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1897ref. FBA134/21Maroon cloth binding with gilt title and decoration on the rebacked spine. Gilt emblem on the front board. De Luxe edition of Ten hundred and fifty copies. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. One of a set of five by Rudyard Kipling. From our photographs you will find an enhanced line of 'The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories' short stories. This is Kipling's personal copy which is one of a unique limited first edition of 1050 produced by Macmillan & Co. of London specially for Rudyard Kipling. In addition to the enhanced line of stories you will see on this restored book one of the first examples of Rudyard's 'elephant swastika lotus leaf motifs' which became Rudyard's emblem for the next 30 years. Rudyard Kipling gave this edition to Colonel Arthur Cory father of author Annie Sophie Cory whose pen name was Victoria Cross. In turn Colonel Cory on his return to London from Lahore sold this book for £5 to Jack Lang's grandfather. Overall this book is in a good condition. Frost Books was gifted this book by Jack Lang from Jack's Cambridge library. NOTE: This is an original book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don computer scientist food and wine connoisseur Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide 'Midsummer House'- Cambridge's paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. In 2008 Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation alongside other members of the Department and acted as the Foundation's Chair. The project's original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a "success disaster" as Jack would say as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK's most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
ref. 123402London Macmillan and Co. 1902. . First edition; large 8vo 24 x 18.5 cm; 22 full-page black & white illustrations by the author smaller illustrations within text spotting to free endpapers small dent to page edges lightly affecting prelims some minor spots or marks throughout primarily affecting p.49 and pp82-87 none affecting legibility of text small tear to lower edge of p.87 and p.145 approx. 1-2cm otherwise good condition with bright illustrations; modern red morocco one-line gilt-panelled border spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering to second and third gilt decoration to others original cloth cover bound in at rear top edge gilt some general signs of wear corners lightly rubbed otherwise a handsome fine binding; 249pp. A handsome copy of Kipling's famous collection of short stories and the only to be illustrated by himself. Kipling's famous stories include: "How the Whale Got His Throat" "How the Camel Got His Hump" "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" "How the Leopard 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" and "The Butterfly that Stamped." London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. hardcover
1895ref. 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
1890ref. 657P7London: A. H. Wheeler; Sampson Low Martson & Company 1890-93. Paperback. Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A scarce collection of five short stories by Rudyard Kipling each volume held in the original publisher's illustrated wraps. In five volumes. A collection of short story works by Rudyard Kipling all bound in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. 'Wee Willie Winkie' published in 1890 published by A. H. Wheeler & Co. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and another two to the rear. This work includes the stories 'Wee Willie Winkie' 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' 'The Drums of the Fore and Aft' and more'. The third edition of this work. 'In Black and White' published in 1890 published by A. H. Wheeler & Co. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and another two to the rear. This work includes the stories 'Dray Wara Yow Dee' 'At Twenty-Two' 'The Sending of Dana Da' and more. The third edition of this work. 'Soldiers Three' published in 1893 published by Sampson Low Martson & Company. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and another two to the rear. This work includes the stories 'The God From the Machine' 'The Big Drunk Draf' 'With the Man Guard' and more. The tenth edition of this work. 'The Phantom Rickshaw' published in 1890 published by A. H. Wheeler & Co. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and another two to the rear. This work includes the stories 'The Phantom Rickshaw' 'The Man Who Would Be King' 'My Own True Ghost Story' and more. The third edition of this work. 'The Story of the Gadsbys' published in 1890 published by A. H. Wheeler & Co. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front and another two to the rear. This work includes the stories 'Poor Dear Mama' 'The Tents of Kedar' 'Fatima' 'The Swelling of Jordan' and more. The third edition of this work. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally sound. Wraps of 'Soldiers Three' detached but present with loss to the head and the tail and discolouration to the wraps. Rear wrap of 'In Black and White' is lifting to the tail with slight loss to the spine and discolouration and marks to the wraps. 'Wee Willie Winkie' with loss to the fore edge of the front wrap and to the bottom of the rear wrap loss to the spin and light discolouration and marking to the wraps. Front wrap of 'The Phantom Rickshaw' is detached but present with loss to the spine with some marking to the wraps including a couple of small chips to the front wrap. Front wrap of 'The Story of the Gadsbys' is almost detached loss to most of the spine marking and rubbing to the wraps with a small chip to the front wrap. Light edge wear to the extremities of the wraps of each volume. Internally 'In Black and White' 'The Phantom Rickshaw' and 'The Story of the Gadsbys' are firmly bound and 'Soldiers Three' and 'Wee Willie Winkie' is generally firmly bond. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Title page of 'The Phantom Rickshaw' with some marks. Closed tear and fold to the title page of 'The Story of the Gadsbys'. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the title pages of each work except 'The Story of the Gadsbys'. Good Only A. H. Wheeler; Sampson Low, Martson & Company paperback
1901ref. 14850London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. In-8 de [6]-413-[3] pages, plein maroquin bordeaux, dos à 5 nerfs avec filets, roulettes, encadrements et titre dorés, filet doré encadrant les plats et ornant les coupes, filet intérieur, tranches dorées, gardes marbrées. Reliure signée Asprey & Co.
1923ref. 894F37London: Macmillan and Co 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition first impression of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers of the Guards Kipling details their importance in the war. The first volume covers the first battalion and the second volume discusses the second battalion and includes extensive appendices.With seven maps to volume I and four to volume II. Collated complete.Two pages of advertisements to the rear of volume II.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip heads and tails otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge of volume II strained. Dust wrappers age toned to back strips. Loss of paper to tail of rear wrap of volume I with small losses to head and tail of back strip. Light edgewear to volume II back strip tail with more significant edgewear and a closed tear to the head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with instances of light spotting to first and last few leaves most prominent to volume II. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1890ref. 018576New York: John W. Lovell Company 1890. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo vi2 5- 277pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition of Kiplings First Published Book. Originally published in Lahore India while Kipling was stationed there working as a journalist byThe Civil and Military Gazette Press in1886. Includes the iconic "Gunga Din". Bound in original maroon cloth with titles in gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Housed in a quarter red morocco over red cloth-covered boards slip case with matching red-cloth chemise which has mild edge-wear and moderate rubbing to spine ribs. Square tight and clean throughout with quite mild rubbing to spine ends and tips. No page toning to speak of. Remarkably well=preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
1899ref. 96168London: Methuen and Co. and George Newnes 1899. Finely bound early printings of Kipling's collections of songs and poems regarding the late-Victorian British Army and voyages on the high seas. Octavo three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in 6 compartments within raised gilt bands top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Bookplate to each pastedown. Written in vernacular dialect Kipling's The Barrack Room Ballads contains some of Kipling's most well-known work including the poems "Gunga Din" "Tommy" "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" which established his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the Scots Observer in the first half of 1890 and collected in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in The Seven Seas under the same title. A third group of vernacular Army poems from the Boer War titled "Service Songs" and published in The Five Nations 1903 can be considered part of the Ballads as can a number of other uncollected pieces. Methuen and Co. and George Newnes hardcover
1891ref. 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
1932ref. 13609New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1932. Limited Edition. Three quarter leather. Fine. 8vo. Pp. vi 431. Frontis. black & white photographic portrait of Kipling with his facsimile signature below with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers. Bound in navy blue three-quarter leather over blue cloth boards; spine lettered in gilt; gilt tooling to spine and raised bands on spine; gilt borders on covers. Clean and fresh throughout. Number 7 of an edition limited to 204 copies printed on Japan paper and signed by Kipling. A bright copy well preserved. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1914ref. 13144NY: Doubleday Page & Company for Review of Reviews 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5.5"x7.5". 339 pgs. Authorized Edition. Red cloth boards. Blindstamped on front w/hindu swastika symbol in circle w/cursive author's name. Doubleday colophon blindstamped on spine. Raised ribs that are flattened on spine w/gilt letters. Date on title page. Spine straight binding tight pages clean w/slight tone from age. Not x-library and unmarked. Mild shelf wear w/light soiling to back cover. Mild edge wear. Secure ship in cardboard w/track #. In 1/1878 Kipling was admitted to the United Services College at Westward Ho! Devon a school founded a few years earlier to prepare boys for the armed forces. The school proved rough going for him at first but led to firm friendships & provided the setting for his schoolboy stories Stalky & Co. published years later. During his time there he met & fell in love with Florence Garrard the model for Maisie in his 1st novel The Light That Failed initially published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Dick Heldar is a war correspondent & an artist known for the drawings he sends home to the London papers from wars in exotic places like Sudan. When he returns to London he attempts to make a career for himself as a serious artist & encounters his childhood sweetheart Maisie. They fall in love. Then he learns that a minor problem with his eyes is actually the onset of blindness incurable--the result of a head wound he took during the war. As his vision fails the light of everything around him--his life his hopes his dreams--fail with it. There are terrible choices to be made between the love of the woman he treasures & the love of the men who stood by him at the front. From Goodreads. Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews hardcover
1891ref. 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
2012ref. 12245London; Folio Society 2012. 2012. Hard Cover. Number 174 in a limited edition of only 1000 copies only. Quarto pp.197. With 14 tipped in colour illustrations including frontispiece and a numbered hand-printed etching SIGNED by the artist and 9 further monochrome tail-pieces. Vellum quarter binding with titles blocked in 22-carat gold to spine blocked in four metallic foils; top edge gilt; tan pictorial endpapers. Printed on Cordier Wove paper and housed in a copper-coloured solander box with title label laid on and promotional prospectus loosely inserted. An extremely handsome copy which is in Fine condition and appears unread with no annotations or inscriptions. Slipcase shows small areas of unobtrusive surface scuffing and single small bruise to one edge; near fine condition. Sumptuous edition which contains all twelve of the iconic Just So Stories along with 'The Tabu Tale'. With an Introduction by Michael Morpurgo and glorious illustrations by Niroot Puttapipat. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. London; Folio Society, 2012. hardcover
1910ref. 24285London: Macmillan 1910. A first edition first printing of 'Rewards and Fairies' by Rudyard Kipling printed by Macmillan in 1910 illustrations by Frank Craig. A very good book boards bound in publisher's original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt blind stamped elephant device to front board a little fading to spine and pushing to spine and tips handling wear to corners and extremities gilt top stain with further browning and spotted text block and a little to the prelims. No dust wrapper. Without inscriptions. Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of historical and fantastical short stories intertwined with poems that explore England's past. A sequel to Puck of Pook's Hill it features characters Dan and Una who meet Puck a mischievous fairy who introduces them to figures from various eras. The stories blend myth legend and history providing moral lessons and insights into English heritage. Notable for its famous poem "If" the collection showcases Kipling's storytelling and poetic skill. Macmillan hardcover
1900ref. 179281Santiago de Chile: Hume & Co. Libreria Inglesa 1900. First edition one of approximately 400 copies pirated in Chile "from patriotic motives. Few copies were sold and in about 1906 in a shelf-clearing move the balance burnt. Alternatively according to Livingston and Stewart the remaining copies were pulped at a paper mill in 1911" Richards. This collection includes verses and newspaper reports by Kipling. Duodecimo. Original brown wrappers lettered in red and black leaves unopened. Housed in custom red cloth chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Bookseller's typed cataloguing from James F. Drake loosely inserted. Light creases to wrappers and upper corners of contents overall a fine unopened copy. Richards A166. hardcover
1890ref. 641P24London: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1890-92. First edition. Loose Pages Articles. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A collection of four volumes of Rudyard Kipling's short stories with four volumes bound as one one of the collections 'The City of Dreadful Night' being the first edition. A collection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling. 'Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories' the eighth edition of this work. Undated dated 1892 from a copy held at the National Trust. 'The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales' the fourth edition of this work. Undated dated 1890 from a copy held at Birmingham University. 'Under the Deodars' the fourth edition of this work. Undated dated 1891 from a copy held at Oxford University. 'The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places' the first edition of this work. Undated dated 1891 from a copy held at the British Library. All volumes with the front wrap bound in. Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Rebound in a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. A little fading to the spine. A couple of light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd scattered spot. A little discolouration to the title pages. Very Good Indeed A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1902ref. 224750London.: Macmillan. 1902. Full-page illustrations by the author including a map 249pp. 23.5 x 17.4cm. Original pictorial maroon cloth prior owner's label on the front pastedown endpapers and edges foxed spine faintly sunned head and tail of spine with abrasions but a very good copy the text and illustrations are still bright and clean. A copy of the first edition first impression in the second issue binding with the more durable white pigment used for the lettering and decoration. The white blocking on the first issue binding was notoriously prone to flaking and was replaced early in the binding process with a more stable pigment; copies such as this in which the white lettering and decoration remain well preserved are consequently described as being in the second issue binding. Both cloth bindings were used for copies of the first impression. . Macmillan. hardcover
1897ref. 211Kipling Rudyard. Hindu Tales In Black and White. Translated from English by V.N. Ofrosimov. St. Petersburg 1897 107 pp. 22 x 15 cm. Kipling is the most "Russian" of all Western writers of the 20th century not in terms of character or worldview but in terms of the intensity of his influence. No other country in the world loved The Jungle Book so much the best cartoon based on it was made in the USSR the best music for the radio play was written by Gubaidulina herself children of all Soviet generations played Mowgli Bagheera and Shere Khan and by the way we correctly adjusted the gender of Kipling's two main characters. The cat who walks by himself became a cat in our version and the fairy tale became more accurate funnier and more sarcastic and Bagheera who was also a brave young man in Kipling's version turned into a cunning queen of the jungle sometimes protecting Mowgli sometimes in love with him; a kind of Catherine with a young favorite. But most importantly Kipling became the foremost poet in Russia. At the same time he is rather marginal in England and even more so in the United States where incidentally his favorite was Eliot an avant-gardist and certainly not an imperialist; "A bad poet who writes excellent poems" he said of Kipling and this is a very accurate description. Despite Kipling's popularity in the USSR translations of his works began long before the October Revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. The first translations appeared in 1896 and at the beginning of the 20th century several new translations were published each year. In 1916 an 11-volume collection of his works was released. The book on offer Hindu Tales 1897 is one of the first translations of Kipling into Russian. It is in decent condition with a worn cover from the era and the stamp of a private collector. WorldCat shows only two copies in libraries worldwide Berkeley and Yale.
1914ref. 126384New York: Hearst's International Library Co 1914. First edition of King Albert's Book produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto original cloth frontispiece portrait of King Albert with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham Edmund Dulac Kay Nielsen and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is lacking the spine. Produced to benefit the Belgian Fund King Albert's Book contains contributions by numerous princes diplomats ecclesiastics scholars scientists men and women of letters artists and composers including Winston S. Churchill Rudyard Kipling Edith Wharton Arthur Rackham and Claude Debussy. Hearst's International Library Co hardcover
ref. 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
1892ref. 1206041892. Scarce unauthorized edition of perhaps Kipling's most popular poetry collection. Octavo original wrappers. In very good condition. This collection was so popular upon publication in 1892 it was pirated in a small number of unauthorized editions which were sold on the streets of London and quickly suppressed. Housed in a custom chemise case. Scarce. In the short span of four years English author Rudyard Kipling produced in addition to the Jungle Books a collection of short stories The Day's Work a novel Captains Courageous and a profusion of poetry including the volume The Seven Seas. The collection of Barrack-Room Ballads was issued in March 1892 first published individually for the most part in 1890 and containing his poems "Mandalay" and "Gunga Din". unknown
ref. 122487Rare collection of Rudyard Kipling ephemera from the collection of William Britton Stitt including his membership card to The Kipling Society letters of correspondence between him and the President of The Kipling Society newspaper clippings articles postcards pamphlets and separate editions of Kipling stories and poems. In very good condition. A unique collection. 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. unknown
1899ref. 96106London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1899. First British edition of Kipling's collection of school stories. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt medallion displaying an elephant to the from panel top edge gilt. In fine condition. From the library of George Barr McCutcheon with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. He became 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. Kipling's Stalky & Co. follows the story of a group of raucous adolescent boys at a British boarding school. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
ref. 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
1923ref. 126193The First UK printings published by Macmillan and Co. Limited London in 1923. 8vo. 2 vols.; publisher's red cloth embossed with the regimental badge of the Irish Guards in gilt to the upper boards; lettered in gilt along backstrips; together in the rare brown wrappers printed in black with publisher s devices to upper cover and spine; and a list of advertisements for Kipling s works to the lower panel; priced 40/- net to spine; upper edges gilt; with 4 double-page and 7 single-page maps by Emery Walker showing the first and second battalions respectively and printed in red and black; The BOOKS are in Very Good condition. Clean copies a little toned to the text block with some minimal rubbing and bumping to the edges of the cloth boards in places ; previous bookseller description affixed to the ffep of Vol I. The seldom found WRAPPERS are in Very Good condition ; chipped to spine ends with a little loss but none affecting text; some chips leading to some small closed tears and a little loss to the upper edges in places; spine of Vol II wrapper with a 7cm split along fold and two tears extending horizontally across the backstrip; unusual still in this condition. The wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. Provenance: with the attractive bookplate of Lucy and Bernard Heinemann to the front paste-downs. First edition first UK printing with contemporary insurance policy advertisement bookmark loosely inserted. An extensively researched work covering the movements and actions of the Irish Guards from their mobilisation the First Battalion on 4th August 1914 the Second from the 15th July 1915 through to Armistice day. The Irish Guards were one of the first regiments to be mobilised and they remained on the Western Front for the duration of the war. They took part in one of the bloodiest battles of 1914 the battle of Ypres as well as the Battle of the Somme and faced huge casualties throughout the duration of the war. Their motto Quis Separabit which appears on the covers of this work translated from the Latin as "Who shall separate us" and comes from the Order of St Patrick. Kipling had good reason to focus his attention on this particular regiment. Upon the outbreak of the First World War the author s only son John was keen to enlist and after failing a series of medical examinations due to poor eyesight it was his father who eventually succeeded in getting him a place being lifelong friends with Lord Roberts former commander-in-chief of the British Army and colonel of the Irish Guards. John joined the Irish Guards and at the battle of Loos was sent into fight two days into the battle in a reinforcement contingent. Missing in action he was presumed dead in service to his country and his body was not formerly identified until 1992. Kipling was devastated by his loss and consumed with guilt at his part in arranging his son s placement. He later wrote in Epitaphs of the War "If any question why we died / Tell them because our fathers lied." Recollection fades from men s minds as common as life closes over them Kipling writes here in his introduction. It is for the sake of these initiated that the compiler has loaded his records with detail and seeming triviality since in a life where Death ruled every hour nothing was trivial. A fascinating historical record scarce in the jackets and often regarded as one of the finest examples of regimental history. Collectible More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London hardcover
