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1937réf. 809J38Paris: Librarie Delagrave 1937. Fine Binding. Near Fine/Fair. 11" by 9.5". Roger Reboussin. A near fine handsomely bound copy of this lavishly illustrated French edition of Rudyard Kipling's classic sequel including the very scarce original dust wrapper. A beautiful copy of the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's classic children's novel The Jungle Book. This copy is a French edition Le Second Livre de la Jungle and has been translated by Louis Fabulet and Robert d'Humieres. This sequel first published in 1895 just one year after its prequel features five stories about Mowgli and his jungle friends and three additional stories set in India. The seventeenth edition of this work. Lavishly illustrated throughout by noted French artist Roger Reboussin. Handsomely bound by the publisher Delgrave in quarter morocco with gilt detailing to the spine. Including the very scarce original dust wrapper. Handsomely bound in the publisher's quarter morocco binding with gilt detailing to the spine and marbled boards. Externally lovely with just a touch of shelf wear. Original unclipped dust wrapper has significant loss to the spine resulting in the front and rear wrap being detached from one another. Some light edgewear and offsetting to the front and interior of the wrap. Some marks to the rear of the wrap. Internally volume is firmly bound. A few spots to the fore-edge not affecting the pages which remain bright and clean. Near Fine Librarie Delagrave unknown
1906réf. MR345Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936. Puck of Pook's Hill. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1906. First edition. An attractive first edition of one of Kipling's most enduring historical fantasies blending folklore history and storytelling through the character of Puck who guides two children through England's past. A cornerstone work of Edwardian children's literature and an important title in the Kipling canon. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's binding retaining strong colour and gilt. Light rubbing and handling wear consistent with age. Binding sound and text clean throughout unmarked and clean; No dust jacket. A well-preserved example of this increasingly sought-after first edition. Provenance: From the personal library of Sir Geoffrey Howe Baron Howe of Aberavon former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary. With the distinctive Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe library bookplate tipped in to the front pastedown. Further provenance information available upon request. A particularly desirable copy combining literary significance with notable political provenance. MacMillan hardcover
1910réf. 897Q7London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. A leather-bound first edition of Kipling's eulogy to King Edward VII with this particular copy hailing from the library of Kipling's literary agent A. P. Watt and Son. First edition. In a contemporary full calf binding. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. 'The Dead King' was written as Rudyard Kipling's tribute to King Edward VII after his death on the 6th of May 1910. The entire writing and publication time was eleven days being published initially in The Times The Morning Post and other newspapers on the 18th of May. This poem reads as a traditional elegy from medieval times being an altogether touching tribute to a man who Kipling regarded as a wise and dedicated monarch who served the country well. Bound in full purple calf. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and spine causing loss the the leather in places. Light bumping and loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine. Leather lifting a little to the head of the board. Fading to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to leather. Spotting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1903réf. 030006UK: Macmillan 1903. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprints 1910 and 1903. Books are very good and bright. Nice clean contents. Small inscriptions to endpapers. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18943 Macmillan hardcover
1895réf. 895Z28London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Two collections of stories by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth. This set features two collections of stories by Rudyard Kipling the celebrated Nobel Prize winning author poet and journalist. The works include 'Soldiers Three' a collection of wartime stories 'The Story of Gadsbys' a collection of eight dramatic stories 'Wee Willie Winkie' and 'Under the Deodars'. Publisher's advertisements to the rears.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 cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spines heaviest to 'Wee Willie Winkie' with slight marks to the boards and bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplates belonging to A. P. Watt to the front pastedowns with hinges starting to 'Soldiers Three'. Internally generally firmly bound with signs of strain in places. Pages lightly age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1927réf. 67372Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Hinges tender binding still completely intact. Foxing to front free-endpaper and color frontis photo. Owner stamp to inner pastedown that of noted psychologist and LSD researcher Dr. Oscar Janiger.; 576 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
2005réf. 195250The Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Two scuff marks on top of slip case blind stamp from former owner on ep's little wear otherwise. The Folio Society hardcover
1903réf. 228010Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in quarter aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Gilt cross-bands with the boards ruled in blind and has paper spine labee. Remains quite a well-preserved example overall. Provenance; Bookplate of Arthur William Fitz Roy Somerset of Castle Goring in the County of Sussex Esq. 1920. Edition; 2nd ed. Physical description; xiii 3 215 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; First edition regular copy. Imprint on p. 215: ""Printed by T. and A. Constable Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press"". This edition on handmade paper is limited to 200 copies. Poems. Subjects; English poetry - 1789-1919 - Works. Genre; Fiction. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable hardcover
2013réf. 086434Easton Press 2013. Full-Leather. New. NEW in shrink wrap. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Easton Press hardcover
réf. 44629LONDON MACMILLAN & CO 1906. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. FRONT HINGE A LITTLE SHAKY; WITH FRONTIS. AND 19 ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. R. MILLAR. SCARCE. LONDON, MACMILLAN & CO, 1906 hardcover
réf. 22556Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1931. 'Printed in the United States at the Country Life Press Garden City N. Y.'. 2 18pp 8vo. In cream printed wraps with duplication in green on cover of title-page but without year. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with crease running next to the spine slightly at an angle. This American Copyright printing - said to have been limited to 75 privately-distributed copies - was published 13 November 1931 and preceded the English publication in The Story-Teller magazine December 1931 by around a month. Stewart 596; Livingston 569. The rare American Copyright issue. Richards A399 Livingston 569 Stewart 596. Reprinted in 1932 in Limits and Renewals. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1931. ['Printed in the United States at the Country Life Press | Garden paperback
1898réf. 895Z22London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None . The first edition of this collection of short stories by the award winning author Rudyard Kipling. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling and features a collection of thirteen short stories including 'The Ship that Found Herself' 'The Devil and the Deep Sea' and 'Bread upon Waters'. Four of the stories include anthropomorphic characters. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.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 cloth. Externally smart with creasing to the rear slight fading to the spine bumping to the extremities small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Bookplate belonging to 'A. P. Watt' to the front pastedown with front hinge starting and offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with evidence of strain in places. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1936réf. 029965UK: Macmillan 1936. Reprint . Full-Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J L Kipling W H Drake. Reprint 1936. Omnibus edition of the Two Jungle Books bound in full leather. Illustrated. Book is very good and very bright. Nice clean contents. Includes the original card slip case which is worn and rubbed to the edges. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 18904 Macmillan hardcover
1931réf. 982Y31London: James Tregaskis & Son 1931. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 7". None. A pleasing limited edition of Thomas Tusser's 16th-century instructional poem in the original full crushed morocco. One of a limited edition of five hundred copies printed on handmade Batchelor paper. In the original full crushed morocco by Bain and Company. Preserved in a cloth-backed slipcase. This long poem from Thomas Tusser which stood as one of the best-selling poetry books of the Elizabethan age uses rhyming couplets to instruct the reader on various farming and country customs offering fascinating insight into life in Tudor England. Scholars also consider it an interesting text for its defence of enclosures.First published as 'A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie' in 1557 and later enlarged into five hundred points in 1573. This edition is complete with an introduction by Sir Walter Scott a benediction by Rudyard Kipling and a foreword by E. V. Lucas. In the original full crushed morocco. Externally excellent with a couple minor marks to the front board and minimal signs of shelf wear. Slipcase is rubbed with a few pieces of tape to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Near Fine James Tregaskis & Son hardcover
1889réf. 487395Calcutta : Thacker Spink and Co 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Slightly edge-torn and bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii 283 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English fiction 19th century. India Fiction. Short stories English 19th century. Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co hardcover
1897réf. 261768New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 20 volumes. Contents; Volume 1. Plain tales from the hills -- v. 2-3. Soldiers three and military tales -- v. 4. In black and white -- v. 5. The phantom 'rickshaw and other stories -- v. 6. Under the deodars ; The story of the Gadsbys ; Wee Willie Winkle -- v. 7. The jungle book -- v. 8. The second jungle book -- v. 9. The light that failed -- v. 10. The naulahka : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses 1889-1896 -- v. 12. ""Captains courageous"" a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea : letters of travel -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & co. -- v. 19. Kim ; v. 25. Rewards and fairies. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1915réf. 2634Garden City: Doubleday Page 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. 1st American edition. Pink paper over boards with printed labels on the front and spine. Paper worn away on three corners otherwise very good condition. Stewart 388. Doubleday Page hardcover
1925réf. 210615-MB48Doubleday Page and Company 1925. Good red cloth cover with gilt decorations 1925 Color and black and white illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Kipling J Lockwood; C. I. E.; Drake W. H. Doubleday, Page, and Company Hardcover
1906réf. 21320London: MacMillan & Co 1906. First edition first printing of Puck of Puck's Hill by Rudyard Kipling published by MacMillan London in 1906 a First Issue with adverts at rear. Red boards with gilt elephant embossed vignette to front board & gilt titles nicking to spine tips and some surface damage to heal of the spine fading to the spine rubbing to corners gilt top stain to text block light pencil annotation marks throughout. A collection of short stories blending history fantasy and folklore. Set in England's Sussex countryside it follows two children Dan and Una who encounter Puck a mischievous sprite from English folklore. Puck introduces them to various historical characters including Roman soldiers and Norman knights who share tales of England's past. Through these stories Kipling explores themes of identity nationalism and the enduring spirit of England. The book serves as both entertainment and a celebration of English heritage showcasing Kipling's skillful storytelling and his love for the land and its legends. MacMillan & Co hardcover
1898réf. 55180Chicago: R. H. Russell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Original oversized cloth-backed boards. First US edition. Ex-University library with spine number small sticker to front cover three bookplates some bookplate remnants and blindstamps on each illustration. Edges and points exposed. . ; quarto . R. H. Russell hardcover
1911réf. 38303Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth stamped in white maps on endpapers. Fine. First English Edition. Illustrated by Henry Ford. 250 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Stewart 356 at the Clarendon Press. London Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1909réf. 191633London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Hardcover. An attractive edition of this work by Kipling. Features 30 tipped in color plates along with some additional black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. A close to near fine copy in illustrated blue cloth boards with all tissue guards present and with some scattered foxing to the page edges and internally some very minor fraying to the base of the spine and a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown. No dust jacket. Despite the minor flaws a very pleasing copy. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1909réf. 010439New York: B. W. Dodge & Co. 1909. First Edition. hardcover. Hinge cracked at the rear but very tight; covers bright and fresh. The dustwrapper is complete with only minor chipping at the spine tips and corners. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Livingston 328. Pirated Edition preceding the first edition of this collection of stories. This is one of the last copies to be bound with the front cover lettered in red rather than gold. B. W. Dodge & Co. hardcover
1909réf. DOY 9London: MACMILLAN 1909. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN NEAR FINE SCARCE DUST JACKET. MACMILLAN Hardcover
1893réf. 228647Boston Perry Mason & Co. 1893. 1893. First edition thus. Folio. Complete issue pages 501-512. Illustrations. Some tears and old repairs at folds. Enclosed in 1/2 brown morocco slipcase. Scarce. Kipling's contribution appears on pages 506 507. See Livingston p. 171 #140. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston [Perry Mason & Co.] 1893. paperback