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rif. 06177Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press 1886. First Edition of Kipling's First Published Book - Departmental Ditties KIPLING Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press 1886. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Narrow octavo 10 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 273 x 107 mm. Twenty-nine unnumbered leaves. Publisher's tan printed wrappers stapled as issued and imitating the form of an Indian civil service envelope complete with overlapping flap. There is an ink inscription at the bottom of the front wrapper "E.R.P to M.C.P." Light soiling to wrappers edge of front wrapper and flap with some light wear. The pink ribbon that originally passed through the slit on the flap is now lacking the flap itself and its very vulnerable hinge to the overlapping flap is unrestored and intact. Bookplate of Roger H. West and old booksellers description pasted onto blank verso of penultimate verse Giffen's Debt. Over-opened between penultimate and last leaf. Contained in a red cloth chemise which in turn is housed in a full red morocco slipcase smooth spine lettered in gilt. Aside from the aforementioned minor flaws this is still an exceptionally good unrestored copy. First edition of Kipling's debut published work. His previous writings had either been privately printed issued as offprints or included in collaborative books. At the time Kipling was serving as sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an English-language newspaper based in Lahore that covered the lives of the Civil Service and the Indian Army in Punjab. His position combined with his family's social standing afforded him numerous opportunities to observe and explore the full spectrum of life in India. From an early age Kipling had been captivated by the vibrant and diverse world of native India and his keen observational skills allowed him to vividly capture its essence. As his engagement with journalism deepened he frequently filled the newspaper's pages with prose sketches and light verse. Eventually he began inserting his own poems under the title Departmental Ditties into the newspaper culminating in the publication of this edition designed to resemble a bundle of civil service memoranda. Livingston 10; Richards A7; Stewart 8. Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886 unknown books
1897rif. 1307371897. KIPLING Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse. London: Macmillan 1897-1938. Thirty-eight volumes. Octavo modern three-quarter red calf raised bands elaborately gilt-decorated spines blue morocco spine labels marbled endpapers top edges gilt uncut and partly unopened. $7000.Limited ""Edition de Luxe one of 1050 sets of KiplingÕs writings in poetry and prose handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere.Contains Kiplings's poetry novels stories travel writings children's tales military tales and essays. In 1907 Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Scattered light foxing to some volumes mostly earlier; binding fresh and fine. hardcover books
1897rif. 374815London: Macmillan 1897. First English edition. 22 illustrations by I. W. Taber. 245 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gilt stamped blue cloth with vignette of fishermen black endpapers a.e.g. Complete with original dust jacket in very good condition lightly yellowed at spine with some archival mending. W. C. Thomas bookplate to front pastedown; minimal foxing to prelims. Taber I.W. First English edition. 22 illustrations by I. W. Taber. 245 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A charming copy with the rare dust jacket of Kipling's only novel set in the United States following the son of a Californian millionaire who stumbles into his adventure by falling overboard and being rescued by a fishing vessel. Teddy Roosevelt praised the book in 1900 for describing "in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do." Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Richards A103 Macmillan unknown books
1886rif. 140941952Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Bound in publisher's original tan printed wrappers imitating the form of an Indian civil service envelope with an overlapping flap. Wear to spine and a short split at the bottom end of the overlapping flap fold. Kipling was serving as sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette and this volume collects his poetry which was published in the paper. Housed in a chemise custom dark blue straight grain morocco slipcase. Civil and Military Press Gazette unknown books
1894rif. 1907121The Century Co 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Two volumes. The Jungle Book is a first US edition and contains an original watercolor by the illustrator William Henry Drake. Book in very good condition. The Second Jungle Book is also a first US edition and includes the first edition dust jacket. Both books are housed in custom-made matching slipcases. The Century Co hardcover books
1941rif. 57419Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Limited Edition. No. 148 of one thousand sets signed by Kipling in the first volume. Twenty-eight octavo volumes; red gilt-blocked beveled cloth top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; in uniform dustjackets. Front endpapers with printed bookplates of Harry Bishop Clapp to each pastedown and James Glen Mead to each free endpaper. The latter have caused some mild rippling to the endleaves else a fresh fine set in the original printed dustwrappers uniformly fine and free of darkening or wear. The authoritative edition of Kipling's works rarely found in the original dustwrappers and almost unheard of in this condition certainly the finest set to reach the market in the past twenty or more years. RICHARDS D25. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
1896rif. 140944705New York: The Century Co 1896. Early Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition early reprint with "Thirtieth Thousand" on the title page. Bound in publisher's original olive green cloth decoratively embossed and stamped in gilt. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper contents lightly tanned and occasionally foxed else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light chipping at the edges toning and a scratch to the front panel. A stunning and bright copy with sharp gilt no doubt protected by the dust jacket over all these years. A remarkable survival. The Century Co unknown books
1913rif. 69306London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Limited edition signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. Complete in thirty-one small quarto volumes 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 240 x 165 mm. As all sets are volumes 1-25 are from an edition of 1050 volume 26 is from an edition of 1000 and volumes 27-31 are from an edition of 500. Title pages and limitation pages printed in blue and black. Decorative initials printed in blue. Publisher's original paper spine labels bound in to the back of each volume. Bound uniformly in full red morocco. Boards tooled in gilt with a wavy border. Spines spines decoratively tooled in compartments and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Marbled endpapers. A small neat black number stamp to the top margin of each title-page. The final leaf of each volume with a small note in red ink. Still an about fine set. HBS 69306. $8500. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1937rif. 7813London: The Macmillan Co 1937. The Sussex Edition. Very Good . One of 575 numbered sets signed by the author in the first volume. Leaves measuring 240 x 160 mm with the set occupying 141 cm 55 in of shelf space. A Very Good set. Bound for the publisher by James Burn & Co. in full reddish-brown Niger morocco. Double ruled in gilt. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Sunning and speckling to some spines and some rubbing to raised bands and edges. Very clean throughout. Printed in Edinburgh by R&R Clark Ltd. on handmade paper. The Sussex Edition which has become the most desirable collected edition of Kipling's works was edited by Kipling himself and including two volumes of previously uncollected prose. The edition published the year after Kipling's death was intended as a complete retrospective on Kipling's career and the definitive edition of his works. The superbly produced set of course includes Kipling's most lauded fiction - The Jungle Book Kim and Just So Stories - as well as his poems and nonfiction capturing the scope of his literary output. A contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement lauded the production: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet 'superb' to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is.Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes.are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe." Very Good . The Macmillan Co unknown books
1897rif. 140948638London: The Macmillan and Company Limited 1897. First British Edition. Near Fine. First British edition first printing. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. viii 245 pp. illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with pictorial stamping in gilt all edges gilt black endpapers; lacking the exceedingly rare dust jacket. Near Fine with sunning to spine light rubbing and soiling to cloth and minimal mottling to cloth over rear board. Hinges starting with webbing exposed at rear hinge contents lightly toned faint foxing to prelims and margins. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase blue cloth over quarter blue morocco titled in gilt somewhat rubbed with foxing to paper lining of chemise. Livingston 137 Martindell 68. Rudyard Kipling wrote Captains Courageous during the years he lived in Vermont with his young family in a house he designed to resemble a ship. The Dr. James Conland to whom the American edition is dedicated was the family physician whose stories of his time in a Massachusetts fishing fleet inspired this bildungsroman about a millionaire's son who learns the value of hard work at sea. The novel drew praise from Teddy Roosevelt and the 1937 film adaptation won Spencer Tracy an Oscar for his portrayal of a kindly fisherman. The first British edition slightly preceded by the first American edition was issued by Macmillan in pretty gift binding reflecting the status Kipling had already achieved as a writer. Signed copies are rare. The Macmillan and Company Limited unknown books
rif. 06181Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884. First Edition of Kipling's Very Rare Second Book "Echoes" KIPLING Rudyard and Alice. Echoes. By Two Writers. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884 First edition. Small square octavo 6 x 4 1/2 inches; 154 x 115 mm. 2 blank 2 title verso blank 2 index 1-72 2 blank pp. Some light foxing throughout first blank leaf with early ink signature. Publisher's light brown wrappers front wrapper with tile design printed in black. lower corner 1 1/8 x 3/4 inch; 28 x 19 mm. torn away spine expertly and invisibly restored still a near fine copy. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full red morocco velvet lined 'jewel-case'. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments brass lock. First edition of Kipling's very rare second book; the "two writers" of the title were Kipling and his sister Alice "Trix". Of the 39 poems mostly "echoes" or imitations of well-known poets 32 are ascribed to Kipling and 7 to his sister. First published in Lahore in August 1884 the volume appeared when Kipling then 18 years old had been living in India for nearly two years. It was printed by the Civil and Military Gazette Press where Kipling served as sub-editor and he personally oversaw its production. In December 1883 Kipling's mother brought his 15-year-old sister Trix from England to join him. Together they engaged in a series of literary experiments and playful compositions producing a substantial collection of poems-primarily parodies of well-known poets-by the spring of 1884. Encouraged by their efforts Rudyard published a selection of these works in August of that year under the title Echoes by Two Writers. The Poems: Echoes: Introduction 1. A Vision of India Rudyard Kipling 2. The City of the Heart Rudyard Kipling 3. The Raiyat at Home Rudyard Kipling 4. Children of Nature Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 5. The Bearing of the Vine Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 6. Hope Deferred Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 7. The Flight of the Bucket Rudyard Kipling 8. Laocoon Rudyard Kipling 9. Nursery Rhymes for Little Anglo-Indians Rudyard Kipling 10. Tobacco Rudyard Kipling 11. Appropriate Verses on an Elegant Landscape Rudyard Kipling 12. His Consolation Rudyard Kipling 13. Egoism Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 14. The Cursing of Stephen Rudyard Kipling 15. On Sorrow Alice MacDonald Fleming 16. Jane Smith Rudyard Kipling/Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 17. Nursery Idyls Rudyard Kipling 18. Sonnet On Being Rejected of One's Horse Rudyard Kipling 19. Kopra Brahm Rudyard Kipling 20. The Sudder Bazár Rudyard Kipling 21. Commonplaces Rudyard Kipling 22. To You Love Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 23. On True Friendship Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 24. Quæritur Rudyard Kipling 25. London Town Rudyard Kipling 26. Himalayan Rudyard Kipling 27. Our Lady of Many Dreams Rudyard Kipling 28. A Murder in the Compound Rudyard Kipling 29. " 'Way Down the Ravee River" Rudyard Kipling 30. Amour de Voyage Rudyard Kipling 31. Failure Rudyard Kipling 32. How the Day Broke The Drawing Room Song Rudyard Kipling 33. A Locked Way Rudyard Kipling 34. Land Bound Rudyard Kipling 35. The Ballad of the King's Daughter Old Ballad Rudyard Kipling 36. How the Goddess Awaketh Rudyard Kipling 37. The Maid of the Meerschaum Rudyard Kipling 38. Estunt the Griff Rudyard Kipling 39. Cavaliere Servente Rudyard Kipling Livingston 14; Stewart 5. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1884 unknown books
