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1898réf. 700226London: Macmillan & Co. 1898 London: MacMillan & Co. 1898 84 pp perfect-bound in blue illustrated paper. From the library of C. Lovat Frazer English artist designer and author. The phrase 'A Fleet in Being' referrs to a fleet in port which extends control of the surrounding seas just by its presence without leaving port. The book will appeal to those interested in naval warfare and in particular the development of the British fleet at the turn of the 20th Century. Text is clean and tight Contemporary owner's name on half-title no other interior markings. Covers have soil and edgewear chips to spine ends front cover detached but present Double-cased in blue buckram with gold-stamped titles along spine. ASSOCIATION BOOKPLATE. First Edition. Cased Softcover. Good/Very Good . 5" x 8". Signed by Authors. First Edition. Paperback. Good/Very Good . Macmillan & Co. paperback
1898réf. 12923London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial cloth boards. Very slight soiling very near fine. An attractive volume. Macmillan hardcover
1898réf. blb06142New York: M.F. Mansfield & Co. 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering rulings and swords to front and titling to spine. Small book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Book is Near Fine. Nicely illustarted with one-color plates and tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Matching volume is available with us as well - Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. M.F. Mansfield & Co. hardcover
1898réf. blb06141New York: M.F. Mansfield & Co. 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering rulings and swords to front and titling to spine. Small book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Book is Near Fine. Nicely illustarted with one-color plates and tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Matching volume is available with us as well - Barrack-Room Ballads and Verses. M.F. Mansfield & Co. hardcover
1899réf. 612409New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Hardcover. Fine. First trade editions. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind spine titles gilt. Small ink spot at top of front board of Volume One else a fine and fresh set. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover
1893réf. 05283D. Appleton and Co. 1893. Cloth. Good. Smaller sturdy book red cloth gilt lettering on front bright dulled on slightly faded spine a centaur-like illustration on front with gilt lettering covers stained. Near Very Good. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
1899réf. 5782Toronto ON Canada: George N. Morang & Company Limited 1899. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ as issued. FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. Green embossed boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Gilt top edge of pages. Black outline of ship at sea on front board and spine. Spine shows shelf wear at top and bottom. The corners are bumped and starting to fray. There is a 1/4 inch cloth tear with fraying at the top of the rear board. The rear hinge is torn but the webbing is intact otherwise the book is in Good condition. Previous owner's label in upper right hand corner of first free page. Illustrated. 310 pages plus 15 pages of advertisements of which two pages are not cut open. George N. Morang & Company, Limited hardcover
1899réf. 15347London:: Daily Mail Publishing Co. 1899. First illustrated edition. original self-wrapper preserved in a cloth folding case. A few light creases and soiling; advertisement folded with a little edge wear. 12-1/2 x 8 inches . Stewart 211. Kipling donated the proceeds of this poem to the benefit of the wives and children of the reservists at war in South Africa. With an advertising leaflet for Kipling's "Indictment of the Government" laid in. Daily Mail Publishing Co., hardcover
1900réf. 613208New York: George Munro's Sons 1900. Softcover. Very Good. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy the first American edition was issued a decade earlier. 12mo. 98pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages browned still a sound very good copy. George Munro's Sons unknown
1899réf. 611710New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early American edition with the "o" half closed in the word 'into' on page 189. Green pictorial boards stamped in black and gilt top edge gilt. Edges of cloth lightly rubbed corners slightly bumped near fine. Twelve short stories. Doubleday & McClure hardcover
1898réf. 58428NY: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First American Edition. Livingston 169. A collection of twelve stories by Kipling. This edition preceded the British edition by about five weeks. .A collection of twelve stories by Kipling. This edition preceded the British edition by about five weeks. Kipling made the ship design impressed on the front cover. The American sheets were also used in the publication of the Canadian edition also dated 1898. 8vo. pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; 431 pages. Very Good covers nice & bright pencil name & date "1898" on front endpaper- could easily be erased; bit of scuffing to gilt on top edge. A nice copy! Doubleday & McClure Co. unknown
1898réf. 613211New York: George Munro's Sons 1898. Softcover. Very Good. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers. Pages browned chips on the wrappers a good or better copy of a fragile volume. George Munro's Sons unknown
1900réf. b44726New York: S.S. McClure & Co. 1900. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities and a tiny sticker on the front panel. S.S. McClure & Co. paperback
1896réf. 612546New York: D. Appleton & Co 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. Green cloth decorated in gilt. Cover art by Evangeline Mary Daniell. Nice bookplate on front pastedown spine a little toned else a nice near fine copy. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1899réf. 003979Boston: Greenock Press 1899. Hardcover. Good/Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Book Limited to one thousand numbered sets of which this is No. 89. Eight of ten volumes. Green cloth covers with sun aged paste down title plate on spine. Gilt top edge pages. Corners lightly bumped. Light edgewear. Volume one: Soldiers Three; Volume two Plain Tales from the Hills; Volume three The Phantom Rickshaw; Volume four The Light that Failed; Volume five Under the Deodars; Volume six Wee Willie Winkie; VOLUME SEVEN AND EIGHT MISSING; Volume nine The Story of the Gadspys; Volume ten Letters of Marque. Some light discoloration and soiling on a few of the books. Greenock Press hardcover
1896réf. b24089Philadelphia: Curtis 1896. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Complete original issue in very good wrappers. Curtis paperback
1898réf. 12923London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Pictorial cloth boards. Very slight soiling very near fine. An attractive volume. Macmillan hardcover books
1899réf. 612409New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Hardcover. Fine. First trade editions. Two volumes. Green cloth stamped in blind spine titles gilt. Small ink spot at top of front board of Volume One else a fine and fresh set. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover books
1900réf. 613208New York: George Munro's Sons 1900. Softcover. Very Good. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy the first American edition was issued a decade earlier. 12mo. 98pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages browned still a sound very good copy. George Munro's Sons unknown books
1899réf. 611710New York: Doubleday & McClure 1899. Hardcover. Near Fine. Early American edition with the "o" half closed in the word 'into' on page 189. Green pictorial boards stamped in black and gilt top edge gilt. Edges of cloth lightly rubbed corners slightly bumped near fine. Twelve short stories. Doubleday & McClure hardcover books
1898réf. 58428NY: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First American Edition. Livingston 169. A collection of twelve stories by Kipling. This edition preceded the British edition by about five weeks. .A collection of twelve stories by Kipling. This edition preceded the British edition by about five weeks. Kipling made the ship design impressed on the front cover. The American sheets were also used in the publication of the Canadian edition also dated 1898. 8vo. pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; 431 pages. Very Good covers nice & bright pencil name & date "1898" on front endpaper- could easily be erased; bit of scuffing to gilt on top edge. A nice copy! Doubleday & McClure Co. unknown books
1898réf. 613211New York: George Munro's Sons 1898. Softcover. Very Good. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers. Pages browned chips on the wrappers a good or better copy of a fragile volume. George Munro's Sons unknown books
1896réf. 612546New York: D. Appleton & Co 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. Green cloth decorated in gilt. Cover art by Evangeline Mary Daniell. Nice bookplate on front pastedown spine a little toned else a nice near fine copy. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
1898réf. 7142London: Macmillan & Co 1898. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1898 1st edition in its original pictorial wrappers. VG- with pronounced staining at the spine and one 1 1/2" chip at the rear panel. Still though a presentable copy of a fragile book. 12mo 84 pgs. Housed in a custom-made cloth chemise and quarter-morocco box. Macmillan & Co unknown
1897réf. 111111114313The Century Co 1897. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Century Co.; New York 1897. Hardcover. First US Edition. Captains Courageous is Kiplings 1897 maritime adventure novel about Harvey Cheyne Jr. a wealthy and spoiled teenager who falls overboard from an ocean liner and is rescued by a crew of Gloucester fishermen. Forced to work alongside them on the Grand Banks he learns discipline humility and the value of honest labor. This first American edition captures the novels blend of adventure nautical realism and coming of age themes making it a classic of late nineteenth century sea literature. A Good green cloth binding with illustrated front board gilt lettering on front board and spine emblem on rear board cracked hinges some handling/scuffing to boards and spine TEG with blemishes deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge some age toning to pages rubbing along board edges few prelims partially detached from text block rubbing along joints list of illustrations page detached from binding and laid in crimping to spine edges without Dust wrapper. 12moduodecimo or approx. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. 323pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. The Century Co hardcover