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1926Best.-Nr. 53990London: Macmillan and Co. 1926. First edition. Collects 14 stories and 21 poems. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; top edge gilt. Near fine in dust jacket tanned at spine and with few shallow chips but otherwise near fine. Macmillan and Co. unknown
Best.-Nr. 47436KIPLING Rudyard. The Fox Meditates. 12mo original printed wrappers. New York: Doubleday 1933. First edition. The scarce American copyright issue. Stewart 616. Fine copy. unknown
Best.-Nr. 47437KIPLING Rudyard. The Great Play Hunt. Orig. wrappers. Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1930. First edition American copyright issue. Stewart 579. Fine copy. unknown
1943Best.-Nr. 122437Cambridge Massachusetts: Houghton Library 1943. First edition in book form of this previously unpublished letter written by Kipling to William Joshua Harding seeking an army commission for his son John. Octavo original wrappers as issued. One of only seventy-five numbered copies this is number 32. In fine condition. Rare. Kipling's son John was about three years old when this letter was written. Despite his son's short-sightedness Kipling sought to get him an army commission when the First World War broke out in August 1914. John was killed in the Battle of Loos causing his family immense grief and placing a great strain on the marriage as Kipling's wife had strongly opposed his enlisting. Later Kipling wrote of him "I had a boy who came near writing stories about Kangaroos and Queensland pearl-fishers. But another call came and Johnny went to France where the stars are still shining although Johnny's drum has ceased to beat. Houghton Library unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 44373London:: Macmillan 1932. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Fine in a very near fine jacket with three short closed tears. 8vo. Macmillan, hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 149578England and The United States: The Daily Mail Publishing Co 1899. First illustrated facsimile edition of Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar a souvenir specially printed by The Daily Mail. Quarto original wrappers six pages with two pages of facsimile stanzas cover portrait of Kipling by John Collier. Printed as a single folded sheet forming six printed pages in triptych format. The souvenir marked the 100th performance of Sydney Grundy's The Degenerates at the Garrick Theatre on Friday 24th October 1899 when Lillie Langtry who was playing Mrs. Trevelyan in the production recited Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar from the stage after the final curtain. The proceeds of the sale of the poem benefited the wives and children of the reservists. In very good condition. Interior illustration of "A Gentleman in Kharki" by R. Caton Woodville. Rudyard Kipling’s The Absent-Minded Beggar first published at the outbreak of the Second Boer War 1899–1902 is a notable example of patriotic literature mobilized for imperial causes. Written to rally support for British troops and their families the poem was quickly transformed into a piece of popular ephemera with the first illustrated edition marketed through The Daily Mail as part of a charitable appeal. The publication’s sales generated significant funds for the reservists’ families illustrating how literature journalism and philanthropy intersected within the culture of British imperialism. The Daily Mail Publishing Co unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 322150New York 1930. Number 51 of 91 copiees. 32pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine and orange boards. Almost fine. Number 51 of 91 copiees. 32pp. 8vo. A privately printed unauthorised printing of a Kipling short story that first appeared in the American Magazine and The National Review in July 1912. Richards A397; Livingston 560. Richards A397; Livingston 560 hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 123533New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels 1899. First edition in book form of this small publication “published fortnightly by boys for boys” at the Horsmonden School Kent containing a letter from Rudyard Kipling with six “Hints on Schoolboy Etiquette” and a caricature of him by Max Beerbohm. 16mo original half cloth. 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. M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 62139London: Methuen and Co 1896. First English edition the large paper issue limited to 150 copies on handmade paper. Vignette on title. xvi 230 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red buckram gilt faded some wear some buckling of cloth sheet discoloring at front and back text quite clean. First English edition the large paper issue limited to 150 copies on handmade paper. Vignette on title. xvi 230 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stewart 140. Stewart 140 Methuen and Co hardcover
1909Best.-Nr. 45531The Edinburgh Society 1909. Limited . Cloth. Good. Limited to 1000 Sets Ten volumes blue cloth with decorated lightly browned labels at spine top top-edge bright gilt tissue-covered frontispieces and illustrations in every book by a variety of illustrators. "Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses"--Frontispiece from The Vampire 322 crisp pages. A folded copy of "The Female of the Species between pages 100-101. Light wear to tips. Near Fine. "The Phantom Rickshaw"--Frontispiece from The Man Who Would Be King 225 pages. Light wear to spine corners and tips tiny tear on label. Near Fine. "The Willie Winkie"--Frontispiece from City of Dreadful Night 480 pages. Light wear to tips and spine corners label lightly browned. Very Good. "Soldiers Three"--Frontispiece of soldier 313 pages light wear to spine edges light crease and light foxing on label. Near Very Good. "Letters of Marque"--Frontipsiece of man reading 254 pages. Light wear overall. Near Fine. "Plain Tales from the Hills"--Frontispiece from The Broken Line Handicap 492 pages final pages uncut. Three tiny lighter spots on front. Very Good. "Mine Own People"--Frontispiece from Bimi 338 pages. Light wear to bottom tips and spine corners. Near Fine. "Under the Deodas"-- Frontispiece from A Second-Rate Woman 234 pages. Lightly browned end papers light fading to spine back badly faded in pattern of light blue spots. Fair. "The Story of the Gadsbys"--Frontispiece of woman in traditional regalia 338 pages. Light wear to bottom back tip spine corners. Fine. "The Light That Failed"--Frontispiece of a young woman 355 pages. Light wear to spine corners back badly faded with small white and light blue spots. Fair. Overall a Good set. The Edinburgh Society hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 53985London: Methuen and Co. 1919. First edition. Forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs. First appearance of 3 of the poems. 12mo gilt-lettered plum boards; 258 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog; top edge gilt. Near fine in good dust jacket that is soiled and torn but free from any significant chipping. Methuen and Co. unknown
Best.-Nr. 55305KIPLING Rudyard. Traffics and Discoveries. Original cloth dust jacket. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904. First edition. Some light foxing to enpapers and pastedowns very old waterstain to bottom outside of cloth light chipping to edges of d/j else a very good copy in the scarce jacket. unknown
Best.-Nr. 4026LONDON METHUEN 1919. FIRST TRADE EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. LONDON, METHUEN, 1919 unknown
Best.-Nr. 34876KIPLING Rudyard. The Years Between. Original vellum-backed boards. London: Methuen 1919. First edition. One of 200 large paper copies. Covers slightly soiled but a very good copy. unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 10363The Century Co. New York 1897. First edition. HC VG. Green cloth with red gilt writing and beautiful ship. Inside cover has previous owner's name otherwise clean. See Photos. Cover excellent with small amount of gilt thinned on circle by boat. The Century Co. hardcover
1902Best.-Nr. 22349Macmillan and Co 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This 1902 First Edition book is clean solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 249 pages including many illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The book is housed safely inside a blue custom made clamshell type box with handsome Leather spine. There is a bookplate on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling writing or tears. The title page shows 1902 as the published date with no additional printings shown. The red and black pictorial covers are clean with the corners being a little bumped. The blue clamshell box shows light edgewear. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy box! Macmillan and Co hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 009010New York: G. W. Dillingham Publisher Successor to G. W. Carleton & Co. 1895. First American edition unauthorized. Hardcover. This is the first and unauthorized American edition. The volume collects notably without Kiplings permission his newspaper travel sketches and letters originally published in 1891s Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. This is an unequivocally handsome piracy bound in linen cloth strikingly illustrated on both the front cover and spine. The elaborate front cover illustration features a cartouche in gold with outlines of two pairs of birds within dark green capital above a column-like dark green rectangle with gold ray-like lines with reverse cut title lettering OUT OF INDIA amid swirls of smoke in dark yellowish brown rising from a gold censer and framed on left and right with profiles of tusked elephants in dark green on each side of gold lettering RUDYARD KIPLING. The no-less elaborate spine features the title and author in gilt print above a dark green shield faced with a gold tiger head before two crossed rifles in dark yellowish brown with dark yellowish brown smoke rising upward from a gold fire above dark green crossed logs. The book was issued in two distinctly different hues of linen cloth boards a light yellowish brown and a "grayish yellowish green - with no precedence assigned to either variant. This is the light yellowish brown binding in very good condition. The illustrated cloth binding is lovely - surprisingly clean and bright with no apparent color shift between the covers and spine sharp corners the spine ends almost unwrinkled and only a few trivial blemishes and a touch of shelf wear to the bottom edges. We would grade this book as near fine if not for a cosmetic split to the gutter at the front endpapers exposing the intact mull beneath and not affecting binding integrity. The sole previous ownership mark appears to be contemporary a name and city inked on the front free endpaper recto and dated "1895". The contents are bright and retain a crisp feel. We find no spotting. The text block edges are uniformly age toned and the endpapers show minor browning from the pastedown glue. The publication of this volume the first American edition of the newspaper travel sketches and letters which had originally been collected without Kiplings authority in the 1891 A. H. Wheeler & Co. Indian editions of Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places mightily irked Kipling who sent the same letter text on 3 November 1895 to The Nation The Critic and the New York Tribune denying his knowledge or sanction of the book. The contents are the same as Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places without those titles with the chapter headings of the former changed and given the master divisional title Part First while The City of Dreadful Night is headed Part Second' Among the Railway Folk is headed Part Third' and The Giridih Coal Fields and In an Opium Factory are joined together as Part Fourth. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was an English poet short-story writer and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism stories and poems of British India and his tales for children. Despite this reputation Kiplings extraordinary body of work eludes all labels in its range and variety Kipling's work is not only of the highest artistic excellence it is deeply humane and fully expresses the sense of one of his favourite texts: Praised be Allah for the diversity of his creatures. Kipling was not yet quite thirty years old when this unauthorized first American edition was published testimony to his early popularity. By his twenties Kiplings stories of Anglo-Indian life made him a literary celebrity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907; he was the first English language author awarded and remains the youngest person to receive the Prize. Reference: Richards A83; ODNB G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, Successor to G. W. Carleton & Co. hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 009011New York: G. W. Dillingham Publisher Successor to G. W. Carleton & Co. 1895. First American edition unauthorized. Hardcover. This is the first and unauthorized American edition. The volume collects notably without Kiplings permission his newspaper travel sketches and letters originally published in 1891s Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places. This is an unequivocally handsome piracy bound in linen cloth strikingly illustrated on both the front cover and spine. The elaborate front cover illustration features a cartouche in gold with outlines of two pairs of birds within dark green capital above a column-like dark green rectangle with gold ray-like lines with reverse cut title lettering OUT OF INDIA amid swirls of smoke in dark yellowish brown rising from a gold censer and framed by left and right with profiles of tusked elephants in dark green on each side of gold lettering RUDYARD KIPLING. The no-less elaborate spine features the title and author in gilt print above a dark green shield faced with a gold tiger head before two crossed rifles in dark yellowish brown with dark yellowish brown smoke rising upward from a gold fire above dark green crossed logs. The book was issued in two distinctly different hues of linen cloth boards a light yellowish brown and a "grayish yellowish green - with no precedence assigned to either variant. This is the grayish yellowish green binding in very good condition. The binding is square tight clean and sharp-cornered. Trivial shelf wear appears confined to the spine ends. The only reportable defect is spine toning despite which the gilt print and illustration remain clearly legible and shelf presentation remains respectable. The contents are crisp with no spotting and no previous ownership marks. The book feels unread. Age-toning is modest within more noticeable to the otherwise clean text block edges. The publication of this volume the first American edition of the newspaper travel sketches and letters which had originally been collected without Kiplings authority in the 1891 A. H. Wheeler & Co. Indian editions of Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places mightily irked Kipling who sent the same letter text on 3 November 1895 to The Nation The Critic and the New York Tribune denying his knowledge or sanction of the book. The contents are the same as Letters of Marque and The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places without those titles with the chapter headings of the former changed and given the master divisional title Part First while The City of Dreadful Night is headed Part Second' Among the Railway Folk is headed Part Third' and The Giridih Coal Fields and In an Opium Factory are joined together as Part Fourth. Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 was an English poet short-story writer and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism stories and poems of British India and his tales for children. Despite this reputation Kiplings extraordinary body of work eludes all labels in its range and variety Kipling's work is not only of the highest artistic excellence it is deeply humane and fully expresses the sense of one of his favourite texts: Praised be Allah for the diversity of his creatures. Kipling was not yet quite thirty years old when this unauthorized first American edition was published testimony to his early popularity. By his twenties Kiplings stories of Anglo-Indian life made him a literary celebrity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907; he was the first English language author awarded and remains the youngest person to receive the Prize. Reference: Richards A83; ODNB G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, Successor to G. W. Carleton & Co. hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 187-8Handsome leather-bound revised edition. Clean tight and unmarked. An excellent example for collectors seeking a well-preserved Kipling without later rebinding. First published in 1888 Plain Tales from the Hills introduced the world to Rudyard Kipling's sharp unsentimental and often darkly humorous vision of British colonial life in India. These interconnected stories—drawn from Kipling's early journalistic work—capture the contradictions of empire with remarkable clarity: loneliness ambition moral compromise and the quiet absurdities of power. This 1915 Doubleday Page & Company revised edition is presented in an elegant full leather binding with gilt lettering to the spine. The revised text reflects Kipling's later refinements while preserving the immediacy and bite that made these stories his literary breakthrough. A handsome and highly readable volume this copy balances literary significance with aesthetic presence making it equally appealing for collectors Kipling enthusiasts or those building a refined classic literature library. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 003146New York: Street & Smith 1900. First edition. First printing. ca. 1900. In brown cloth covers and stamped gilt and black lettering. Pictorial front cover displays a gilt backed portarit of Kipling with several bats stamped in black. Frontispiece plate reproduces a painting by Philip Burne Jones. Gilt top edge. Square intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumped and rubbed ends of spine. In plastic cover. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Street & Smith Hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 121048Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd. 1933. First edition of Tapp's history of Westward Ho! College with Kipling's The Song of the Exiles. Quarto original boards with gilt titles to the front panel marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. The author states in his introduction: "This short account of the United Services College has been written primarily for "Old Boys" to help perpetuate the memory of a great school and also with hope of providing something of interest to others. Doubtless older O.U.S.Cs. will note with pleasure the fortunes of the College after I left Westward Ho! while the younger ones will look back with interest on the happenings of the early days". Contains Kipling's The Song of the Exiles. Gale & Polden, Ltd. hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. BIBLIO-51282James Tregaskis & Son London first edition thus 1931. Limited edition of 500 copies. Full calf gilt spine-title 8vo 25cm. xii 2 336 pp ills. A handsome edition containing all that Tusser wrote including a few 'Sonnets' his 'Beliefe' - a metrical creed- 'Posies' for the several chambers of a house a rhymed account of his own life and translations from St. Augustine and St. Bernard. The great majority of these are from Hillmans 'Tusser Redivivus' of 1710 although the text of the 1580 edition has been carefully followed. They are rare and full of curious country lore explanatory of their author and his occasional obscurities. There is a very full glossary of archaic technical and dialect words in addition to copious notes on the text. Kipling prompted this new edition writing of Tusser that "In many ways he is as modem as to-morrowand his incidental verses .are extraordinarily good.What I like about him is that he does not seem to have made much of a success of his own job - whereby he came to know what he was writing about. He was so dead keen to impart his knowledge to his neighbours I dont think he ever thought much beyond his own county that he rammed his maxims into his metre with a sledge-hammer. Foot of spine a trifle rubbed small stain to fore-edge margins of last few leaves otherwise Near Fine in a card slipcase which has a tear along one edge. James Tregaskis & Son, London, first edition thus, 1931 unknown
Best.-Nr. RED2VJ3QXOJWDandelion Library Grolier Society 1967/67. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Dandelion Library (Grolier Society) 1967/67 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0491032854.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9353361818.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback