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1899réf. 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
1891réf. 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
1932réf. 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
1914réf. 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
2012réf. 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
1917réf. 157865Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1917. First US copyright edition of Kipling's series of articles written after a visit to the Italian front during the First World War. The publisher's archives note that 89 89 88 93 and 121 copies of each pamphlet were printed. Complete sets in this condition are rare. In his after-dinner speech at the Kipling Society annual lunch in May 1999 David Alan Richards noted that Kipling's "London literary agent A. P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings. to establish copyright in each country". The present pamphlets represent the true first editions. The text would later be collected for the Sussex edition of the author's work. The articles were simultaneously published within The Daily Telegraph in the UK and within The New York Tribune in the US on 6 9 13 16 and 20 June 1917. The sub-titles of the pamphlets comprise: "The Roads of an Army" "Podgora" "A Pass a King and a Mountain" "Only a Few Steps Higher Up" and "The Trentino Front". 5 vols octavo. Original pale yellow wrappers lettered on front covers in light green or black. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. Very minor ink mark and crease on back cover of volume 1; near-fine and crisp copies. Livingston 415; Stewart 638A-E; Grolier 479; Ballard CLXXI p. 198; Richards A297. hardcover
1900réf. 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
1890réf. 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
1897réf. 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.
1914réf. 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
réf. 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
1892réf. 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
réf. 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
1899réf. 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
1923réf. 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
1902réf. 935T3London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1902. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Rudyard Kipling. A first edition of this charming collection of stories from Rudyard Kipling for young readers illustrated by the author. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two plates and the odd in-text image. Collated complete. A collection of origin stories for children illustrating how animals acquired their distinctive features such as how the leopard got his spots. Written and illustrated by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist best known for The Jungle Book Kim and this collection of tales. In the original full red cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm between pages 34 and 35. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Further spotting and light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. A 2" closed tear to page 91/92. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1898réf. 1008G23New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898-1910. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A twenty five volume set of the prose and verse of popular author Rudyard Kipling with plates throughout. A twenty five volume set.In the publisher's original red cloth bindings with gilt to top edges.A set of the prose and verse of Rudyard Kipling an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work.Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers and is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature at 41 being its youngest recipient to date.Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece except Vol XX and numerous plates. Collated complete. This set includes:Volume I: 1898 Plain Tales From the Hills. With three plates. Volume II: 1898 Soldiers Three and Military Tales Part I. With two plates. Volume III: 1898 Soldiers Three and Military Tales Part II. With two plates. Volume IV: 1898 In Black and White. With two plates. Volume V: 1898 The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories. With two plates. Volume VI: 1898 Under the Deodars The Story of the Gadsbys Wee Willie Winkie. With two plates.Volume VII: 1898 The Jungle Book. With two plates. Volume VIII: 1898 The Second Jungle Book. With two plates. Volume IX: 1898 The Light That Failed. With two plates. Volume X: 1898 The Naulahka: A Story of West and East. Written in collaboration with Woolcott Balestier. With two plates.Volume XI: 1898 Verses 1889-1896. With two plates.Volume XII: 1898 "Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks. With two plates.Volume XIII: 1899 The Day's Work Part I. With two plates. Volume XIV: 1899 The Day's Work Part II. With two plates.Volume XV: 1899 From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Part I. With two plates. Volume XVI: 1899 From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Part II. With two plates. Volume XVII: 1900 Early Verse. With two plates. Volume XVIII: 1900 Stalky & Co. With two plates. Volume XIX: 1905 Kim. With nine plates. Volume XX: 1903 Just So Stories For Little Children. With illustrations by the author. Volume XXI: 1903 The Five Nations. With two plates. Volume XXII: 1907 Traffics and Discoveries. With two plates. Volume XXIII:1906 Puck of Pook's Hill. With three plates. Volume XXIV: 1909 Actions and Reactions. With three plates. Volume XXV: 1910 Rewards and Fairies. With three plates. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Fading to spines with bumping to the heads and tails. Some fading to boards. Odd small mark to boards. Hinges occasionally straining. Offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting. Very Good Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1889réf. 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
1901réf. 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
1930réf. 6276Doubleday Doran and Company Garden City. Very Good. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 3 volume set. Limited edition no. 104 of 525 sets 12 others were presentation copies signed by Rudyard Kipling; frontispiece of volume one is a facsimile page from a handwritten manuscript of "The Thousandth Man". . Light tan/cream colored-boards light brown title labels. Gold design of an elephant with a flower swastika near its head on front boards of all 3 volumes. A few light smudges/scuffs on boards especially on volume III but no damage. Bindings tight. ; Signed by Author . Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City hardcover
1908réf. 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
1913réf. 1008London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Bombay Edition. Bound by Harcourt Bindery. Near Fine. From Sea to Sea And other Sketches By Rudyard Kipling 1913 From the Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling Bound in Superb crushed Morocco gilt stamped bindings by The Harcourt Bindery Macmillan and co. Limited St. Martins Street London. 1913 Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes which contain From Sea to Sea and other sketches. From the greater Bombay Edition set limited to 1050 copies. Finely bound by the Harcourt Bindery in brown and black crushed Morocco the spines in gilt compartments titles in gilt the boards beautifully decorated with ornate gilt borders and circular elephant. all page edges in gilt. With dark green and brown gilt stamped inside boards. A luxury binding from the World renowned American book binders. The leaves printed on thick luxury paper. Royal 8vo's measuring; 9.5"x7". Printed by R & R Clark from the Florence Press Type. Condition: See photos as part of condition report: Nicely bound and holding firmly Volume 1 in black Morocco some discolouration to the rear board the upper board to volume 2 a darker brown with black rear boars. spines in a lighter brown. Gilt still bright. Some bubbling to the silk endpaper to volume 2. pages clean with the occasional spot. Text blocks firm. Very good. . Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
réf. 70558New York NY: The Century Co. 1894; 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST US EDITIONS first volume 18th thousand second volume first impression. Two volumes. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.xiv; 303; 3. Pp.10; 324; 2. With 35 illustrations by Drake to volume I including a frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John to volume II. Publisher's green and red cloth respectively with gilt titles and decoration to spines and boards. Top edges gilt. Bookplate of the Colonial Club to front pastedown of volume I with light spotting throughout. Light general wear to cloth. Second volume has a blue ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf otherwise internally clean. Moderate wear to cloth including some loss to headcap. Very good overall. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories-the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. New York, NY: The Century Co., 1894; 1895 unknown
réf. 74870London: Macmillan and Company 1902. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITION first impression in first issue binding EX LIBRIS ELEANOR EDITH HELME. Large Octavo 24 x 19cm pp.6 249 3. Heavily illustrated with engravings by the author. Publisher's red cloth blocked in white and black to spine and boards. Black ink gift inscription to the fly-leaf: 'Eleanor E. Helme from her father Oct. 21. 1902.' Heavy spotting to endpapers with minor toning throughout and deep heavy tobacco scent. Rear hinge starting but remains firm. Light wear to cloth with some toning especially to spine. White titles to spine dulled but fully intact. Very good. The original collection of Kipling's popular animal stories including "How the Whale Got his Throat" "The Elephant's Child" and "The Butterfly That Stamped". This copy from the library of Eleanor Helme 1887-1967 early female Golfer author and Journalist who won the English Ladies Amateur Championship in 1923 served as President of the Surrey Ladies County Golf Association 1929-1946 and wrote numerous books on Golf and Nature for both adults and children. Stewart 260 Richards A181. London: Macmillan and Company, 1902 unknown
1914réf. 157803Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1914. First US copyright edition of Kipling's series of articles written after visiting army training camps during the First World War. The publisher's archives note that 50 copies of each pamphlet were printed. Complete sets in this condition are rare. In his after-dinner speech at the Kipling Society annual lunch in May 1999 David Alan Richards noted that Kipling's "London literary agent A. P. Watt and his New York publisher Frank N. Doubleday made extensive use of limited printings. to establish copyright in each country". Richards in his bibliography notes that it was reported that "most of the few copies printed" of this title "were mailed to newspapers and destroyed being separated into leaves for the convenience of linotype operators". The present pamphlets represent the true first editions and provide slightly edited versions removing colloquialisms for an American audience of articles simultaneously published within The Daily Telegraph on 7 10 14 19 21 and 24 December 1914. The sub-titles of the pamphlets comprise: "The Men at Work" "The Quality of the Machine" "Guns and Supply" "Canadians in Camp" "Indian Troops" "A Territorial Battalion and a Conclusion". 6 vols octavo. Original pale yellow wrappers lettered on front covers in light green. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. Occasional light dust-soiling to wrappers minor indentation to front cover of volume 2 else near-fine and crisp copies. Martindell 137; Livingston 390; Stewart 382; Grolier 452; Ballard CLXXI; Ashley Vol. III p. 36-7; Richards A275. hardcover
