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1899ref. 42031New York Crowell 1899 hardcover. Includes four color plates by W.William St John Harper. Extra title-page decoration and presumably the gilt cover decoration by TBH Theodore Brown Hapgood. -- Hardcover bright gilt cover art 253 pages. Condition: very good minus lavender cloth cover is lightly and irregularly sunned; foxing to outer pages including the Hapgood woodcut margins; no jacket issued. Crowell hardcover
ref. 56255New York: H. M. Caldwell Co n.d. Hardcover. fair to good. 4" x 6.5" 96 slight foxing inside front board/flyleaf some wear to board and spine edges and board corners small stain on rear board. A collection of Kipling's martial songs and poems including Gunga Din Tommy and Danny Deever. The book was originally published in two parts the first in 1892 and the second in 1896. H. M. Caldwell Co hardcover
1940ref. 003487NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1940. First edition. 115pp. Blue cloth stamped in blind white and gilt. Offsetting to endpapers; boards with slight inward bowing. Near fine in a very good jacket with clipped flaps but "$2.50" price still present at rear a few small chips. First separate edition of this Brazilian travelogue originally published in 1927 as a series of letters in London's Morning Post. Sharp copy in the attractive pictorial jacket. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1921ref. 26519Novo Portu: : E. Typographeo Yalensi 1921. First edition. publisher's boards in printed wrapper. Chip to top of front wrapper; some sunning to spine and edges; a very good copy. 12mo. E. Typographeo Yalensi, hardcover
2012ref. DADAX3847253786TREDITION CLASSICS 2012-05-11. hardcover. New. 5.00x0.56x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. TREDITION CLASSICS hardcover
1926ref. DOY 12London: MACMILLAN 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. MACMILLAN Hardcover
1890ref. 54081Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. 1890. Fourth edition but the first edition printed in the UK. The adverts at the end are dated February 1890. This edition includes ten poems in addition to those included in the 1888 3rd edition and features revisions to others. Deep blue cloth with elaborate gilt device on upper board replicating a note from Kipling. About good with rubbing on edges bumping to corners tears on spine edges and tiny open tears on bottom edges of boards spine is shaken textblock has age toned edges price stamp by previous bookstore and previous owner's name on half title page cracked gutter between p.80 and 81 cracking on inner hinges end papers are olive green colored patters of leaves and oranges. Lacking dust jacket. Thacker, Spink and Co. unknown
ref. 15-2468New York: Doubleday Page 1899. First printing of revised edition first U.S. 8vo. 217 pp. Very good in green cloth top edge gilt ex-libris John Ruyle label within with his notes in pencil on end paper prev. owner's signature in clear protective mylar jacket. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1899. hardcover
1908ref. 1358919London: Macmillan & Co 1908. Softcover. 12mo; 31 pages; G; Red paper covers with no text; on spine; Covers have wear to corners and edges chipping along spine edges; Textblock has bookplate on inside of front cover age toning to pages; RWO; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Wegewood Section. 1358919. Special Collections. Macmillan & Co unknown
1900ref. 005239London: Methuen & Co. 1900. This anthology with contributions by many prominent British authors of the day was a charitable offering to the "War Fund." The war referenced was that with the Boers in South Africa. Aside from Kipling the authors are W.L. Alden Sir Walter Besant S.R. Crockett Mrs. B.M. Croker E.W. Hornung C.J. Cutlife Hyne A.E.W. Mason F. Frankfort Moore Max Pemberton Morley Roberts W. Pett Ridge H.G. Wells Percy White and Walter Wood. This is a Very Good copy of the First and only Edition. A scarce title. Red cloth binding ruled with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. The front cover features a representation of field artillery drawn by a six-horse hitch. Clean text; 315 pages with a 47-page publisher's catalog "August 1900" in the rear. This is an ex-library copy with only a shool library stamp and note on the FFEP and a number on the spine. Rubbed at the margins spine slightly faded. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Methuen & Co. Hardcover
1899ref. BOOKS18720New York NY: Doubleday & McClure Company. G/No Dustjacket. 1899. . Cloth. First Edition with Points . 12mo. 460 400 pp. shelfwear bumped ink writing inside cover page toning . Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover
1899ref. 001520New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bottom of spines a little spotted. Some pencil underlining. Very Good. Two volumes in publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Kipling in India the Orient and elsewhere. Precedes the English edition. Livingston 227. With the error on page 90 of the second volume. Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
1942ref. 95943Garden City New York: Garden City Publishing Co 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright with a touch of wear at corners. With Rojankovsky's beautiful color illustrations and decorative endpapers. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar. A fine copy. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
1989ref. Bing9JM064Picture Book Studio Audio 1989. Hardcover - N. Good. 11x0x12. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Very Good hardcover book and cassette in slipcase read by Jack Nickolson. slipcase has a few nicks to edges tips bumped clean pages prompt shipping with tracking. Picture Book Studio Audio hardcover
1923ref. 123116London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. First English edition of Kipling's October 1923 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo original wrappers. In very good 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1923ref. 51388London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1923. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. Fine. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Macmillan and Co., Ltd hardcover
1890ref. 129330Dark blue cover shows wear. Gilt around top page edges. Former owner's bookplate and name written in book otherwise interior is unmarked and clean. Pictures on request United States Book Company hardcover
ref. 45283661-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 68501113-75Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 40620193-6Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 45283661-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1902ref. 328233London : Macmillan and Co 1902. Reprint. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with pictorial cover. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 6 249 3 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: How the whale got his throat -- How the camel got his hump -- How the rhinoceros got his skin -- How the leopoard got his spots -- The elephant's child -- The sing-song of old man kangaroo -- The beginning of the armadilloes -- How the first letter was written -- How the alphabet was made -- The crab that played with the sea -- The cat that walked by himself -- The butterfly that stamped. Subjects: Animals; Juvenile fiction.Children's stories. Animals. Fables. English literature 19th century. Genre: Children's stories. Fiction. Illustrated. Summary: Twelve stories about animals insects and other subjects include ""How the Camel Got His Hump."" ""The Butterfly That Stamped"" and ""How the Alphabet Was Made."" London : Macmillan and Co hardcover
1912ref. 73010Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company 1912. publisher's decorated cloth. A few light marks to cloth; clean tight and sound. 4to. Pictures by Joseph M. Gleeson; 12 color plates and numerous text illustrations. Doubleday Page & Company, hardcover
1919ref. 427453London: Macmillan and Co 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Octavo. 219pp. 4pp. Illustrations by Rudyard Kipling. Red cloth with gilt embossed stamp of elephant and swastika on front board gilt-stamped spine title top edge gilt. Gutter cracked small stain on pages 192-193 at the very foredge spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped a very good copy in a very good lightly age-toned dustwrapper with "7/6 Net" sticker on spine short tears on spine ends and corners. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1919ref. 54121London: Methuen and Co. no-date 1919. First UK edition preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single rule "between which the names of towns and villages laid waste by the Germans in World War I are printed in capitals" Richards A315. Good or better with creasing few tiny tears to edges slight overall tanning and two corners chipped off but still present. Methuen and Co.) unknown