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1896réf. 305706London : Macmillan & Co. 1896. Third Edition Reprinted. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x 310 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: Short stories English fiction. London : Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1890réf. 305705London : Macmillan & Co. 1890. Third Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x 310 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: Short stories English fiction. London : Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1949réf. 301315London : Hodder and Stoughton 1949. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth in a slip-case. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xv 845p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English poetry -- 19th century. London : Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1895réf. 305710London : Macmillan 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi 338p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English literature -- 19th century. London : Macmillan hardcover
1898réf. 305707London : Macmillan 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 381p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction. London : Macmillan hardcover
1896réf. 305708London : Macmillan and Co. 1896. 1896 Reprint. Hardcover. Bookplate on front paste-down. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 339 pages ; 25cm. Subjects: English fiction. London : Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1895réf. 305704London : Macmillan 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 358p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Children's stories. London : Macmillan hardcover
1920réf. 263134London : Meuthen 1920. Reprint. Hardback. Poor binding copies with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 13 vols. Contents; The Seven Seas ; A Diversity of Creatures ; From Sea to Sea vol. 1 ; From Sea to Sea vol. 2 ; The Years Between ; Rewards and Fairies ; Life's Handicap ; Soldier's Three and Other Stories ; Puck of Pook's Hill ; The Jungle Book ; Actions and Reactions ; Departmental Ditties and Other Verses ; The Day's Work. Subject; English literature. London : Meuthen hardcover
1902réf. 328233London : Macmillan and Co 1902. Reprint. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with pictorial cover. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 6 249 3 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: How the whale got his throat -- How the camel got his hump -- How the rhinoceros got his skin -- How the leopoard got his spots -- The elephant's child -- The sing-song of old man kangaroo -- The beginning of the armadilloes -- How the first letter was written -- How the alphabet was made -- The crab that played with the sea -- The cat that walked by himself -- The butterfly that stamped. Subjects: Animals; Juvenile fiction.Children's stories. Animals. Fables. English literature 19th century. Genre: Children's stories. Fiction. Illustrated. Summary: Twelve stories about animals insects and other subjects include ""How the Camel Got His Hump."" ""The Butterfly That Stamped"" and ""How the Alphabet Was Made."" London : Macmillan and Co hardcover
1930réf. 423265London : Macmillan and Co. Limited 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 6 92 4 p. : ills. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English; Dogs in literature; English fiction. London : Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1929réf. 152797Cleveland : World Syndicate Pub. Co. C1929 1929. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth over pictorial boards. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 355 pages; Description: 355 p. : illultrated with both line and wood-block figures. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Animals --Juvenile fiction. Text within ornamental borders. Cleveland : World Syndicate Pub. Co. (C1929) hardcover
1973réf. 372693London : Muller Frederick 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xii 468 p. : illus. ; 28 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Medals badges decorations etc. Great Britain. Army. Armed Forces Medals; history. London : Muller, Frederick hardcover
1926réf. 485283London : Macmillan and Co 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair cloth copy in a good somewhat dust-dulled and edge-torn dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; viii 416 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Short stories and verse. Contents; The Janeites -- Jane's marriage. Subjects; English fiction 20th century. English poetry 20th century. Short stories English. Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. London : Macmillan and Co hardcover
1906réf. 397400London : Macmillan 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 306 pages : illustrations frontis. ; 18 cm. Contents; Weland's sword -- Puck's song -- A tree song -- Young men at the manor -- Sir Richard's song -- The knights of the joyous venture -- Harp song of the dane women -- Thorkild's song -- Old men at Pevensey -- The runes on Weland's sword -- A centurion of the Thirtieth -- Cities and thrones and powers -- A British-Roman song -- On the great wall -- A song to Mithras -- The winged hats -- A pict song -- Hal o' the draft -- Prophets have honour all over the earth -- A smuggler's song -- ""Dymchurch Flit"" -- The bee boy's song -- A three-part song -- The treasure and the law -- Song of the fifth river -- The children's song. Subjects; Puck Legendary character ; Juvenile fiction. Puck Legendary character. Time travel ; Juvenile fiction. Space and time ; Juvenile fiction. Space and time. Time travel. Children's literature England 20th century. English fiction. Fairies ; Juvenile fiction. Fiction in English. London : Macmillan hardcover
1940réf. 463319London : Hodder and Stoughton 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat sun and dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xv 845 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English poetry 19th century. English poetry 20th century. London : Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1926réf. 307872London : Macmillan 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of staining and dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 2 xv 1 94 2 p. : col. ill. mounted ; 31 cm. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English poetry. Genres; Illustrated. Poetry. London : Macmillan hardcover
1896réf. 376289London ; New York : Macmillan 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: bookplate of Samuel Hindlip. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii 172 pages 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Soldiers ; Fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. London ; New York : Macmillan hardcover
1932réf. 455116London : Hodder & Stoughton 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Provenance: Bookplate of Fenelith R. F. Kenworthy. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 243 pages ; 8vo. Notes; A reissue of the edition of 1924. Subjects; Children's poetry English. London : Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1895réf. 466120London ; New York : Macmillan and Co 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in a crude leather binding now lightly scuffed and rubbed at the extremities; spine with raised bands and gilt-blocked leather labels. All edges gilt and worn. Text block remains tight showing faint foxing throughout; p. 217 through the end shows worming to both outside corners with text unaffected. A strong and very serviceable example overall. Physical description; 238 2 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Publisher's ads to the rear. ""First English edition"" -- Stewart. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling. Contents; How fear came -- The law of the jungle -- The miracle of Purun Bhagat -- A song of Kabir -- Letting in the jungle -- Mowgli's song against people -- The undertakers -- A ripple song -- The King's Ankus -- The song of the little hunter -- Quiquern -- Angutivun tina -- Red dog -- Chil's song -- The spring running -- The outsong. Subjects; Mowgli. Jungle animals. Feral children. India. Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. English literature. 19th century. Illustrated. London ; New York : Macmillan and Co hardcover
2006réf. 461841Simon & Schuster London 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Numbered volume from the Megan and Michael Dawson collection of pop-up books. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains remarkably well-preserved overall. Summary; Retells Rudyard Kipling's story of the adventures of a boy raised by animals in an Indian jungle and features more than twenty intricate pop-up illustrations. Subjects; Children's stories Pictorial works. Feral children. Feral children Fiction. Feral children Pictorial works Juvenile fiction. Jungle animals. Jungle animals Fiction. Jungle animals Pictorial works Juvenile fiction. Toy and movable books. Simon & Schuster, London hardcover
1912réf. 189396London : Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Third Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original 1/4 cloth over boards. Title labels to spine and front panel. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Top edge gilt; side and bottom edges rough trimmed. Very light staining to back panel. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 476 pages; Physical description: xix 476 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936 -- Poetry -- Collections -- Anthologies. English poetry -- English literature. London : Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1966réf. 78262AB1966. London Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1966. Octavo. 190 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With an interesting newspaper clipping regarding the Will of Kipling "Will orders burning of Kipling Diaries". Includes for example the following chapters: Childhood / Schooldays / Indian Years / Indian Writing / The Conquest of London and The Light that Failed / Vermont / New Horizons / From 'The Jungle Books' to 'Rewards and Fairies' / Stalky and others / The Mature Craftsman / Bibliography with Principal Publications referred to / hardcover
1926réf. 72908AB1926. The Dominions Edition. London Macmillan And Co. Limited 1926. 14 cm x 19.5 cm. 416 Pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear such as stains on the cover and colour fading on the spine due to fading. Includes for example the following essays: The Enemies to Each Other / Sea Constables: A Tale of '15 / 'In the Interests of the Brethen' / The United Idolaters / The Wish House / The Janeites / The Prophet and the Country / The Bull That Thought / A Madonna of the Trenches / The propagation of Knowledge / A friend of the Family / On the Gate: A Tale of '16 / The Eye of Allah / The Gardener. But also includes a number of poems such as: The Changelings / 'Banquet Night' / The Centaurs / Gipsy Vans / The Legend of Truth / etc. hardcover
2008réf. 60541AB2008. Gloucestershire Spellmount 2008. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 319 pages. Several black and white photographs and maps throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: 1914 Mons to La Bassée / 1916 The Salient to The Somme / 1918 Arras to the Armistice etc. Kipling's son John had through his father's connections gained a commision into the Irish Guard despite having been initially ruled out of military service. He died during the fighting in the early days of World War One. When approached by the battalion to document their war history Kipling immediately set to work on this memento of his son's and the battalion's service. Kipling is reputed to have said of this work "This will be my great work.It is done with agony and bloody sweat". paperback
1950réf. 91414AB1950. New York Grosset & Dunlap 1950. 14 x 21cm. Frontispiece 244 pages with plates and text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with decorated endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear a crease to frontispiece and a very slight lean. Illustrated Junior Library. The classic story of Mowgli the young boy raised by wolves in India: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear his capture by the Monkey-People his attempt at reintegration into human society and his ultimate triumph over his avowed enemy the tiger Shere Khan. Included in the book is the story of the brave white seal Kotick and the tenacious young mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi who battled through the night to protect his human family from a pair of sly and viscous cobras. Illustrated with colour plates and black and white drawings. From publisher's note hardcover