 leaves pp. 9-96 Winkie. 2 vols. 8vo. Each in original greyish-green printed wrappers. Spine of first title worn and chipped upper wrapper detached; outer corners of second title wrapper missing else fine. Despite the usual wear and soiling to fragile wrappers both are otherwise very good in chemise and half blue morocco slipcase. Bookplate of Arthur Haysworth Masten on inside front wrapper of each title. First edition of The Story of the Gadsbys later intermediate issue see details below; probable Third Indian Edition of Wee Willie Winkie. 4 leaves pp. 1 2-12 13-102 4 leaves; with inserted insurance ad Gadsbys; 4 leaves pp. 9-96 Winkie. 2 vols. 8vo. First published in 1888 when Kipling was 23 and working in India for The Civil and Military Gazette Lahore these two volumes contain stories written for periodicals. They were published in the "India Railway Library" series No. 2 and No. 6. respectively by A.H. Wheeler at Allahabad and went into several editions. Kipling left India for London the following year. At the bottom of the first title is stamped "A.J. Combridge & Co. Bombay". THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS conforms to the first issue of the front wrappers in two of the three relevant issue points the mountains appear to be retouched as per the second issue; however the heart shape in lower left corner not touching the border and absence of the "Mayo Art School Lahore" slug beneath the imprint are both points which conform to the first issue indicating a possible unrecorded intermediate issue see Richards p. 90. WEE WILLIE WINKIE conforms to Stewart's description of the third Indian Edition made up of three thousand sheets printed for the first English edition. Stewart 32 and collector David Alan Richards unpublished bibliography p. 90 ; 56 note A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1895Best.-Nr. mon0000447379Macmillan & Co. London 1895-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.0000 in x 7.5000 in x 5.5000 in. FIRST PRINTINGS OF BOTH BOOKS 1894 and 1895; no later printings noted. This set belonged to the R.R. Donnelley family printers and publishers of Lakeside Classics among much else. FIRST JUNGLE BOOK: Spine is cocked. Edge wear bumping and fading to gilt illustrations and lettering. Previous owner's name written on fpep and title page. Small bookplate of another previous owner to top outer corner of fpep. Light foxing to some pages. Boards are a bit of a darker blue than second book. Binding is sound. No markings beyond title page. SECOND JUNGLE BOOK: Gilt and cloth are very bright with far less wear than first book. Inscribed to previous owner dated Christmas 1895. Binding is very solid but endpapers have split at hinges. Pictures available upon request. Macmillan & Co., London hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 031562UK: Macmillan 1895. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake P Frenzeny. Two Volume Set of the two Jungle books. Signed slip tipped into the inner page by Rudyard Kipling. In the same format and style as the 1st editions. The Jungle Book is printed 1896 5th Imp and the Second Jungle Book is 1895 1st edition. Books are very good and bright. Light edge rubbing.Spine on Jungle book darkened. Contents quite good. Foxing to varying degrees to the pages of the Jungle book. Quite a bright set. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17453/17421/19329 Macmillan hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 183779London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. A beautifully bound copy First British edition smartly bound by Bayntun. 'Captains Courageous' is Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. "Kipling thought he'd written a great story. He wrote to Conland Dr. James Conland the dedicatee after the book had begun to appear serially 'I tell you that tale will be a snorter'" Gidmark p. 71. The British edition was preceded by the American edition by one month. The work was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897. It was written while the newlywed Kipling was living in Vermont. Octavo 177 x 117 mm. Frontispiece 21 full-page illustrations by I. W. Taber. Mid-20th-century blue morocco by Bayntun spine lettered in gilt compartments framed in gilt and decorated with gilt schooner device covers ruled in gilt roll to board edges gilt turn-ins ruled and with anchor device to corners in gilt marbled endpapers edges gilt original cloth spine and covers bound in at rear. Housed in custom blue cloth slipcase. Contemporary gift inscription to half-title partially faded. Spine sunned gilt remaining bright closed tear to later tissue guard following frontispiece foxing to a few pages. A near-fine copy. Richards A103; Stewart p. 152. Gidmark ed. Encyclopaedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes 2001. hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. feb621201896: First Danish Edition of Jungle Book Junglebogen V. Pio
1895Best.-Nr. 15929London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good bound in original publisher blue cloth with gilt titles on spines gilt emblems on front covers. Rubbing a few stains and edge wear to boards. Foxing to interior of both volumes some rubbing to pages owner inscription to second front end page of Second Book. Volume One The Jungle Book appears to have had the spine repaired at some point in its history significant lean to spine as well. Both volumes illustrated throughout. No markings to text. 8vo 7 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w. pagination: Vi 212; 238 two pages of ads at end of volume. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 013944Macmillan and Co. First edition of Kipling's first novel. Octavo. 339 pages 2 pages ads. Publisher's original embossed red cloth with bright gilt design on front and titles on spine. Fraying to head and heal of spine. Light foxing to end papers. In archival cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1891. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 18283Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1891. First Indian edition. Front flyleaf with two small chips original wrappers with minor fading binding about fine. First Indian edition. 8vo. 4 leaves 108p 7 leaves of advertisements including "Opinions of the Press" Both Livingston and Stewart list 5 leaves of ads. Original grey-green printed wrappers bound in; advertisements inside both covers. Bound by the Club Bindery in 1901 in full dark blue crushed morocco with marbled endpapers a.e.g. the covers with panels formed of two sets of triple gilt rules with corner ornaments the spine with gilt titles and densely gilt panels fancy dentelles. "Indian Railway Library No. XIV" with imprint at bottom of p. 108: "Printed at the 'Pioneer' Press Allahabad." Livingston calls this the second edition after the suppressed edition of which only three copies were to be kept after the remainder were destroyed. With a tipped-in SIGNATURE of Kipling. From the library of Rudolph August Witthaus 1846-1915 American toxicologist with his leather bookplate; from the library of Henry William Poor 1844-1915 American book collector whose collection was sold at The Anderson galleries in 1909 Part IV. lot 288 with his leather bookplate; from the library of Jean Hersholt 1866-1956 whose Hans Christian Anderson collection is housed at the Library of Congress with his bookplate signed in ink. Livingston 70; Stewart 93. Rare. A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 002222London: Macmillan & Co. 1891 1891. C. L. DODGSON'S COPY FIRST EDITION 3RD PRINTING. 1 vol. initialed on the title page by Dodgson bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth front inner hinge fine rear inner hinge just starting outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine internally clean and bright A VERY GOOD COPY. See "Dodgson At Auction" #368 London: Macmillan & Co., 1891 hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. AQ20407London: Published by William Heinemann 1898. 12 Lithographs in colour on cartridge paper Original publisher's cloth-backed pictorial paper boards contemporary original glassine dustwrapper. A trifle marked short tears to dustwrapper at spine. Endpapers browned light offsetting else internally immaculate. A fine copy. A remarkably well-preserved copy of the first edition issued in 1897 with title pages postdated 1898 of this scarce sporting plate book illustrated by William Nicholson 1872-1949 with text by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936. The 12 marvellous plates one for each month depict: Hunting January Coursing February Racing March Boating April Fishing May Cricket June Archery July Coaching August Shooting September Golf October Boxing November and Skating December. . First edition. Quarto. Published by William Heinemann hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 121637London: Macmillan and Co 1891. First edition of Kipling's first novel. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine publisher's gilt emblem to the front panel. In very good condition. Written when Rudyard Kipling was 26 years old The Light That Failed is semi-autobiographical; being based upon his own unrequited love for Florence Garrard. Most of the novel is set in London but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the life of Dick Heldar an artist and painter who goes blind and his unrequited love for his childhood playmate Maisie. Though it was poorly received by critics the novel has remained in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play two silent films as well as a drama film. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 157591New York: United States Book Company successors to John W. Lovell Company 1890 1891. Rare in this near-fine condition First American edition first printing of the first trade book edition of Kipling's novel. This semi-autobiographical work deals with the theme of unrequited love; the elusive character Maisie is based on the Slade artist Flo Garrard who Kipling was unsuccessful in courting following the breakdown of his engagement to Caroline Taylor in 1890. The true first edition comprises a copyright edition which was filed for copyright in the US on 7 November 1890 and the serial rights were acquired by Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for its January 1891 issue appearing in Australia the UK and the US. On 12 November 1890 a copy of the present book the first US edition was deposited in the Library of Congress. It was not sold however until Lippincott's had been published. This edition prints the 12-chapter version with the "happy ending". Although Kipling originally wrote the novel with a "sad ending" the "happy ending" was the first to appear in print. The 14-chapter "sad ending" version in which the hero dies in battle was deposited in the Library of Congress on 26 November. Octavo. Original orange wrappers lettered and illustrated in black 22 vols in "Lovell's Westminster Series" listed on inside of rear wrapper. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. Head and foot of spine together with top edge of front wrapper slightly chipped minor creasing to spine gatherings unopened; a near-fine and bright copy. Livingston 62; Stewart 84; Grolier 122; Richards A50. hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. 34252London 1894 1895: MacMillan 1894. 1st Edition. Near Fine. J. Lockwood Kipling with W. H. Drake & P. Fren. J. Lockwood Kipling with W. H. Drake & P. Fren. 1st Edition. Kipling Rudyard THE JUNGLE BOOK AND THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. London: Macmillan 1894 1895. 8vo. 212 238p. Classic First Editions First Issue. Wonderfully illustrated in black and white throughout by Kipling's father J. Lockwood Kipling with W. H. Drake & P. Frenzeny. The Jungle Book bound in full blue calf four raised bands gilt titles to spine blue endpapers the front cover bound in. A lovely near fine or better copy all edges gilt WITH The Second Jungle Book bound in gilt ruled and titled half red calf & linen five raised bands covers bound in at the rear. A fine excellent example. "This most desirable pair will always fill an honorable place in any library of children's books" Quayle 87. Richards A76 & A85; Stewart 123 & 132. Livingston 104 116. A lovely mixed set of one of the cornerstone titles in children's literature and Kipling highlight and along with Just So Stories his most beloved work. First published in magazine format in 1893-4. British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling was born in India lived there & in England & wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The tales are fables using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle for example lay down rules for the safety of individuals families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics & society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther & then has to fight the tiger Shere Khan. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" the story of a heroic mongoose and "Toomai of the Elephants" the tale of a young elephant-handler. "The White Seal" in which the main character seeks a haven for his people where they would be safe from hunters has been considered a metaphor for Zionism then in its beginning. As with much of Kipling's work each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verseand succeeded by another. MacMillan unknown
1893Best.-Nr. 002103London: Macmillan & Co. 1893 1893. FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol. signed by Kipling on the title-page under his name bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth engraved bookplate of A. P. Watt to front pastedown additionally signed by Watt on the front blank endleaf inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine internally clean and bright A VERY GOOD COPY. From the library of A. P. Watt literary agent to Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan & Co., 1893 hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 002102London: Macmillan & Co. 1890 1890. THIRD EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol. inscribed on the title-page "A. P. Watt from Rudyard Kipling June : 90" bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth engraved bookplate of A. P. Watt to front pastedown inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine internally clean and bright A VERY GOOD COPY. From the library of A. P. Watt literary agent to Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan & Co., 1890 hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. KIPLINGR016335Macmillan London. 1894 & 1895. Two volumes both first editions. Octavo. pp viii 212; viii 238 2 adverts. Black and white illustrations in the first volume by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny and in the second volume by J. Lockwood Kipling alone. Original blue pictorial buckram covers gilt. All edges gilt.Armorial bookplate on each front pastedown; ownership signature on the half-title of the first volume. Inner hinges cracking. Some light spotting to blanks of second volume. Scuffing to heads and tails of spine and corners of covers. As often the gilt on the second volume is brighter than on that on the first. A very good set. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. DOY 16Macmillan 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE DUST JACKET WITH CHIP AND WATERMARK ON SPINE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET in custom made slipcase with leather label on spine. Macmillan, Hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 2007044London: MacMillab 1895. First. hardcover. Very good. Very good first editions in original decorated blue cloth bindings and correct dates on title pages and copyright pages. Two volumes. Vol. 1 writing on 2nd front free end paper across page very little but bigger; cracking of front and rear gutters. 2nd vol. crossed-out writing at top of 2nd front free end paper name and address written at top of title page both by previous owner. MacMillab unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 002105London: Macmillan & Co. 1891 1891. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol. inscribed by Kipling on the title-page "Alick Watt from the much indebted author Mar : 91:" bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spine fine internally clean and bright A VERY GOOD COPY. Kipling's first novel. Inscribed to the son of the of A. P. Watt the literary agent to Kipling London: Macmillan & Co., 1891 hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 2007044London: MacMillab 1895. First. hardcover. Very good. Very good first editions in original decorated blue cloth bindings and correct dates on title pages and copyright pages. Two volumes. Vol. 1 writing on 2nd front free end paper across page very little but bigger; cracking of front and rear gutters. 2nd vol. crossed-out writing at top of 2nd front free end paper name and address written at top of title page both by previous owner. MacMillab unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 2091202133212320Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 36 books in total Charles Scribner's Sons paperback
1885Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-47698The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press Lahore first edition1885. Edition of 250 copies. Contemporary blind-patterned cloth original printed wrappers and advertisement leaves if any not retained 8vo. 125 pp. David Richards' authoritative bibliography notes that the advertisements present in many though not all copies do not form part of the book. Includes the first appearance of 'The Phantom Rickshaw'. Quartette was sold on the 19-year old Kipling's initiative as the 1885 Christmas supplement to the Civil & Military Gazette the Indian newspaper for which he was then journalist and general provider of material. It includes 16 works - eight in prose and eight poems - by Kipling himself and by his parents and sister the most notable being Rudyard's "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes C.E." and "The Phantom 'Rickshaw". Only 250 copies were printed and Kipling wrote amusingly to his cousin Margaret Burne-Jones about the chaotic circumstances of the production: copies were printed and bound up in the Civil & Military Gazette printing hall on overtime throughout the 'mad night' of 17-18 December 1885 with tots of brandy and plugs of free tobacco from Kipling 'twelve pounds of the hideous mixture of cow dung and dried grass they delight in' to encourage the 'forty odd men besides binders to keep Quartette going' ". Joints showing slight splitting though firm and sound some wear at spine-ends front endpapers replaced and with old tape-repair to first endpaper and minor loss to foot of gutter of second endpapers tanned textblock Good. The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, Lahore, first edition,1885 hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 338058London: Macmillan 1895. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial gilt cloth a.e.g. inner front hinge started in Vol.I in drop blue cloth case. Kipling J. Lockwood and others. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Grolier/Kipling 185 197; Stewart 123 132; Richards A76 A85 Macmillan unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 150271MacMillan London 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good set of the true first editions. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. MacMillan, London hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 338058London: Macmillan 1895. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial gilt cloth a.e.g. inner front hinge started in Vol.I in drop blue cloth case. Kipling J. Lockwood and others. First editions. Numerous illustrations both full-page and in the text by J. Lockwood Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. 2 vols. 8vo. Grolier/Kipling 185 197; Stewart 123 132; Richards A76 A85 Macmillan unknown books
