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1908Best.-Nr. feb1262681908: First Slovenian Edition Of Džungla Džungla L. Schwentner
Best.-Nr. 06199n.p.: 1900. Rudyard Kipling" An Authentic Signature of the Nobel Prize-Winning Author Attractively Framed with a Portrait of Kipling as a Young Man KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Autograph signature "Rudyard Kipling" on a clipped slip attractively mounted together with a photographic portrait of Kipling as a young man and an engraved identification plaque. The autograph boldly signed in black ink "Rudyard Kipling" is mounted within a cream and black geometric mat. Beneath is a brass plaque engraved "RUDYARD KIPLING / 1865-1936 / English Writer." Alongside is a photographic portrait of Kipling wearing spectacles and a broad-brimmed hat. Photographic portrait approximately 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches 241 x 170 mm. The whole professionally matted framed and glazed in an attractive black and gilt frame. Overall frame size approximately 16 1/2 x 21 inches 419 x 535 mm. An attractive framed presentation incorporating an authentic autograph of Rudyard Kipling one of the most celebrated English writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent much of his early life in British India an experience which profoundly influenced his literary career. His extraordinary range encompassed poetry short stories novels and children's literature. His best-known works include The Jungle Book 1894 The Second Jungle Book 1895 Kim 1901 and Just So Stories for Little Children 1902 together with such celebrated poems as "Mandalay" "Gunga Din" "Recessional" and "If - ." In 1907 Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature becoming both the first English-language recipient and at the age of forty-one the youngest recipient to that date. The Nobel committee praised his powers of observation originality of imagination virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration. The autograph itself is particularly appealing: it is a clean legible example of Kipling's familiar flowing signature with the distinctive formation of the capital R and K and it presents extremely well within the custom display. n.p.: , 1900 unknown
1888Best.-Nr. 42461Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. 2 pgs. of ads 104pp. vii pages of ads at the rear. Custom full contemporary red morocco binding with a gilt-stamped motif likely owner's initials or personal insignia and tooling on the the front cover and spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and gilt dentelles with owner's bookplate the same design as on the front cover measuring 1x1" on vellum at the interior front cover. Bound by Trow in New York with binder's signature at the top of the fornt free endpaper. This is the true first edition of this collection of children's stories by Kipling published in India. This is no.6 of the "Indian Railway Library" series published by A.H. Wheeler & Co with a cover price of "One Rupee." The original grey-green illustrated wrappers both front and back credited to the "Moto School of Art Lahore" have been bound into this beautiful hardcover signed binding by Brentano's. The front wrapper features three men and a boy while the back wrapper shows two flute-playing soldiers. The front and back of the book feature ads for and reviews of other works by Kipling. Binding with some minor rubbing to extremities and minor smudging to the covers. A faint horizontal scratch to the front cover. Interior with a small closed tear to the bottom of the gutter at the interior front cover. Light spotting along the edge of the book block the front free endpapers and the bound in front wrapper. Binding and interior in very good condition overall. No.6 of the "Indian Railway Library" series by AH Wheeler & Co. These where originally sold at railway stations in India in softcover editions. A.H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 122341New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1909. First authorized edition of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with the author's note noting Dodge's previously unauthorized edition "issued without my knowledge or sanction". Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. First published in an unauthorized edition by B. W. Dodge and Co. months before this authorized edition was approved by Kipling Abaft the Funnel includes such short stories as The Fallen Idol The Shadow of His Hand The Three Young Men A Death in the Camp and Chautauquaed. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1901Best.-Nr. 134755London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1901. First English edition of what many consider Kipling’s masterpiece. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with photographs of clay reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling including tissue-guarded frontispiece two pages of advertisements at rear. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Kim unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel made the term "Great Game" popular and introduced the theme of great power rivalry and intrigue. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881 but before the Third probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people culture and varied religions of India. "The book presents a vivid picture of India its teeming populations religions and superstitions and the life of the bazaars and the road." Considered by many to be Kipling's masterpiece opinion appears varied about its consideration as children's literature or not. Roger Sale in his history of children's literature concludes "Kim is the apotheosis of the Victorian cult of childhood but it shines now as bright as ever long after the Empire's collapse." It was the basis for the 1950 film starring Errol Flynn Dean Stockwell and Paul Lukas. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel." Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 124119Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1891. Rare first edition of this collection of letters published without Kipling's permission and so quickly suppressed. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. One of one thousand copies many of which were destroyed at Kipling's behest. In near fine condition. Ownership stamp. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. A. H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 123595Boston: The Youth's Companion 1898. Rare collection of Kipling first appearances including the first appearance of The Burning of the Sarah Sands An English School and My Personal Experience With a Lion. Quarto. Housed in a custom folder. In near fine 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. The Youth's Companion unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 120640Santiago: Hume & Co 1900. First edition of this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems and two articles. Octavo original wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase. Rare. Published in 1900 this unauthorized collection of seven Kipling poems includes A Song of the White Men With Number Three Surgical and Medical Auld Lang Syne Pharaoh and the Sergeant Kitchener's School White Horses and The Absent-Minded Beggar. Hume & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-013-02036BCR Bibliographical Center for Research. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-M-015-01619Kessinger Publishing. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Kessinger Publishing unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 218743New York: R. H. Russell 1898. First American edition. Illustrated with 12 colored lithographs after Nicholson's hand-colored woodblocks one for each month. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Buff pictorial paper boards linen cloth spine. Very good copy. First American edition. Illustrated with 12 colored lithographs after Nicholson's hand-colored woodblocks one for each month. 1 vols. Thin 4to. This Nicholson gem which along with his LONDON TYPES and TWELVE PORTRAITS represents the summit of Nicholson's art in this medium. The twelve sports one for each month are: Hunting January Coursing February Racing March Boating April Fishing May Cricket June Archery July Coaching August Shooting September Golf October Boxing November and Skating December each accompanied by a whimsical verse by Kipling. Campbell William Nicholson: The Graphic Work33c and pp. 44-54; Livingston 145; Grolier Kipling p. 5 R. H. Russell unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 1262601London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in white vellum with gilt lettering and gilt green and red vignettes on front board and spine. Thirty tipped-in color plates with green decorative border and printed tissue-guards including frontispiece. Ties missing. Top edge gilt; fore edge and lower edge uncut. This edition is limited to five hundred copies signed by the artist and numbered of which this is number 75. Foxing throughout not impacting color plates. Bookplate belonging to Jacobi R. W. Robinson on inside front board. Boards curving as is typical of vellum. DC Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. 1262601. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 202London: Macmillan 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Kipling's popular nautical tale with vivid descriptions of the Massachusetts fishing industry. The basis for the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. London: Macmillan 1897. Octavo original cloth gilt all edges gilt. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. Book slightly cocked as often; a few spots to cloth crease to rear endpaper. Text unusually clean and cloth gilt bright. Without scarce dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover
1902Best.-Nr. 69666London: Macmillan and Co 1902. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE; KIPLING Rudyard. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE binder. KIPLING Rudyard illustrator. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. Just So Stories for Little Children. Illustrated by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co. 1902. First edition of Kipling's famous collection of twelve stories and twelve poems including "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots." Small quarto 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches; 224 x 170 mm. 6 249 1 blank 1 printer's device 1 blank pp. Bound without the initial blank leaf. Twenty-two full-page illustrations. With the original publisher's red cloth bound in at the back. The cloth is with the first issue flaked white ink. Bound by Bayntun in full red levant morocco. Gilt-rule border on covers. Front cover stamped in gilt with an elephant and a palm tree. Spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt board edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some minor finger smudging. A small closed repaired tear to contents page not affecting text. A near fine copy. "These twelve stories with an equal number of poems written 'for little children' were drawn from the store of 'make believe' tales that Kipling told to his own children. All of the stories but one "How the Alphabet Was Made" had appeared in periodicals between 1897 and 1902 but none of the verses had been published before 1902" Stewart. This book has the distinction of being the only one illustrated by Kipling. Gumuchian 3526. Livingston 267. Martindell 99. Osborne Collection I pp. 362-363. Stewart 260. HBS 69666. $1000. Macmillan and Co unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 333318Cleveland: Rowfant Club 1926. First edition no. 74 of 176 copies printed by Bruce Rogers. Title-page vignette headpieces and tailpieces. vi 13 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original marbled boards in slipcase and wrapper. Page one with a small area of soiling in the outer margin else fin. Minor wear to the slipcase. First edition no. 74 of 176 copies printed by Bruce Rogers. Title-page vignette headpieces and tailpieces. vi 13 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Livingston 504 Rowfant Club unknown
1888Best.-Nr. 378679Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First edition with the first state of the wrappers without the shading around the "No. 4" and "One Rupee. 8 106 vii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers with illustration by John Lockwood Kipling. Fine copy. Bookplate of Everett. Green cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition with the first state of the wrappers without the shading around the "No. 4" and "One Rupee". 8 106 vii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Superior copy of this early Kipling title Indian Railway Library No. 4. Stewart 46; Richards A17 A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 068602Paris: Societe Dv Mercvre de France no date. Hardcover. Very Good. Beautifully rebound French translation of The Jungle Book. Either a first or early French translation. The translation is by Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humieres. The half title page contains inscriptions by both translators to Charles Fountaine Walker whose book plate is in the front of the book. In the front four blank pages of the book there is a lengthy four page inscription to Charles dated Nov. 23 1899 signed Louis. Charles Fountaine Walker translated with Fabulet two other Kipling books: Captains Courageous and Kim. The binding is beautiful leather with an Art Nouveau styled gilt decoration. The binding was done by the Guild of Women Binders and is signed in small letters at the bottom of the inside of the front cover. 78-2982 The two leaves holding the four page inscription are mostly loose - barely holding. Cracked hinge at half title page but the text block is hold firmly. There is a whitish line of discoloration on the front and back see image. Societe Dv Mercvre de France hardcover
1888Best.-Nr. 6471A. H. Wheeler & Co 1888. First Indian Edition. First Indian edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.5" with 104 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Old restoration to the front cover. Heavy wear and staining to the extremities. Interior pages are moderately stained. 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 #M9-7. A. H. Wheeler & Co unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 29913London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Limited edition no. 272 of 500 copies signed by Robinson 4to xvi 114 pp. 30 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues plus further black and white illustrations in the text. Original publisher's gilt decorated vellum t.e.g. lacking the ties and with some light soiling and browning. London: Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1910Best.-Nr. 11820Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. 8.1 x 5.6 inches. Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. The spine with five raised bands the compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative floral gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely attractively bound copy. -- Contains the classic Kipling Poem "If". Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 193165London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. First British edition of Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. The work was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897. It was written while the newlywed Kipling was living in Vermont. The American edition preceded the British publication by a month. Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard 21 plates by I. W. Taber. With 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered and with decorations in gilt black endpapers gilt edges. Armorial bookplate of Hugh Erat Harrison 1859-1909 designed by his brother Thomas Erat Harrison and dated 1892. Spine skewed cloth and gilt bright occasional foxing. A very good copy. Richards A103; Stewart p. 152. hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 195084London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1897. First British edition of Kipling's only novel set entirely in America. "Kipling thought he'd written a great story. He wrote to Conland Dr. James Conland the dedicatee after the book had begun to appear serially 'I tell you that tale will be a snorter'" Gidmark p. 71. The work was originally serialized in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897 having been written while the newlywed Kipling was living in Vermont. The British edition was published one month after the American edition. Octavo. Tissue-guarded frontispiece 21 halftone plates by I. W. Taber. Publisher's 2 pp. advertisements at rear Original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt fishermen designs on spine and front cover in gilt black endpapers edges gilt; original jacket spine and panels mounted to endpapers. Bookplate of the Australian broadcaster John Laws; old cataloguing slip loosely inserted. Binding bright gentle rubbing to edges minor foxing to initial leaves contents sharp: a near-fine copy. Richards A103. Jill B. Gidmark ed. Encyclopaedia of American Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes 2001. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 121373London Macmillan and Co. 1895. . First edition; 8vo 195 x135 mm; 39 text illustrations including head and tail-piece vignettes and historiated initials contemporary gift inscription to ffep usual age-toning and spotting to prelims blemish to pp 176-177; publisher's blue cloth decoratively ruled and pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt embossed front cover unusually bright despite minor shelf wear and small stain to front cover in very good condition; 2 blank 6 238pp 2 advertisements. The Jungle Book is a 'collection of stories published in 1894; it's sequel The Second Jungle Book published in 1895 contains stories linked by poems. The stories tell mostly of Mowgli an Indian boy who is raised by wolves from infancy and who learns self-sufficiency and wisdom from the jungle animals. The book describes the social life of the wolf pack and more fancifully the justice and natural order of life in the jungle. Among the animals whose tales are related in the work are Akela the wolf; Baloo the brown bear; Shere Khan the boastful Bengal tiger who is Mowgli's enemy; Kaa the python; Bagheera the panther; and Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose.' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopaedia of Literature. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1895. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 58165London: William Heinemann 1898. FIRST EDITION. 4to. 31 x 25 cm. Original pictorial boards printed in black advertisement for "An Alphabet" at rear. 12 full page lithographed illustrations each with accompanying leaf of verse by Kipling. Light soiling to binding f.f.e.p. browned inner hinge partially cracked but holding strong contents clean and fresh. William Nicholson 1872 – 1949 was a British painter of still-life landscape and portraits. He also worked as a wood-engraver as an illustrator as an author of children's books and as a designer for the theatre. London: William Heinemann, 1898. hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 028549UK: Methuen 1919. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1919. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed trade editions are very uncommon. Forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs. First appearance of 3 of the poems. Book is very good and bright. Spine a little lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and very bright. Repriced on spine. Excellent provenance. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18468/18472 Methuen hardcover
