KIPLING, RudyardABAA
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1942réf. 1605Garden City N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company Inc 1942. First edition thus. Boards. Near fine/very good . F. ROJANKOVSKY illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; 26pp; color pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers in black and yellow; color pictorial title page; illustrations throughout both in b&w and color; light edge scuffing of boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket edge creasing and small closed tears; near fine in very good plus dj. The classic Kipling story of the curious elephant the crocodile and how he got a long trunk. Lively illustrations by Russian immigrant and Caldecott Award winner and illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky 1891-1970. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc unknown books
1942réf. 582846Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co 1942. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 6 87pp. Illustrated wrappers. Rubbing to the wrappers else near fine. For multiple voices and piano. Plate imprint "E.C.S. No. 1320." Libretto adapted from the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling who won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. E.C. Schirmer Music Co unknown books
1907réf. 453985New York: The John Church Company 1907. Unbound. Fine. Sheet music. Quarto. 11 1 pp. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Music by Oley Speaks. Self-wrappers not stapled. Owner name Thomas Curtiss on cover. Trifle wear and soil tiny abrasion on rear wrapper still fine. A lovely copy. The John Church Company unknown books
1917réf. 607844London: Macmillan 1917. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Red cloth gilt. Rear hinge neatly repaired corners a little bumped very good or better. Macmillan hardcover books
réf. 160155New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with general wear from life on a shelf and some discoloration. There is a previous owner's signature inked on the front flyleaf ; This book like many of Rudyard Kipling's is full of tales of adventure and heroism. Many of the tales are set in India a country that Kipling knew well. In Black and White Kipling tells the story of two men one white one black who go on a journey together. The white man is out to conquer the world while the black man is there to serve him. The journey is difficult but the two men overcome all obstacles together. Ultimately the black man proves himself to be a better man than the white man and the two men become friends.; 32mo; 118 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
1924réf. 179886Garden City NY: Doubleday 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American trade hardcover edition. Small octavo. 33pp. Green papercovered boards with green-lettered white label laid on front board. Swastika with "Rudyard Kipling" in circle on copyright. Owner's decorative bookplate laid on front pastedown small stamp on front fly still near fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine lightly tanned short tears along the edges. Doubleday hardcover books
1901réf. TB30607New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. c.1901. Reprint. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and the blind embossed facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. The front and rear end sheets show foxing at the hinges where there was a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine tanned and with numerous short closed tears around the edges of the panels and spine area. 376 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with ten plates of bas-relief sculptures from photographs by J. L. Kipling. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. hardcover books
réf. 160146New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with some general wear from life on the shelf and discoloration. A prior owner's signature is inked on the front flyleaf; Introduction by Henry James. ; 32mo; 249 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
réf. 160147New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. A good edition with general shelfwear and slight discoloration. There is aprevious owner's ink signature on the front flyleaf; This book is a collection of short stories set in the fictional hill station of Simla. The stories are about Indian men and women who live in the station and their interactions with Europeans.; 32mo; 302 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
1926réf. 524London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1926. First Edition. Boards. Very good . Donald MAXWELL. First edition. 8vo; xiv i 94pp 2; gilt-stamped title author and illustrator to front board on royal blue buckram; 24 color half-tone illustrations tipped in; heavy cream-colored stock; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; scuffing to head & tail of spine with small tear to head glue burn to ffep; very good plus. Lacking dust jacket. Beautiful illustrations to accompany some of Kipling's most popular verse. Macmillan and Co. Limited unknown books
1895réf. 330312London: Macmillan and Co 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on top edges. Pages age-toned gutter before half-title page cracked rear hinge cracked spine faded and extremities worn else very good. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1976réf. TB28072Avon Conn.: The Limited Editions Club 1976. Limited Edition. Fine in green and purple cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations around the author's initials on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8". Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within a fine paper covered slip case. One of only 2000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 435 and signed by the illustrator Charles Raymond. Selections by Bernard Bergonzi. 375 pages of text and illustrated with line drawings and color lithographs by Charles Raymond. A very tight clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1937réf. 009889New York: Rand McNally & Company 1937 1935 1937. Black cloth titled in silver full color pastedown previous owner's name pages age-toned; illustrated dust jacket is worn with tears and small losses. Illustrated with a color frontis and 4 other color plates. Later Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Paul Strayer. Tall 8vo. Rand McNally & Company hardcover books
1903réf. TB30767New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1903. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and a black design of a Viking ship under sail on the spine with a larger version of the same repeated on the front board together with embossed black borders. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a tiny prior owner's signature and date of "1903" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 215 pages containing a collection of 53 poems. David Alan Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A191 Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover books
1890réf. 615157New York: National Publishing Co 1890. Softcover. Good. The Red Letter Series edition issued August 23 1890 with a stamp on the front cover that reads "Special Edition." Publisher's catalog in back. Illustrated wrappers. Three pages of the catalog have a chunk torn out wrappers worn and soiled a good or better copy. Features a number of advertisements some with illustrations. One ad is for Burnette's Cocoaine sic claiming that it cures dandruff and "promotes the growth and preserves the beauty of the human hair." OCLC locates only seven holdings of this Red Letter Series edition. National Publishing Co unknown books
réf. 160151New York: Manhattan Press. Good. N.D. Hardcover. A good conditioned edition with normal shelfwear and some slight discoloration. There is a signature from a previous owner inked on the front flyleaf ; The Gadsbys are a quirky endearing family of nine children who love to spend their summers on their family's remote farm. One summer the youngest Gadsby Willie falls in love with Dinah the daughter of the farm's hired hand. Dinah is already in love with another boy but she is determined to find a way to court Willie. Along the way the Gadsbys must overcome obstacles such as the fact that Dinah and Willie come from very different backgrounds and Dinah's father doesn't approve of her suitors. In the end Dinah and Willie are able to overcome their differences and are married.; 32mo; 103 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
1904réf. TB33464New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1904. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the rear corner of the heel of the spine and at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 363 pages of text. A collection of 23 short stories. Overall an attractive first American edition copy of one of Kipling's lesser known works. It was published at the same time as the first British edition. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A199 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
réf. 160148New York: Manhattan Press. Fair. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in fair condition. The spine is becoming loose and the volume bears general shelfwear. There is an ink signature of a previous owner on the front flyleaf; Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie is a story of a mischievous little boy who gets into all sorts of mischief. It is a delightful read that is sure to keep children entertained.; 32mo; 177 pages . Manhattan Press hardcover books
1892réf. 2222012First edition. Octavo. Half title. Original gilt and blind stamped salmon cloth. 8 page publisher's ads at end. No dust jacket. Good inner joints starting; slight lean. 276 pages. Printed by Ballantyne and Hanson & Co. Stewart 105. William Heinemann hardcover books
1915réf. 526316Cincinnati: The John Church Company 1915. Softcover. Very Good. Sheet music. Folio. Three nested bifolia with a single-sheet-insert making 14 pages. Ex-library with a label and perforated stamp on the front cover and a date stamp 1916 on page three minor edgewear and light soiling to the exterior very good. For voice and piano. Plate number 17434 - 11. The front cover states "Written for and sung by David Bispham." Bispham was born in Philadelphia to a Quaker family and was barred from studying dramatic singing by his mother so he did not take it up until he was an adult. Starting out he faced a lot of discouragement but he went on to become one of America's leading baritones. His New York Times obituary describes him as "one of the foremost figures in the American concert opera and concert field. The John Church Company unknown books
1971réf. 583361New York: Boosey & Hawkes 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 18pp. Stapled wrappers. Light shelfwear else near fine. For voice and piano with pedal marks. Plate imprint "S. 2668." Rudyard Kipling won the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
1923réf. 590477Boston Mass: The Boston Music Company 1923. Softcover. Near Fine. Presumably the first and possibly only edition. Quarto. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Light toning and bumping to the corners else near fine. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "B.M.Co. 6689." The back cover features a sample of "The Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold" by Wm. E. Henley and Benjamin Whelpley. Unrecorded by OCLC and appears to be equally scarce in the trade and we could not find any information about the the composer Thomasa Hunt. The Boston Music Company unknown books
1926réf. 28292London: Macmillan & Co 1926. First edition 8vo pp. 2 vi 416; very good copy in original red cloth gilt medallion on upper cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. A collection of 14 stories and 21 poems. Livingstone 506; Stewart 519. Macmillan & Co unknown books
1927réf. 20540San Francisco: The Windsor Press 1927. First edition number 288 of 500 copies 8vo pp. 2 18 1; full-page color woodcut illustration by Howard Simon half-title and headlines printed in purple; original blue paper covered boards cover printed in green and pink; a few tiny spots to upper cover foot of spine with a bit of wear hinge loose at first gathering else very good. Ransom Private Press p. 448. The Windsor Press unknown books
1899réf. 9032199New York: Alex. Grosset & Co 1899. 1st. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Bound in publisher's original yellow-orange cloth with spine stamped in red cover stamped in red and illustrated black. Top edge gilt. Illustrated frontispiece. Two illustrated plates in black and white. Several pages unopened. Mild rubbing to corners and head and heel of spine not through cloth. Darkening to cloth front back and spine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. Alex. Grosset & Co hardcover books
