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2006ref. 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
1915ref. 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
1932ref. 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
1912ref. 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
1898ref. 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
1930ref. 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
1921ref. 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
1897ref. 105368D. Appleton & Co 1897. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Later printing. Covers shelfworn. Name written on front flyleaf. D. Appleton & Co hardcover
1932ref. 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 books
1912ref. 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 books
ref. 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
1909ref. 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
1920ref. 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
ref. 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
1904ref. 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
1958ref. 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
1903ref. 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
1899ref. 50289London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. First edition 8vo xii 272 2 advertisement pp. Marbled endpapers sides and edges armorial bookplate. Contemporary half calf a little sunned. Martindell 77. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1899ref. 018835Macmillan & Co Ltd 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Red hardcover. spine faded spine ends rubbed. Corners bumped. A few marks to cover. Presentation copy. Pages toned. Two pages of adverts at rear. Macmillan & Co Ltd hardcover
1899ref. 70977London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. 8vo. First Edition. xi 272 2 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and elephant medallion on the front board top edge gilt. Slight wear to spine ends rubbing to joints and darkening to spine. Ink name to ffep. Occasional spots but generally internally clean. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1899. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1899 hardcover
ref. 73679Cleveland & New York: International Fiction Library no date 1920s/30s. Strange tales Omnibus. Octavo 22 x 14cm pp.iv; 168; 3-149; 'American Notes'; 5 blank. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers blocked in green illustrated dust-wrapper. Contents clean slightly toned no inscriptions inside paper joint cracked jacket with a few small chops to extremities. A very good copy. Kipling's chapters on his time in Calcutta originally serialised in the Allahabad 'Pioneer' in 1888 together with other tales including 'At Vulcan's Forge' The Perils of The Pits' and 'In an Opium Factory'. Cleveland & New York: International Fiction Library, no date [1920s/30s] unknown
ref. 121527London Methuen and co. 1903 . First edition; 8vo 200 x 130 mm; usual age-toning gilt top-edge spotting to fore-edges others untrimmed browned endpapers; publisher's red buckram cloth gilt titling to spine boards are sunned corners bumped otherwise very good condition; xvi 215pp 1 38 ads. First published in 1903 Kipling's The Five Nations included a number of new poems as well as several that had been previously published notably Recessional of 1897. In 1903 the United Kingdom consisted of four nations: England Ireland Scotland and Wales. It was soon suggested that Kipling's 'five nations' were the 'five free nations of Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa i.e. Cape Colony and the islands of the sea i.e. the British Isles - all dominated by Britons; and except in the last case by recent settlers. Kipling is chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. London, Methuen and co., 1903, hardcover
ref. 58316London: Methuen and Co. 1903. Poetry FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Octavo 20 x 13cm pp.xvi; 215 41. Catalogue dated July 1903; with the misprint 'David' for 'Saul' on p.56. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Illustrated bookplate of Wilfred H. Osmond to front pastedown. Endpapers browned with some spotting and toning to edges. Spine sunned with heavy rubbing to head. Very good. London: Methuen and Co., 1903 unknown
1892ref. AQ32268London: William Heinemann 1892. 4 276pp 8pp. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Rubbed marked and a trifle cocked spine dulled corners bumped. Hinges exposed later armorial bookplate of George de L'Isle Bush to FEP scattered spotting. The first edition of an early novel by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 written in collaboration with his brother-in-law Wolcott Balestier 1861-1891. The novel is set in the fictional state of 'Rahore' believed to be based on Rajputana. . First edition. 8vo. William Heinemann hardcover
1889ref. 62788Allahabad.: A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. 104pp. Indian Railway Library No. 6. Original printed pictorial pale green wrappers. Bound in modern plain grey boards. Wrappers are a lightly browned lacks the the rear cover. Internally the rear few pages a slightly foxed. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. H. Wheeler & Co.