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1918ref. 895Q11New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A very smart first edition of Rudyard Kipling's collection of letters home from soldiers stationed in India in 1915 and 1916. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Lacking the dust wrapper. Written by English novelist and short story writer Rudyard Kipling who was born in India with this country inspiring much of his work. This work was originally published in American Saturday Evening Post in six parts in 1917 and then published in book form as it is here in 1918. This collection is comprised of four stories reading as letters home from soldiers in India between 1915-16. The first two stories in the collection 'A Retired Gentleman' and 'Fumes of the Heart' are told from the view of injured soldiers on the North-West Frontier. 'The Private Account' depicts an Afghan family reading a letter from their soldier son while the final story 'A Trooper of Horse' presents a soldier's letter home to his mother in France. It is suggested that the idea behind these letters is to provide intelligence to those at home with the framework of the book coming from censored letters written by Indian soldiers.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 quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Lacking the dust wrapper. Externally excellent with light shelf wear and a little darkening to the spine and spine label. The odd handling mark. Internally firmly bound with bright clean pages. Near Fine Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1906ref. 1005W33London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1906. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". J. L. Kipling; W. H. Drake; P. Frenzeny. Kipling's popular Jungle Book duology in original uniform binding and richly illustrated throughout. A pair of Uniform edition copies of Kipling's most popular work and its sequel - The Second Jungle Book.Bound in original red cloth featuring textured gilt motifs to the front boards and gilt top edges.Volume one features sixteen monochrome plates and numerous further vignette illustrations. No other collation records available.Volume two features frequent monochrome vignette illustrations throughout.Times article pasted to volume one front paste down on 'A Real Mowgli'. Bound in red cloth. Externally generally smart with moderate shelf wear. Vol1 front joint and vol2 rear joint starting. Notable fading to spines. Mark to vol1 front board. The odd marks to boards. Moderate damp staining to vol1 rear board extremities. Article pasted to vol1 front paste down. Ink inscriptions to front free endpapers. Large closed tear to vol1 front free endpaper. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound with moderate strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1903ref. GEN16-B-3London: Macmillan and Co 1903. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 10". None. Twelve songs from the author's Just So Stories set to music. This edition appears to be the first US edition. On the reverse of the title page is printed: Copyright in the United States of America. The final song in this volume is 'Rolling Down to Rio' which is a substitute in the American version for 'I've Never Sailed the Amazon' which appears in the UK edition. In the original cloth binding. Externally smart. Minor wear to the extremities. A little rubbing to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities with a little fading to the spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd scattered spot and handling mark. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1930ref. 732K19London: Macmillan 1930. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 6". G. L. Stampa. An exceptional early copy of this charming humorous work from noted author Rudyard Kipling. Fourth impression published the same year as the first edition. With charming vignette illustrations throughout by G. L. Stampa. Lacking the original dustwrapper. Thy Servant a Dog is a charming collection of short stories told from the perspective of Black Aberdeen Terrier Boots. In the original red cloth binding with pictorial detail to the front board. Externally in excellent condition with just minor bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used. Near Fine Macmillan hardcover
1926ref. 002473London: Macmillan & Co 1926. Hard. Good. 7 x 4½ 8vo pp 416. Condition external: Nr Fine London: Macmillan & Co unknown
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1990ref. Q-0859532763Childs Play Intl Ltd 1990-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Childs Play Intl Ltd hardcover
1914ref. 33508New York: The Century Co. 1914. Early Printing. Illustrated throughout with decorations by John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo publisher's original cloth the spine panel and upper cover lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black t.e.g. x 324 pp. A very handsome and pleasing copy the gilt bright and well preserved the black pictorial decorations also in pleasing condition lightly mellowed at the back and edges. A HANDSOME COPY OF THE EDITION PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. These stories of Mowgli a human child lost in the jungles of India and raised by wild animals Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the white seal Baloo and others struck a cord with readers who were able to find these exotic animals and people easy to relate to despite the bizarre circumstances and far off locales. They are arguably the best loved of Kipling’s many delightful works for children and a true classic of its genre. The Century Co. hardcover
1930ref. 000011561London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Small 4to. 4 v 3 3-92 4 pp. Red cloth with black lettering and a black decoration on the front board and spine; top edge tinted. Price of 5/- net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a decoration on the title page and several full-page and in-text drawings by G.L. Stampa. Livingston 550. Jacket is toned with a few small chips the panels and folds are separated but carefully preserved and present well. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1897ref. 19785First Edition. Book is in Good condition with minimal edgewear to cover some spots of discoloration especially on spine one fleck of white possibly paint. Front hinge showing some weakness. Prior owner personal library embossing stamp present on bottom corner of front endpapers. Bit of spotting on the front endpapers and a dime sized grease mark in rear endpapers. Text pages are clean and secure. The Century Co. hardcover
18933 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Mixed Editions, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, decorative endpapers, backstrip mildly sunned, very neatly recased,a very good, clean copy.
1948ref. RO30329388Delagrave. 1947-1948. In-4. Relié demi-cuir. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 155+197 pages augmentées de nombreuses planches illustrées en noir et blanc, hors texte ainsi que dessins dans le texte. Titre et auteur en doré au dos. Plats jaspés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1917ref. R300280303Macmillan and Co. 1917. In-12. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 306 pages - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte et en frontispice. Ex libris sur le 1er contreplat. Percaline rouge, titre, auteur et édition dorés sur le dos. Eléphant en relief doré sur le 1er plat. Livre en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1927ref. 043071Doubleday Page & Co 1927. hardcover. Good. The Mandalay Ediion of the Works of Rudyard Kipling 13 volumes. Good red and brown leather boards with gilt lettering along spine 4 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked. Musty. A few pages on Wee Willie Winkie have 1/8 inch hole on bottom page edge. Red ribbons gilt top page edge. Wear at head and tail of spines but spines intact otherwise. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
1908ref. 861P33London: Francis Griffiths 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce first edition science fiction novel depicting a war between Britain and the States versus Japan and Germany. The first edition of this scarce work.A 'Future War' genre novel by American author Arthur Wellesley Kipling.'The New Dominion' is sci-fi novel in which the USA and Britain are fighting against Japan and Germany an eerie prediction of the Second World War.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart with a mark to the front board and a small mark to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spotting. Very Good Francis Griffiths hardcover
1914ref. 1062London: The Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch The Glasgow Herald and Hodder and Stoughton. 1914. First edition. Presented by King George V to S. Lawes of the 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment at the 4th London General Hospital Denmark Hill on Christmas Day 1914 inscribed to front free endpaper. Quarto. Publisher's original cream cloth with decorative titles in green to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece 16 tipped-in colour plates 1 further colour plate and 10 black and white plates. Additional printed presentation plate to front pastedown: "King Albert's Book with Sir Francis Trippel's Best Wishes for a Happy Xmas a Speedy Recovery and a Victorious New Year Xmas 1914". 188pp. A very good copy the binding square and firm with marking and darkening to the boards. The contents with toning to the endpapers scattered foxing and creasing to the corners of some of the tipped-in plates are otherwise in very good order. Inscribed in black ink to the front free endpaper: "S. Lawes. 1st Royal Berkshire. / December 25th - IH. / 4th London Genera Hospital / Denmark Hill. / Presented by His Majesty King George V" not in the King's hand. Published in aid of the Belgium Fund the work includes contributions from over 250 figures from the worlds of literature art politics music and science. Certainly not an uncommon book but an evocative copy presented by King George V to a wounded soldier on Christmas Day 1914 just five months in to the First World War. London: The Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, The Glasgow Herald, and Hodder and Stoughton. hardcover
1977ref. 017276Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press 1977. Inscribed on free endpaper by Kipling also a typed letter signed by Kipling. Book measures 22x14.cm. xiv188pp. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth with gilt crest and lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages very clean. . Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Published for the Sir Thomas Browne Institute. Leiden University Press Hardcover
2005ref. 20568London: The Folio Society 2005. A first Folio Society edition first printing of Collected Short Stories by Rudyard Kipling published by The Folio Society London in 2005 in five volume set comprising Volume One: Plain Tales from the Hills and Soldiers Three and Other Stories introduced by Andrew Lycett Volume Two: Wee Willie Winkie and Other Stories and Life's Handicap Volume Three: Many Inventions and The Day's Work Volume Four: Traffics and Discoveries Actions and Reactions and A Diversity of Creatures Volume Five: A Diversity of Creatures continued Debits and Credits and Limits and Renewals all volumes illustrated throughout by Philip Bannister. A set of very fine books free from internal inscriptions orange cloth bound graphically illustrated boards gilt titling and similarly illustrated to the spines text blocks are bright and crisp. In an orange paper bound pictorial slip case. The Folio Society hardcover
1913ref. 1476183139722First edition thus first impression with coloured illustrations London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Originally published in 1902. Quarto. Original dark blue cloth gilt-lettered and elaborately gilt-decorated on the upper board and spine with an elephant medallion design; gilt rules to boards. Top edge gilt. The binding is somewhat tender but all holding firm and square with only light rubbing to extremities and a couple of knocks to corners. The gilt remains notably bright and well defined. Internally the text is clean and sound with the occasional faint spot of foxing chiefly to the preliminary and terminal leaves. A little loss to top corner of first three leaves with an early gift inscription - unobtrusive and neatly penned - to the front free endpaper. The coloured plates by Joseph M. Gleeson remain fresh and vivid. A handsome example of the first coloured illustrated edition of Just So Stories incorporating Gleeson's celebrated colour plates for the first time. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1912ref. 004068Original photographic portrait. KIPLING Rudyard 1865-1936. Photographic portrait c.1912. 150 x 205 mm. Matte photographic print on stout card. Very good the image clean and well preserved with only light handling wear and a few insignificant surface marks to the corner tips and blank reverse. A handsome vintage photographic portrait of Rudyard Kipling shown in profile holding his characteristic pipe. The image appears to date from around 1912 depicting Kipling at the height of his literary career shortly after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 and during the period in which he produced works including Rewards and Fairies and A Diversity of Creatures. The pose closely resembles portraits made during Kipling's 1912 studio sitting with E.O.Hoppe although the present photograph is unsigned and the photographer has not been identified. An attractive period literary portrait of the author of The Jungle Book. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1912. Original photographic portrait paperback
1948ref. 71337London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1948. Small 8vo. x 306 pp. Full green calf with red title label gilt borders decoration and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Slight marks and scratches to rear board joints and extremities. Internally clean. Black & white illustrations. . Near Fine. Gilt-decorated Calf. 1948. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1948 unknown
ref. 69886London: William Heinemann 1892. Literature FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.4 276 8. Publisher's peach cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in black to upper. All edges untrimmed. Contents clean no inscriptions last few leaves of ads are poorly opened with some tears to top margin inside paper joints started binding is sound with some scattered light marks to front cover. Shows well. A thrilling adventure novel not well received by the literati including Henry James but suitably captivating to J.H. Millar who deemed it in his review in Blackwood's Magazine to be as exciting as Treasure Island. After his co-author Balestier's sudden death Kipling named the home he built for himself in Dummerston Vermont after the book in memory of his friend. London: William Heinemann, 1892 unknown
1912ref. 901P2Toronto; London: The Musson Book Company Limited; Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Cloth. Good. 11.5" by 9". W. Heath Robinson. Rudyard Kipling's poetical anthology in which he ruminates on the British Empire complete with colour plates by W. Heath Robinson. An anthology of poems by Rudyard Kipling in which he explores the question of British Imperialism towards the end of the Empire's life. Kipling uses the imagery of seafarers going to far-flung corners of the Earth in most of these poems in particular in the series 'The Song of the Cities' which visit capital such as Bombay Hong Kong and Sydney.This edition is illustrated by the noted artist W. Heath Robinson with a tipped-in colour frontispiece twenty-nine tipped-in colour plates and vignettes throughout.Collated complete.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Bookplate of Edward Barry Ockwells Manor to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart with some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Gilt is a little rubbed and some light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Good The Musson Book Company Limited; Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1906ref. 899Y3New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Arthur Rackham. The first American edition of Rudyard Kipling's anthology of historical fantasy tales with four evocative illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The first American edition of this work first published in 1906.With four intricate colour plates by renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Collated complete. A historical fantasy work by Rudyard Kipling a series of short stories set across different periods of English history. Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist short story writer poet and journalist. He was born in British India a setting which inspired much of his work. In the publisher's original cloth boards with pictorial design and gilt details. Externally very smart. Light shelf wear to boards extremities and joints. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Gilt rubbed away in places. Contemporary ink inscription to front free end paper dated May 6th 1907. Another small ink inscription to rear paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Closed tear to 247/8 approximately 2 inches. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1892ref. 948F39London: William Heinemann 1892 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. An excellent example of the first edition of Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier's novel set in the fictional 'Rahore' a location inspired by Rajputana. The first edition of this work.Kipling collaborated on this work with his future brother-in-law Charles Wolcott Balestier whose sister was Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling's wife.The novel follows a young American woman who moves to India to help the condition of the women that live there.Kipling and Balestier's novel was originally serialised in The Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. It was not well-received. With eight pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned with shelf wear to back strip tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed William Heinemann hardcover
