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1899Best.-Nr. 80120New York: Doubleday & McClure Co 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The first American edition. This collection of linked short stories is based on Kipling's own experiences at the United Services College a military preparatory school. It follows the mischievous adventures of three boys - Stalky M'Turk and Beetle a stand-in for Kipling - as they use pranks and cunning to navigate school life often as training for their future roles in the British Empire. Octavo: xiv 310 pp. with the frontispiece with tissue guard and 7 full-page plates all halftones after illustrations by L. Raven Hill. In the publisher's green vertical ribbed cloth binding with green and black-stamped ruled borders and vignettes of a Viking ship and gilt-stamped titling. Top edge gilt with buff endpapers. Some mild edgewear; else near fine. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Doubleday & McClure Co hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 106972New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. 1899. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1899. Doubleday and McClure Company. 310 pages. Owners name and bookplate on endpaper. Light shelwear else Very Good condition. First Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages . Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. b10321New York 1896. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine original three-quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards. Slight starting at the hinges. hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 005112New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. This novelette dates to 1895. This is a Very Good Plus copy of the First Edition Thus first illustrated by F.H. Townsend. Ivory cloth binding ruled with titling in gilt. Tipped onto the front cover is a colour illustration by F.H. Townsend who also supplied the Frontis and eleven others. Clean text; 73 pages. Contemporary 1909 signature on the FFEP Light soiling and hints of bumping. In an archival plastic protector. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by F.H. Townsend. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 48304New York Chicago: Doubleday Doran & Co. Kroch's Bookstores 1941. First edition thus: the ORIGINAL PROSPECTUS for the Burwash Edition of Kipling's works. 9.5 x 12" stapled wrappers; 16 pages including covers. TOGETHER WITH Kroch's Bookstores of Chicago solicitation letter signed in green ink "Carmin Jones"; order form with "Special Note to Subscribers" stapled at head; and Kroch's printed Business Reply Envelope. Housed in an over-sized unprinted folder presumably as issued. Folder somewhat worn and smudged a fine assemblage otherwise. Doubleday, Doran & Co. [Kroch's Bookstores] unknown
1898Best.-Nr. TB33467New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board to include a Viking ship under sail. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the first blank end sheet has been removed and rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The upper fore tip has been bumped. The last 12 leaves have an ink stain in the lower margins at the extreme edge of the pages. Without a dust jacket. 431 pages of text. A collection of twelve short stories Illustrated with a frontispiece by W. D. Stevens and five plates by various artists. A very handsome and clean copy. Richards Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography A115 Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 106971London: MacMillan and Company. 1898. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1898. Macmillan & Company. 381 pages. Owners name on endpaper and some shelfwear else Very Good condition. First U. K. Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 381 pages . MacMillan and Company hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 9862London: Hodder & Soughton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 8vo; Original lavender wraps with glassine also present. A little fading to cover edges and some wear and tearing to the glassine. . Hodder & Soughton paperback
Best.-Nr. b17963First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Near fine in original wrappers with some light edgewear and partial creasing. paperback
1918Best.-Nr. 31145Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 101 pages; Minor soiling and wear to covers. This is the 1st issue of the book. Inside front cover with a little soiling. . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. b23816Garden City: Doubleday Page 1918. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. The first state of the first U.S. edition. Very good with wear at the tips darkening and light wear to the spine label bookplate and pencil ownership signature. The first state with "recuiting depot" on page 78 line 1. Doubleday, Page hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 324702London: Methuen and Company 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. First state with misprint 'David' for 'Saul' on page 56 line 9 ads dated July 1903. Very good with a faded spine and some fading at the bottom front corner light edgewear endpapers browned. Methuen and Company hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 122463London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1915. First edition of this collection of nautical essays and poems. 12mo original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. 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
1923Best.-Nr. 54828Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. First Edition. fair to good. 307 vol. II only maps appendices index discoloration inside boards and flyleaves some foxing to text. Boards and spine somewhat worn and spotted. This volume contains four chapters--1915: Loos and the First Autumn; 1916: Salient and the Somme; 1917: Rancourt to Bourlon Wood; and 1918: Arras to the End. Also contains three appendices: Officers Killed in Action or Died of Wounds; AlphabeticalList of W. O's N.C.O. 's and Men Killed in Action or Died of Wounds or Disease 1914-1918; and Awards medals and decorations. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 42528London: MacMillan 1923. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. orig. cloth xvi 344pp. maps plans The War service of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards from 1914 to 1918. Inc. powerful accounts of the Guards on the Somme in 1916 & 1917. Cloth slightly flecked o/w nice clean copy MacMillan hardcover
Best.-Nr. FORT100122Charles Scribner's Sons. Used - Acceptable. Two volume set. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Best.-Nr. FORT915253The Easton Press. Used - Good. The Easton Press unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 64198Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1980. Limited Edition. 8vo. 27cm x 18.5cm. Publisher's full green leather titled and decorated in gilt to spine and boards. Clean and bright a fine unread copy. 383pp. Internally clean. Yellow silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout by David Gentleman. Part of the "One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written" series. The Easton Press unknown
1961Best.-Nr. 93661NY:: New American Library Signet Classics. Very Good. 1961. Paperback. CD65. Afterword by Marcus Cunliffe. Stated first printing of this Signet Classics mass market paperback. Previous owner's name on verso of front cover else very good or better in illustrated wraps. ; 334 pages . New American Library (Signet Classics), paperback
1890Best.-Nr. 25745Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1890 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Three issues bound in one volume. March and May 1890 January 1891. Binding is poor with insect damage to the surface and both front and rear hinges failing. Happily the contents are "fine." as-is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
Best.-Nr. 15-2403Chicago and New York: Rand McNally ca. 1897-1898. 8vo. 219 pp. U.S. pirated edition with earlier magazine version with "happy" ending. Very good in red cloth top edge gilt with notes on end papers by John Ruyle and brief news article pasted to rear end papers some cover soiling. Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally, [ca. 1897-1898]. hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 10432ELondon: Macmillan 1940. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the film based on Kipling’s classic tale starring Ronald Colman Walter Huston and Ida Lupino. With a small spot of orange paint on the front free endpaper and pages tanned as usual else very good in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some interior tape reinforcement tearing at the spine and a couple of small chips and tears. The front panel of the jacket is a graphic drawing of a swashbuckling Ronald Colman involved in an intense sword fight with Arabs. Macmillan unknown
1936Best.-Nr. 49370Doubleday Doran & Company 1936. First Edition. Hardcover missing Dust Jacket. VG fading to spine no dust jacket stated first edition. Red cloth first thus. Originally published in 1895. Previous owner's gift Inscription on the ffep. . Doubleday, Doran & Company, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 52224550-6Independently published. Used - 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. Independently published unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 003932New York: Doubleday / Page and Company 1909. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First American and separate edition. With extracts from the contemporary magazine in which it appeared. Blue cloth over boards with gold and silver decoration pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Very light rubbing to covers soiling to top-edge and ownership signature neatly on title-page. A surprisingly fresh copy considering it is close to 100 years old!. Doubleday / Page and Company Hardcover