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2019Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789362421999Facsimile Publisher 2019. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 4.7 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789362421999Facsimile Publisher 2019. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 4.7 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. FB5722 /1CIn a protective Box. board binding. Dimensions are for the box. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. This is a nicely boxed edition of the US forces wartime publication on Kim which was intended to provide US troops with a better insight to the thinking Britisher. A collectors copy. Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901 and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. 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." The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel popularized the phrase and idea of the Great Game. Armed Services (USA).
Best.-Nr. 9594807-nnew. unknown
Best.-Nr. 62266285Oxford University Press OUP . Hardback. New. pp. 200 Oxford University Press OUP hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1414273614.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 120319Toronto: Copp-Clark 1910. 4to 392pp. Very good no dust jacket. Red gilt decorated cloth. Top edge gilt 9 mounted color illustrations with captioned tissue guards full-page black and white illustrations indices. There is light wear at the top and bottom of the spine and corners and a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Poetry Poetry. Copp-Clark Hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 558New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. 2 volumes 5" x 7.5" each volume 1: pp. xiii 460 volume 2: pp. ix 400. Green cloth boards with dark green stamping; slight bending at corners of boards with slight toning on volume 1. Both volumes are inscribed by owner on front free endpaper. Ex-Libris plates on front free endpaper of volume 1 and front pastedown of Volume 2. Newspaper articles related to Rudyard Kipling and the book are pasted to the back endpapers. Toning around newspaper clippings. Text is otherwise clean; very good. Rudyard Kipling's 1880s journey through Asia and the United States through a series of letters providing commentary and cultural observations throughout his travels. Doubleday & McClure Company unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 2-2070111547Editions Gallimard 1988. Leather Bound. New. 1904 pages. French language. 6.77x4.65x1.97 inches. Editions Gallimard hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781108060448Hardback. New. Best known for The Jungle Book and the poem 'If-' Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 became the first British recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Widely regarded as his masterpiece and described by him as 'a labour of great love' this picaresque nostalgic novel was first published in 1901. hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 043911A H Wheeler 1892. Hardcover. Good. 4 Kipling Novels rebound together. Good brown 3/4 leather boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for name on FFEP and writing on Phantom and Gadsbys title pages. No dust jacket. 104pp. Includes Story of the Gadsbys 93pp- 6th edition In Black and White 96pp- 7th edition Under the Deodars 96pp- 6th edition The Phantom Rickshaw 104pp- 4th edition. There are cracks at the spine but binding is secure some foxing on FFEP. 1892 date hand written on two pages otherwise no dates listed but all have edition listed. A H Wheeler, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6104071Cambridge University Press CUP . Hardback. New. pp. xxviii 213 Index 1st Edition Cambridge University Press CUP hardcover
Best.-Nr. 411970London Macmillan and Co. Limited First Uniform Edition. Hardcover. Good. Half calf bound boards over brown marbling. Five raised bands with blind stamped motifs between and traces of faded gilt. The corners are bumped and the edges worn and there is one small black mark on the spine. The binding remains relatively tight and the hinges intact. The endpapers have brown marbling which matches the cover. All exposed edges of the print block are marbled faded and the lower edge has several small liquid spots. The loose endpaper has a previous ownr's inscription in pencil dated July 1901 and an ink stamp for antique dealers Louis Koch &Son. The print block is clean and unfoxed. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, First Uniform Edition hardcover
Best.-Nr. 411969London Macmillan and Co. Limited First Uniform Edition. Hardcover. Good. Half calf bound boards over brown marbling. Five raised bands with blind stamped motifs between and traces of faded gilt. The corners are bumped and the edges worn and there is one small black mark on the spine. The binding remains relatively tight and the hinges intact. The endpapers have brown marbling which matches the cover. All exposed edges of the print block are marbled faded and the lower edge has several small liquid spots. The loose endpaper has a previous ownr's inscription in pencil dated July 1901 and an ink stamp for antique dealers Louis Koch &Son. The print block is clean and unfoxed. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, First Uniform Edition hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. mon0000584583Random House 1948T. hardcover. Acceptable. 3.8071 in x 24.1117 in x 17.5127 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Random House hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 012963London: Macmillan & Co 1930. Book measures 21x16.cm. Bound in original publshers limp turquoise leather gilt image of dog gilt lettering full gilt edges marble endpapers. Small abrasion mark on top cover. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally abrasion wear patch on endpapers. Pages in very good clean condition. Original publishers box worn defective. A very nice copy. . Leather. Very Good. Illus. by G. L. Stampa . 8vo. Macmillan & Co
Best.-Nr. 87979London: Frederick Muller Ltd 'Volume One: Up to the End of the Great War second revised edition reprint 1980' and 'Volume Two: From the end of the Great War to the Present Day 1979'. Both signed by Hugh L. King only. Pages clean and bright boards and bindings tidy light shelf wear to edges of dust jackets. Please note that due to the weight of these two volumes 3.2kg they will be classed as a UK medium parcel and will require extra shipping charges. Signed. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Frederick Muller Ltd Hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. D261London: Hodder & Stoughton/Daily Telegraph 1915. Hardback. Vg./No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heath Robinson. ND c 1915. 91pp.16 full colour tipped in plates by W. Heath Robinson plus bl.white illus. Original dec. cloth blue decoration a trifle spotted condition clean and fresh with no loss of colour. End-papers browned. A very nice copy with sharp clean plates and text. The text of a speech delivered at The Mansion House on Jan 27th 1915 by the author is laid in. 4pp. Hodder & Stoughton/Daily Telegraph hardcover
Best.-Nr. 121374London Macmillan and Co. 1906. . First edition first printing; 8vo 200 x 140 mm; half title frontispiece title page nineteen illustrations in black & white discreet ownership signature and date to title page usual age-toning; publisher's red cloth gilt- blocked medallion to front board gilt lettering to spine minor shelf wear small bruise to lower spine otherwise very good condition; x 306pp 3 advertisements. A collection of ten short stories two young children encounter a mischievous sprite 'Puck'. He introduces them to historical and mythological figures which allow the author to explore themes of nationalism and identity. Set in the Sussex countryside it is worth noting that Kipling himself lived in Sussex for most of his adult life on returning to the motherland. It is more than apparent that he felt a deep connection to the landscape which clearly inspired his writing. Livingston 116 London, Macmillan and Co., 1906. hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 52394London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. Six works bound in two. 8vo. viii 338; viii 358 pp. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards by Matthews & Brooke of Bradford spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a gilt flower device repeated to the others marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Some discolouration to the spines and a light general wear Originally published at the turn of the decade in Allahabad as nos. 1 to 6 of A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library. London: Macmillan and Co. unknown
1920Best.-Nr. KIPLINGR004943Macmillan London. 1920. Reprint. Pocket edition series. Small octavo. pp viii 276. Illustrated by J.L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenezy. Blue decorated cloth gilt. Top edge gilt.Fine in very good slightly chipped dustwrapper with a couple of short closed tears. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 10960London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1924. Softcover. Very Good/Good. LOCKWOOD KIPLING J. Illus. DESCRIPTION: Original publishers white dust jacket with circular elephant illustration and titles to front. Limp maroon leather covers with identical circular device to front with gilt floral decorated spine. Decorated by J. Lockwood Kipling. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Sharp corners edges and spine ends. Clean sharp leather. Tightly bound with minor gutter shadows to intact endpapers with strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Presentation plate to front paste down "St Annes School Buxton" dated 1926. DJ Condition: Good: Wear creasing and chipping to upper and lower edges. 1.5cm tear to upper rear spine edge. 1cm teat to upper front edge. Toned spine and fold over edges. Lightly toned front and rear covers Pages 299. Size: 17.5cm by 11cm. Macmillan & Co Ltd paperback
1904Best.-Nr. 59297London: MacMillan & Co. Limited 1904. 8vo. vi 393 6 16 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt device to front board & gilt lettering to spine. In original printed dust wrapper. Dj faded & chipped. Slight spotting. No ownership names. Second issue with '25.8.04' adverts. Uncommon in this earlier jacket. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1904. MacMillan & Co., Limited 1904 hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 898T26London: Cassell & Company Limited 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the cheap edition of this account of the author's own life and experiences in India. Cheap edition. The life and experiences of the author in India with reference to the voyage life in Hazara snake charmers street dogs Mount Abu Sikh landlords kindness of neighbours Kashmir religion state systems Queen Victoria leaving India and more. Written by Sir Walter Roper Lawrence an English member of the British Council of India and author who served in the Indian Civil Service in British India. With an introductory letter by Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer poet and journalist who was born in British India. In the original full blue cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Further spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
Best.-Nr. 213914Paris: Nelson Editeurs N.D. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Fair dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Rubbing chipping along panel edges. Chipping at spine crown. Text in French. Nelson, Editeurs hardcover