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1912réf. 308658Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Co 1912. First trade edition preceded by a broadside printing. 9 leaves printed recto only within green border. oblong 12mo. Original decorative printed boards. Cloth chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Covers detached spine separating internally fine and mostly unopened. First trade edition preceded by a broadside printing. 9 leaves printed recto only within green border. oblong 12mo. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
réf. 2167Fine. Rudyard Kipling. David Gentleman illustrator. The Jungle Books. Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1980. Collector's edition. Quarto. 383pp. Illustrated by David Gentleman. Publisher's green decorative leather spine and boards lettered and decorated in gilt four raised bands all edges gilt silk moire endleaves ribbon bookmark. . unknown
1990réf. 76140Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Each volume is inscribed by editor Thomas Pinney to Gordon Van De Water past president of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles on the title page. The first two of six volumes in this "annotated edition based on the more than six thousand letters preserved in public and private collections all over the world." Octavo two volumes: xxxviii 386 p. with 8 illustrations vi 390 p. with 8 illustrations. Original black cloth bindings with gilt titles. Remainder mark to the bottom edges. Light bumping to the corners and tips with a bit of mild wear to the dust jackets; otherwise very good. University of Iowa Press hardcover
1899réf. 60443New York: The Century Company 1899. Early printing of the American edition. Octavo 19.75cm; original sage green cloth with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt black and blind on spine and covers; top edge gilt; x3242pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine with a faint diagonal crease to upper right corner of first four leaves else a clean very Near Fine copy. The Century Company unknown
1898réf. 51120NY: D. Appleton and Company 1898. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Reprint. Heavily foxed throughout else a very good hardback in publisher's orange cloth and a jacket that is largely intact but is in three pieces and lacking the front flap. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1899réf. 1215New York: D. Appleton and Company 1899. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 209 1 6pp publisher's ads; gilt-stamped green-grey metallic thread cloth; upper edge gilt fore-edge and bottom deckle; gift inscription to ffep; sunning to rear board age-toning to paper; very good. Collection of Kipling's poetry including 18 Barrack-Room Ballads. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1896réf. 324351London: Methuen and Co 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good top edge gilt with a faded spine boards are scuffed a bookplate on the front pastedown. Methuen and Co hardcover
1932réf. 135221London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1932. Later printing of Kipling's Two Jungle Books in one volume. Octavo original red cloth decorated in gilt with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake. In very good condition. Bookplate and small ownership inscription. Kipling's Jungle Books center on the story of Mowgli an orphaned 'man-cub' who is raised in the jungle of India by wolves where he comes to learn the Laws of the Jungle. A major theme throughout the books is abandonment followed by fostering as in the life of Mowgli echoing Kipling's own childhood. Another is law vs. freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior but about human archetypes in animal form. The books remain popular to this day and have been adapted several times for film and other media including the classic Walt Disney 1967 animation and its 2016 remake. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1899réf. 121504New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First separate edition of Kipling's Without Benefit of Clergy. Octavo original illustrated cloth. In very good condition. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
1930réf. 121841Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1930. First edition of Kipling's beloved children's classic as told by Boots the dog. Octavo original cloth illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse frontispiece. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover
2006réf. 23934New York: Little Simon 2006. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition first printing. Fine/As New hardcover in the original plastic bag and with the promotional sheet included; all parts are intact and in working order; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. A retelling of Rudyard Kipling's original story of Mowgli the Man Cub exploring the ruins of the Lost City "this epic pop-up adventure features paper engineering as intricate and magical as the very laws of the jungle." Adapted and illustrated with paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart. SIGNED BY REINHART on the second page with a non-personalized inscription: "Welcome to the Jungle!" Unpaginated 12 pages with 6 large pop-ups and flaps throughout revealing smaller pop-ups; color; 7.75 x 9.75 inches. LAID-IN is a magazine review of the book. Little Simon hardcover
1915réf. 79643Hoder & Stoughton 1915. Early Robinson edition. Hardcover. very good/good. Quarto. 11" x 9" 91pp. Cream cloth with blue design and lettering to covers and spine. In pictorial dust jacket. Some toning to pages. 16 mounted tipped in color illustrations and 58 black and white illustrations by W.Heath Robinson. Loosely laid in rear of book is a folded paper entiteld '"National Bands. A Speech by Rudyard Kipling delivered at the Mansikon House on January 27 1915". In original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket has some loss at spine and edges. Published on behalf of The Daily Telegraph National Bands Fund. Hoder & Stoughton hardcover
1932réf. 7414Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co 1932. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1932 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with very very lighty staining along the spine. Thick octavo 371 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco biox. Doubleday, Doran & Co unknown
1912réf. 23779Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition preceding the British edition by 1 year. Tight and VG in its dark cloth with bright gilt-titling and blindstamping along the front panel. And in a perfectly serviceable price-intact VG dustjacket with light creasing and wear along the spine ends light soiling to the panels including spotting at the spine and several tiny closed tears to the edges. Still though a presentable copy. Livingston 358. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1898réf. A1-LT-KIP-HC-1898London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Seventh printing 1898 reprint. Hardcover. Good. J. L. Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. 1898 Macmillan printing of Rudyard Kipling's classic in the attractive original blue cloth with gilt elephants and mahouts on the front board and all edges gilt. Contains the Mowgli stories alongside 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' 'The White Seal' and 'Toomai of the Elephants' with illustrations by J. L. Kipling the author's father W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. A period ownership inscription dated March 1899 adds to the charm of this Victorian copy. Condition: Cloth rubbed with fraying and some loss at the head and tail of the spine; corners bumped and worn; front inner hinge starting; endpapers lightly soiled with ownership inscriptions; text block age-toned. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Early printing: 'First Edition 1894. Reprinted 1894 twice 1895 1896 1897 1898.' Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny with frontispiece. Original blue cloth front board pictorially stamped in gilt with elephants and mahouts spine lettered and decorated in gilt; all edges gilt. Period ownership inscription 'Emma Green March 1899' and a later pencilled name on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed with fraying and some loss at the head and tail of the spine; corners bumped and worn; front inner hinge starting; endpapers lightly soiled. Text block sound with light age-toning. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1930réf. 7278New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1930. School Edition. Only publishing date given is 1894 but this copy was printed circa 1930. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 305 numbered pages. Original black and white illustrations throughout. This book is in very good minus condition. Moderate surface wear and soiling to the original cloth boards. The spine is sun faded. Some staining to the preliminary pages. The binding is sound and the textblock is clean and well preserved. The Jungle Book 1894 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #P11-88. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
1921réf. 5853New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1921. Measuring approximately 7.25" x 5.25" and 8" x 5.5" with 303 324 numbered pages respectively. These books are in fair condition. Moderate bumping staining and scuffing to boards and textblocks. Front water damage to the first book. Previous owners bookplate in both books. Moderate foxing and staining to interior pages. The Jungle Book 1894 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #O4-17. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1897réf. 105368D. Appleton & Co 1897. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Later printing. Covers shelfworn. Name written on front flyleaf. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
réf. 71360London: Macmillan and Company 1897. Classic seafaring adventure FIRST EDITION first impression. Crown octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 245 3. With 22 engraved illustrations by Taber including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on a line in apparently rough seas gilt titles and a portrait of Manuel blowing a horn to spine; all edges gilt black endpapers. Blind W.H. Smith stamp to fly-leaf otherwise internally crisp and clean. Heavy rubbing and toning to spine and lower board; upper quite clean. Good. One of Kipling's more moralistic adventure tales which tells the story of Harvey Cheyne the spoiled and perennially annoying son of a railroad magnate. When he falls overboard and is picked up by fishermen who don't believe the story of his origins he is forced to work his way back to land. By the time he reaches he shore and his parents arrive to pick him up he has become a worthy and industrious young man meeting the whole checklist of virtues outlined by Kipling in "If London: Macmillan and Company, 1897 unknown
1909réf. 61187London: Hodder & Stoughton N.d. 1915. 4to.Illustrated. 124 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth with decoration in pale green & lettering in gilt to front board & spine. Spotting to fore-edge and prelims. With sixteen tipped-in colour plates by W. Heath Robinson. Plates complete. Bright and clean copy. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. 1909. Hodder & Stoughton N.d. [1915] hardcover
1920réf. 69091London: Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1920. 8vo. First Edition. vi 284 4 pp. Red cloth binding with stamped gilt decoration to front and gilt letting to spine. Original dust jacket brown with monochrome printed title and monogram - uncommon to find in its jacket. Top edge gilt publisher's catalogue at rear. Jacket is chipped and torn at head of spine and corners with a large section of loss to corner of rear panel. Boards clean and bright with minor rubbing to spine ends. Binding firm. Internally very clean and bright with minor foxing to fore-edge and a prize bookplate dated 1945 from Bideford Grammar School. . Fine. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1920. Macmillan and Co, Ltd. 1920 hardcover
réf. 121528London Macmillan and co. ltd 1932 . First edition; 8vo 200 x 140mm; contemporary ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; gilt top-edge mild spotting to fore-edges otherwise pages are clean and bright; publisher's red cloth with elephant gilt medallion to upper panel gilt titling binding is sound most certainly an attractive copy in near fine condition; viii 400pp. Limits and Renewals was the author's last collection of short stories written not long after the death of his only son. It is therefore unsurprising that many of these stories then take on the themes of grief and suffering. London, Macmillan and co. ltd, 1932, hardcover
1904réf. 53719London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1904. 8vo. 387 18 pp. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt decoration to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. In the original printed dust wrapper. Dj spine slightly darkened and chipped at spine ends. Cloth especially fresh and bright. Slight spotting to endpapers and fore-edge. Internally clean. 18 page publisher's list at rear. Scarce in jacket. . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1904. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1904 hardcover
1958réf. 77866London: Hodder and Stoughton 1958. 8vo. Definitive edition on india paper. xvi 845 pp. Red and black printed title page. Publisher's blue buckram with spine gilt in slipcase. Bright and very firm copy. An inscription in ink to ffep and a few spots to edge of prelims. A few minor cracks to slipcase. The complete collection of Rudyard Kipling's poetry containing 37 additional poems from the inclusive edition of 1918. . Near Fine. Buckram. 1958. Hodder and Stoughton 1958 hardcover
1903réf. 53914London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1903. 8vo. vi 353 2 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt device to front board and gilt lettering to spine. In the original printed grey paper dust wrapper. Top edge gilt. Dj edgeworn with darkened spine. Cloth bright and fresh. Internally clean. No ownership names. . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1903. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1903 hardcover