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ref. 603698New York: Hurst & Company N.D. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Tanning along text block edges. Light shelfwear throughout boards. Small portion of text block detaching from spine. Crease in REP.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages. Hurst & Company hardcover
ref. 3752324368.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 3752355972.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1891ref. 366400London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. 9th Edition. Softcover. Good set in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; three issues. Contents; Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling ; Wee Willie Winkie and other stories by Rudyard Kipling ; The Story of the Cadsbys by Rudyard Kipling. Subjects; Rudyard Kipling. A.H. Wheeler & Co. Indian Railway Library. Short Stories. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company paperback
ref. 298333Allahabad : A. H. Wheeler & Co. 5th edition. Hardcover. Good to very good copy bound in gilt-blocked quarter aniline calf over marble boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Date of publication not listed. Physical description: 96 pages. Subject: Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Allahabad : A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1940ref. 347943London: Macmillan 1940. Colour Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 219 pages: illustrations; 18 cm. Subjects: Juvenile fiction. Children's stories pictorial works. 20th century childrens pictorial works. Kipling Rudyard. London: Macmillan hardcover
1923ref. 333549London: Macmillan 1923. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: bookplate of Major R.B.Grosse. Physical description: 2 v. : maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: I. The First battalion -- II. The Second battalion and appendices. Subjects: Great Britain Army Irish Guards. Irish Guards. Great Britain Army Irish guards History World War 1914-1918. Great Britain. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Great Britain Irish Guards. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Great Britain. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Ireland. World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories Irish Guards Great Britain. World War 1914-1918. 20th century texts. 20th century texts- Irish Guards World War. Genre: Illustrated. London: Macmillan hardcover
1922ref. 412357London : Macmillan 1922. 2nd edition in this form. Hardcover. Provenance: Prize label awarded to F. N. Keith. Good copy in the original full aniline calf leather with gilt-borders. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 314 pp. ill. Subjects; Subjects; Action and adventure fiction. Children's stories. Feral children. Juvenile fiction. London : Macmillan hardcover
1896ref. 354613London : Methuen and Co 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv 230 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: English poetry. Sea poetry. Genre: History. Language: English. London : Methuen and Co hardcover
1897ref. 261908New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 8 volumes. Contents; Volume 4. In Black and White ; v. 6. Under the deodars ; The story of the Gadsbys ; Wee Willie Winkle -- v. 8. The second jungle book -- v. 9. The light that failed -- v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 12. ""Captains courageous"" a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
ref. 2382260653.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1592246621.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1434421457.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1336459Easton Press. Novelty. VG. bound in bonded leather with raised bands gilt titles and decorations. all edges gilt. silk moire endsheets. ribbon bookmark bound in. no previous owner signatures or marks. pages and binding are clean straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Easton Press unknown
ref. 1406503193.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1890ref. 41165A H Wheeler & Co. Allahabad 1890. 8vo. Third Edition thus; original illustrated wrappers sewed as issued wrappers with small losses at edges else a bright clean copy. In the pale green wrappers of Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington with Wheeler's Indian Railway logo on front. Collects seven tales: The God from the Machine Private Learoyd's Story The Big Drunk Draf The Solid Muldoon With the Main Guard In the Matter of a Private Black Jack. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. A H Wheeler & Co., Allahabad, unknown
ref. 44550LONDON MACMILLAN AND CO. LTD. 1909. A VERY GOOD COPY IN RED BOARDS DECORATED IN GILT. AGE-TONING TO THE FRONT AND REAR. ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY MAURICE AND EDWARD DETMOLD. LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., 1909 hardcover
1919ref. 7600Hodder & Stoughton 1919. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's red cloth 3 vols. Gilt monograms on cover. A well preserved set with pages untrimmed except at the top edge. Spines sl. sunned. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1911ref. 36545London: Macmillan and Co. 1911. 8vo vi 353 1 pp. Marbled endpapers and edges light foxing to blanks outer edge of fly leaf worn. Prize label of Sandroyd School. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf gilt spine and rules green label slight sunning of spine otherwise an attractive copy. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1902ref. 959Y28Leipzig : Bernard Tauchnitz 1902-1903. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". Rudyard Kipling . A smart set offering the Tauchnitz editions of two of Rudyard Kipling's classic work one short-story collection and one poetry collection. The Tauchnitz copyright editions of these works published the same year as the first UK and US editions for the publisher's 'Collection of British Authors' series. In the original red cloth bindings. This set offers one anthology of poems and one short-story collection from renowned English writer Rudyard Kipling most notable for 'The Jungle Book' and many short stories including 'The Man Who Would Be King'. 'Just So Stories for Little Children' 1902 is considered a classic amongst children's literature and is also among Kipling's best known works depicting fantastic accounts of how various features of animals came to be. With twenty full pages of illustrations and a folding illustrated plate by the author. 'The Five Nations' 1903 divides the poems into two groups with the first untitled and covering a wide range of subjects and the other titled "Service Songs" which relates mostly to the experiences of British soldiers of the time. In the original red cloth bindings. Externally 'Just So Stories' is very smart with minor shelf wear and fading to the spine. With more notable rubbing and bumping to the extremities of 'Five Nations' which is also marked to the boards. Contemporary bookplate of one Florence Kim Rolin to the front pastedown of 'Just So Stories'. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Bernard Tauchnitz hardcover
1637ref. 924Q31London: Macmillan and Co. 1916-37 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A collection of three well presented works from celebrated novelist Rudyard Kipling including a first edition of Kipling's autobiography completed by his wife and published posthumously after the author's death. A trio of works written by the celebrated English novelist journalist and poet Rudyard Kipling.Each bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Comprised of the following: 'Just So Stories' the Uniform Edition with the first edition published in 1902. Comprised of a series of short stories aimed at children including 'How the Whale got his Throat' and 'The Crab that Played with the Sea. Wonderfully illustrated by the author throughout. 'Puck of Pook's Hill' published in 1930 with the first edition published in 1906. This entertaining fantasy series is comprised of a collection of short stories each set during different periods of history. Illustrated with twenty plates. 'Something of Myself' the first edition. Kipling's autobiographical work written during the last year of his life and left unfinished after his death. Posthumously published this insightful work was finished by the author's wife. Illustrated with three plates. Collated complete. With an image of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night tipped-in to the front endpaper of 'Puck of Pook's Hill' and a bookplate to 'Something of Myself'. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth. Externally very good with light bumping to the extremities and some rubbing to the joints heavier to 'Just so'. Slight fading and a little discolouration to cloth heavier to 'Puck' and 'Just so'. The odd mark to cloth and fore edge. Bookplate to front paste down 'Something of Myself' and pencil inscription to 'Just so'. Image tipped-in to front endpaper of 'Puck'. Lacking front endpaper to 'Just so'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd mark. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1913ref. 187394London: Macmillan & Co. 1913. Hardback No Dust Wrapper. Good. Joseph M. Gleeson. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head tail and corners of the binding with the join of the upper board worn and both boards lightly mottled. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Leans slightly. Text complete clean and tight; Hardback. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 9½ x 7 1.3 kg; pp 247; Includes: Colour plates 11; Black & white plates; Colour frontispiece; Top edge gilt; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187394 London: Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1995ref. 001957London: Folio society 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Auguste Leroux H.R. Millar W. Heath Robinson I.W. Taber and . First Folio Society editions and 1st printings. 8vos. 'Kim' - pp288 b/w map frontis and 12 colour plates illustrated by Auguste Leroux. ' Puck of Pook's Hill' - pp201 20 b/w illustrations by H.R. Millar. 'Poems' - pp236 8 colour plates and 15 b/w illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. 'Captains Courageous' pp191 21 b/w illustrations by I.W. Taber. 'Just So Stories' 1991 pp189 illustrated by the author throughout. All volumes in slipcases issued without dust jackets with gilt titles to spines and front boards and monochrome illustrations to front boards. All bindings in very good condition with a little fading of gilt to a couple of the titles. Inside all Vols pages in lovely near fine condition. A very nice collection of these Folio Society editions. Folio society hardcover
1903ref. mon0000992692Methuen and Co. 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Some light spotting to pages Binding firm Light wear to edges Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown Some fading to spine. Methuen and Co. hardcover
ref. 1786750953.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover