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1900Best.-Nr. 509799London: Macmillan & Co 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing of the "Uniform edition". Octavo. 336 1 ads pp. Red cloth decorated in gilt. The extremities of the binding are slightly bumped and rubbed else near fine. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page crossing out his printed name. The ink signature is a little faded as the tissue used to protect the frontispiece has absorbed some of the ink when Kipling signed the book. Laid into the book is a receipt for the book from Park-Bernet Galleries dated 1958. Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 89732London: William Heinemann Ltd 1898. First Edition. Library edition on Japanese vellum. Quarto. Linen-backed pictorial laid paper over boards; unpaginated. Mild darkening to boards with a trace of wear at edges and corners; internally fresh and clean - a pleasing Very Good or better copy. One sport for every month of the year in Nicholson's signature style with text by Rudyard Kipling. In addition to this regular issue there were "a few copies" issued with hand-colored plates signed by the authors. This an attractive copy clean and sound better than usually seen. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 157961891. Kipling John Lockwood. A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People. With Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. 2 pp undated ads plus 55 pp ads dated May 1891. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt. First Edition of this volume written and illustrated by Rudyard Kipling's father -- the genesis of his son's two JUNGLE BOOKs similarly illustrated by his father and of JUST SO STORIES illustrated by Rudyard. Each chapter is about a different type of Indian animal "Of Monkeys" "Of Elephants" "Of Camels" "Of Reptiles" etc. -- profusely illustrated by Lockwood himself as well as to a lesser degree by several others. BEAST AND MAN IN INDIA also includes the first appearance of several pieces by Rudyard -- two poems verse headings for nine of the chapters and extracts from two letters. With some leaves still unopened this is a near-fine copy of this attractively-bound book spine slightly darkened some foxing within. Quite uncommon. Richards B4; Stewart 104. unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 157181891. Hugh Walpole's copy Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. 4 pp preliminary plus 9 pp terminal ads undated with prices in rupees. Original grey-green pictorial wrappers First Published Edition technically the second Indian edition following the suppressed 1890 edition which had considerably different contents and of which only six copies are known. This 1891-dated Allahabad edition printed there came next followed by the 1891 edition with joint Allahabad / London imprint the first English edition printed in the UK. This was issued as No. XIV in the "Indian Railway Library" -- though Wheeler published this THE SMITH ADMINISTRATION and LETTERS OF MARQUE without authority after Kipling had left India for England. As is typical for this volume that is extremely fragile more delicate than the authorized titles condition is good-to-very good -- with about half of the wrapper's spine perished and with chips at some corners. Livingston says of this edition "although it is very scarce copies can be found." Richards A52 mistakenly showing this edition as undated; Stewart 93; Martindell 42; Livingston 70. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Provenance: 1 there is an indecipherable signature with the date 1891 written across the front cover; 2 at the top of the title page is the signature of Hugh Walpole 1884-1941 the English novelist born in New Zealand; he also added his "Brackenburn" leather bookplate to the inside of the front wrapper. The interior of the clamshell case bears the label of W. & G. Foyle Ltd of Charing Cross Road. unknown books
1892Best.-Nr. 130847London: Heinemann 1892. First. hardcover. very good. Original wrs. bound in 276pp. small 8vo 19th- century full brown morocco small red poppies on gilt-dec. covers gilt-stamped raised bands inner dentelles t.e.g.; corners lightly rubbed otherwise near fine. London: Heinemann 1892. Firts edition. A charming very good copy. Heinemann unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 50338Marina del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies this no. 42 oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were ever bound. Bieler Press unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 15489Marina Del Rey: Bieler Press 1997. Edition limited to 150 copies oblong 4to pp. 65 frenchfold with inserted slips as issued which show through in silhouette; designed and printed letterpress by Gerald Lange with assistance from Robin Price; wrappers with pictorial pastedown on upper cover the binding executed by Allwyn O'Mara. Unusual production handsomely presented. Gerald Lange notes that only 79 copies were bound. Bieler Press unknown books
1897Best.-Nr. 321595London: Macmillan 1897. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt a.e.g. Almost fine. Bookplate of F. Storck. Taber I.W. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A103; Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Martindell 68; Ballard LXXXI B; Grolier 224 Macmillan unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 162393London: Macmillan 1909. First. hardcover. near fine. vi 301 plus 12pp of ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt- lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on the covers; inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. Original wrappers are bound-in at rear. London: Macmillan and Co. 1909. First edition. Slightest edgewear otherwise a near fine copy. Macmillan unknown books
1906Best.-Nr. 330709New York: Doubleday 1906. First. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. 4 colored Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 8vo original green cloth stamped in gilt & black. New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1906. First American Edition. Fine copy in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase. Doubleday unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 158361890. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. January 1891 actually Dec 1890. Original printed wrappers. First American Appearance of this novel occupying almost the entirety 97 pages of this monthly issue. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was on a roll! Over the course of twelve months they introduced readers to three amazing novels: Arthur Conan Doyle's THE SIGN OF FOUR complete in the February 1890 issue Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY complete in the July 1890 issue and then this one. In February 1890 Kipling's agent A.P.Watt had negotiated for Kipling to deliver to Lippincott this novel -- for which they issued a UK copyright edition in November 1890 the true first edition. New York publishers John Lovell / United States Book Co. with London agent Wolcott Balestier and Kipling in-law were all set to publish this in early December 1890 when. The book's publication was held up until the American magazine version. could appear on the newstands in late December in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine cover-dated January 1891" Richards. This is a remarkably bright copy fine except for chipping away of the bottom quarter-inch of the spine. Quite uncommon in this condition. Richards E1-E3 plus see his A49-A51. Housed in a worn folding cloth case which bears the bookplate of Oliver Brett later 3rd Viscount Esher. unknown books
1895Best.-Nr. 140941518London: Macmillan & Co 1895. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt all edges gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine light wear and light soiling to cloth. Pages heavily foxed and with perforations to front free endpaper and the following blank sheet. Macmillan & Co unknown books
1900Best.-Nr. 149441900. Also Letters from Julian Ralph Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story. Santiago de Chile: Hume & Co. 1900. Original printed fawn wrappers. First Edition unauthorized issued as a volume in the publisher's "Libreria Inglesa." This volume published in Chile includes three poems and two stories that Kipling wrote during the Boer War plus four poems written earlier; it is the first edition in book form anywhere of the poems "Pharaoh and the Sergeant" and "Kitchener's School" and of the Boer War tales "With Number Three" and "Surgical and Medical." "It has been said that this is the only case on record of a first edition of a book being published in a country never visited by the author and where people did not speak his language" Richards. Hume the proprietor of Santiago's main bookstore was a huge Kipling fan but it appears that he overestimated the Chilean Kipling market: he supposedly printed 400 copies but few sold and the remainder were either burned in 1906 or pulped at a paper mill in 1911 -- though some copies like this one apparently were neither read nor burned nor pulped. For this copy is as new -- no wear no soil leaves still unopened. Richards A166; Stewart 240. Housed in a cloth slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 3767London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. Large quarto 10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm. 64 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. It is classic Kipling beautifully illustrated by Robinson. Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1896Best.-Nr. 32526London: Hutchinson & Co 1896. Very Good. London: Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First Edition Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by the publisher this being #76. Folio. 194pp. with list of subscribers at rear leading with the Queen. Illustrations and photogravures with tissue guards complete. Original white cloth decorated in gilt. Soiling and spotting to boards; wear with exposure and fraying to spine ends; exposure and fraying to corners; rubbing to spine. Boards give a little but binding holding soundly and pages unmarked; still a Very Good copy. Includes Kipling's poem "The Quest. Hutchinson & Co unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 1416331New York: R.H. Russell 1898. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in tan paper covered with spine cloth. Boards show moderate rubbing soiling surface scratches and scattered staining with wear and bumping to edges and corners. Cloth spine rubbed and slightly frayed to head and tail. Interior age-toned with light discoloration to edges. 15 leaves containing 12 color illustrations. Shelved in Room F. 1416331. Special Collections - Upstairs. R.H. Russell hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 14142761898. Group of 11 woodcut lithographs from "An Almanac of Twelve Sports". Prints measure 9.25 x 11.8 in. Sealed in shrink wrap with reproductions of Kipling's accompanying text on versos. All prints in Very Good condition with mild age toning. Old price stickers affixed to wrap. Shelved at Rockville PS1101. 1414276. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 501512London: William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Woodblocks by William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Quarto. Quarter linen and tan pictorial paper-covered boards printed in black illustrated with twelve full-page color lithographs by Nicholson. Covers are moderately worn at corners with a small chip at the tips of two corners a very good or better copy. A pictorial Almanac representing twelve different sports one for each month each with a full-page color lithograph by Nicholson each monthly sport introduced by a whimsical poem by Rudyard Kipling. The twelve sports are Hunting Coursing Racing Boating Fishing Cricket Archery Coaching Shooting Golf Boxing and Skating. William Heinemann hardcover books
1942Best.-Nr. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books
1895Best.-Nr. 147381895. Kipling J. Lockwood. With Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt all page edges gilt. First English Edition published three days after the American of the sequel to THE JUNGLE BOOK which had been published the year before. It continues with more tales of Mowgli that exemplify "The Laws of the Jungle" -- with illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling Rudyard's father. This was the second of the four Kipling gift books bound similarly by Macmillan with SOLDIER TALES and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS coming out the following two years respectively. This is an attractive near-fine copy volume slightly askew spine gilt less than bright but no foxing and essentially no wear; the front flyleaf bears an inked "Xmas 1895" signature. Richards A85; Stewart 132. unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 153356London: Macmillan 1891. First. hardcover. near fine. 352pp. 55pp. ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on covers and spine; original wrappers bound-in at rear. Inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. First edition. Near fine. Macmillan unknown books
Best.-Nr. 06549London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1897. The Grand Banks - Where Boys Become Men" A Classic of the Sea KIPLING Rudyard. 'Captains Courageous' A Story of the Grand Banks. With illustrations by I. W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1897. First edition. Small octavo 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm. viii 245 1 blank 2 advertisements pp. With twenty-two full-page illustrations by I. W. Taber. Publisher's blue cloth front cover and spine pictorially decorated in gilt dark gray coated endpapers all edges gilt. Minimal rubbing to extremities small bookseller's description neatly affixed to front paste-down. A touch of very light foxing otherwise a near fine copy the notoriously fragile endpapers remarkably fresh and intact. One of Kipling's most enduring and widely read novels Captains Courageous stands apart within his canon as a pure sea story drawn from his own experiences aboard fishing vessels off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. First published in 1897 it tells the story of Harvey Cheyne a spoiled American boy transformed by hardship discipline and camaraderie after being swept overboard and rescued by a Gloucester fishing schooner. The novel's vivid depiction of life at sea - its dangers routines and moral code - owes much to Kipling's gift for observation and his admiration for working seamen. The result is a narrative at once adventurous and deeply humane often compared to the great maritime traditions of Dana and Melville but with a distinctly Kiplingesque emphasis on character and duty. Isaiah West Taber 1830-1912 is a slightly deceptive figure in this context - he was not primarily a book illustrator but one of the leading American photographers of the late 19th century based in San Francisco. That explains why the plates in Captains Courageous feel unusually "real": they are derived from photographic studies not traditional drawn illustration. The publisher's pictorial gilt cloth binding with its bold maritime design is particularly attractive and increasingly difficult to find in such well-preserved condition especially with the delicate coated endpapers intact and the gilt still bright. A handsome and increasingly scarce first edition of one of the great literary evocations of the sea. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897 unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 322133Allahabad: Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co 1889. First edition. 2 ads 2 ii 2106 ii vii ads i blank pp. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press Allahabad. 1 vols. 8vo 8-3/4 x 5-3/8 inches. Pictorial wrappers by Mayo School of Art Lahore. Spine renewed. Signed P. Ashworth on upper cover. In brown half morocco slipcase and chemise. Very Good. First edition. 2 ads 2 ii 2106 ii vii ads i blank pp. Printed at the "Pioneer" Press Allahabad. 1 vols. 8vo 8-3/4 x 5-3/8 inches. Collection of eight short stories. Livingston 34; Richards A16 Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1901Best.-Nr. 353261London: MacMillan 1901. First English edition first impression. Frontispiece with tissue guard as issued and 9 other photographic illustrated plates in black and white. 1 443 pp. 2 ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth boards with gilt roundel insignia on front and gilt titles on spine some toning and rubbing to head and foot of spine early repair to rear inner hinge. Light soiling to boards and edges else a very good copy in paper covered slipcase. Kipling John Lockwood. First English edition first impression. Frontispiece with tissue guard as issued and 9 other photographic illustrated plates in black and white. 1 443 pp. 2 ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A174; Stewart 254 MacMillan unknown books
1908Best.-Nr. 33222New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. The Outward Bound Edition. Volumes 1 - 32; lacks volumes 11 17 20 and 33 - 36. This set was issued over many years so it's no surprise that several are missing. An attractive set bound in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles floral devices and raised bands to spines. Minor wear to edges corners spine ends and bands to most volumes. One volume has a detached spine along one edge. Another volume 18 is heavily cracked along the spine with some chipping. Minor sunning to spines of some volumes. Clean interiors overall with occasional spots of soiling to margins. Includes full page illustrations with captioned tissue guards. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. LIT/041719. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
