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1919ref. 51583Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1919. First Edition. One of 70 copies printed for copyright purposes. Slim octavo 20.5cm; publisher's original wrappers bound into full navy blue crushed morocco by The French Binders with five raised bands titles stamped in gilt on spine and covers with double-ruled borders and decorative corner pieces tooled in gilt on covers; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; 8pp padded with 11 blank terminal leaves. Pinpoint wear else Fine. A poem first published in the Daily Telegraph 29 January 1919 concerning the young naval officers who were sent to Cambridge University for two terms between 1919-1922. LIVINGSTON 437. cf.Kipling Society website. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1925ref. 82667Garden City:: Doubleday Page & Company. Good. 1925. Hardcover. B001EUCL0W . Stated first edition. Octavo bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. Moderate shelf wear and aging brief gift inscription from 1925 on front free endpaper else good. No dust jacket. ; 576 pages . Doubleday, Page & Company, hardcover books
ref. 1372450London: A.H. Wheeler & Co n.d. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Octavo 96 104 96 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in half brown leather and dark green buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear. Rubbing to leather. Light age-toning to textblock. Edges of textblock dyed speckled red. Pencil signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 2. "Under the Deodars" is third edition. "The Phantom 'Rickshaw" does not list edition. "Wee Willie Winkie" is fifth edition. 1372450. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. A.H. Wheeler & Co hardcover books
1909ref. 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 books
ref. 00136London: Macmillan and Co. 1903. The Songs from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" KIPLING Rudyard. The Just So Song Book. Being the Songs from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German. London: Macmillan and Co. 1903. First edition. Large quarto 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 311 x246 mm. 2 62 pp. Music. Original dark red cloth pictorially stamped in black on front cover and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Small area of slight discoloration on back cover. Front hinge hints at starting. Title tissue guard slightly browned and with a short tear at lower margin. Otherwise a fine copy. A charming and scarce musical companion to Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories issued at the height of his popularity and designed for domestic performance. Edward German's settings - by turns playful lyrical and theatrically assured -translate Kipling's rhythmic verse into songs intended for both children and adults reflecting the Edwardian taste for cultivated family entertainment. Books combining Kipling's texts with original musical settings were produced in relatively small numbers and were often heavily used making clean copies increasingly difficult to find. This first edition of The Just So Song Book survives as an appealing example of early twentieth-century literary music publishing and an important adjunct to Kipling's most beloved work. "The texts of the twelve poems contained in the Just So Stories 1902 are here set to music by Edward German. The last song 'Rolling down to Rio' is substituted for 'I've never sailed the Amazon' which is here omitted" Stewart. Livingston 270 describing the first American edition. Stewart 269-A. London: Macmillan and Co., 1903 unknown books
1901ref. 10957Doubleday Page & Company New York 1901. First Edition First State rhyming chapter headings only Ch. VIII and XIII of the First 1st Printing of the First Edition. Note: The U.S. edition preceded the U.K. edition by over two weeks. VG deep green cloth with distinct black ship stamped on both the front board and the spine alongside gold gilt lettering. See photos for top and bottom of spine. The top edge of the pages are bright gold leaf with side and bottom edges rough-cut deckeled. Inside cover previous owner's bookplate and again across from half title page. Some hinge separation 10 full-page black-and-white plates inside created specifically for the book by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1901ref. 009004Toronto: George N. Morang & Co. Limited 1901. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. This is the Canadian edition of Kim considered to be Kiplings greatest work and the finest novel about the India of the British Empire. This first Canadian edition considerably scarcer than its U.S. and British counterparts was made up from the U.S. sheets with a cancel title leaf. The binding is the same dark green cloth illustrated with a black-stamped Kipling-designed Viking longship on a wave-crested sea on the front cover and spine but with the Canadian publisher "Morang" stamped in gilt at the spine heel. The title page features "George N. Morang & Co. Limited" rather than the U.S. publisher Doubleday. This is a lovely copy in very good condition. The green illustrated green cloth binding is square clean bright tight and sharp cornered. There is modest shelf wear to the bottom edges including a touch of fraying to the lower front cover corner wrinkling at the spine head and a few trivial blemishes including a triangle of mild dulling at the lower corner of the blank rear cover. The contents are notably clean with no spotting bright gilt top edges and mild age-toning primarily confined to the otherwise clean untrimmed fore and bottom edges. A single previous owner name initials and a surname is inked to the upper front free endpaper recto. The binding is protected beneath a clear removable mylar cover. Among Kiplings tales of India perhaps none eclipses his masterpiece Kim. Originally published in 1901 this is the story of Kimball OHara an Irish orphan who goes from begging on the streets of Lahore to being a spy for the British simultaneously taking a spiritual journey that conflicts with his new obligations to the Empire. Kims context is the Great Game that pitted Russia against Britain for control of the subcontinent in the wake of the Second Afghan War 1878-1880. Kiplings career as a journalist afforded him travel to the major cities of India a breadth of geographic experience with the subcontinent that informs the sweeping settings of Kim. U.S. Canadian and British first editions of Kim followed serialization in the United States in McClures Magazine from December 1900 through October 1901 and in Britain in Cassells Magazine from January through November 1901. Chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its books of the century Kim was Kiplings final book about India and was called magical upon publication. When the orphaned Kimball OHara joins a Buddhist lama in his search for the River of Healing the reader not only beholds a kaleidoscope of people and settings through Kims eyes but also feels the native social and spiritual currents of India moving beneath the political veneer of imperial ambitions and authority. Bengali critic Niraud Chaudhuri called Kim the finest novel in the English language dealing with an Indian theme. Kim was also included in the Modern Librarys list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century. 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 in his twenties when his stories of Anglo-Indian life made him a literary celebrity and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling was the first English language author awarded and remains the youngest person to receive the Prize. References: Richards A173; ODNB Books of the Century George N. Morang & Co., Limited hardcover
1932ref. 4Ticket in front pages signed by Rudyard Kipling. Slight scuffing on the cover. Macmillan & Co., Limited
1940ref. BL-002303Pettigrew AR: Burt Randle 1940. 34 pp. Approximately 1/2 x 3/8". LIMITED EDITION of unknown quantity usually done in 50 - 80 copies at most. Green leather cover which is rubbed and has a few spots on the rear cover paper label on front cover wire clasp. A very good copy scarce. Bradbury Burt Randle 5The miniature books published by Burt Randle were usually "photographic reproductions of his Randle's very small handwriting" according to Bradbury. This is a very tiny collection of some of Kipling's inspirational poetry. "Lest we forget" Burt Randle hardcover
1906ref. 1049841KIPLING Rudyard. Puck of Pook's Hill. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham A.R.W.S. NY: Doubleday Page and Company 1906. 12mo viii 277pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in black and gold; t.e.g. 4 color plates. Light wear along edges spine cloth with a bit puckered tissue guard at frontispiece foxed with title page lightly so but frontispiece unaffected nonetheless a very sharp clean tight copy with stamped binding still bright. First US edition and first Rackham-illustrated edition. A series of fantasy stories set in various periods of English history told to two children by various figures plucked out of history by Puck the mischievous fairy from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Interestingly only this US edition features the four color plates by Rackham the British edition was instead illustrated solely in black-and-white by H.R. Millar. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
1938ref. 18875Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. E. Carlegle. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "Stalky & Co.". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by E. Carlegle and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Paul Bettelheim and Rodolphe Thomas. Librairie Delagrave unknown
1938ref. 18874Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. Georges Leroux. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "On the City Wall". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by Georges Leroux and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Louis Fabulet. Librairie Delagrave unknown
1938ref. 18875Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. E. Carlegle. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "Stalky & Co.". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by E. Carlegle and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Paul Bettelheim and Rodolphe Thomas. Librairie Delagrave unknown books
1938ref. 18874Paris: Librairie Delagrave 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. Georges Leroux. #90 of 100 copies within the larger limitation of 1210 copies of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "On the City Wall". Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns the original wrappers bound-in. As part of the limitation of 100 copies includes the 12 extra plates-in-color by Georges Leroux and "une suite speciale des gravures en bistro". Clean very attractive and Near Fine translated from its original Englsh by Louis Fabulet. Librairie Delagrave unknown books
1890ref. BB2578Allahabad / London: Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington Ld. St. Dunstan's House Fetter Lane from 1888 1890. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. First English Edition third overall of this collection of short stories. Indian Railway Library Number 4. Demy 8vo 214 x 135mm: 96pp with Indian title page. Publisher's grey-green illustrated paper wrappers design re-engraved from the first Indian edition with carriage umbrella tipped to left and several other modifications printed in black "Price One Shilling" top of front cover back cover with vignette of lady's face partially covered by fan. Pages occasionally spotted but a collectible copy of this fragile production tightly bound in original wrappers and generally clean throughout. Richards A37. Stewart 48. Martindell 31 misdated 1889. Livingston 39. Grolier 91. First published in 1888 in Allahabad collecting six stories which originally appeared earlier that year in The Week's News. This edition published shortly thereafter and in the same graphic format but according to Stewart with text revised. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Published by Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ld., St. Dunstan's House Fetter Lane [from unknown
1911ref. 244641911. Marroquín rojo con el lomo cuajado y superlibris heráldico dorado y orla fileteada en los planos cortes marmolados. unknown
1932ref. 894P42London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A smart first edition copy of this entertaining anthology of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The first edition first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of short stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling.Including the stories and poems 'Dayspring Mishandled' 'The Church That Was at Antioch' 'Akbar's Bridge' 'Fairy-Kist' 'Dinah in Heaven' 'Naaman's Song' 'Azrael's Court' 'Song of Seventy Horses' and many more.Many of these stories had previously appeared in various periodicals however three of these stories are for the first time here published being 'The Tie' 'Aunt Ellen' and 'Uncovenanted Mercies'.From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling. In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Spots to the endpapers. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper. Spine of the dust wrapper is age-toned with some spots to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1906ref. 766R11London: Macmillan And Co. Limited 1906. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling illustrated throughout. First published in 1906 this is a collection of short stories set in various times during English history with depictions of magic bringing a fantastic element to the tales. Most renowned for 'The Jungle Book' 'Kim' and 'Just so Stories' Rudyard Kipling is seen as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. He was born in India the inspiration behind a vast amount of his writings.This is a first edition.Illustrated with full plate illustrations throughout as well as a frontispiece.From the library of Frank David Higham an author who along with David Higham wrote a great deal of literature poetry and drama as well as founding David Higham Associates a literary agency remembered in particular for championing children's literature having championed the works of authors such as Michael Morpurgo Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Ownership bookplate and small bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Macmillan And Co., Limited hardcover
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1922ref. 2164PARIS. DELAGRAVE. (1922). IN-4 BROCHE (24 X 34 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + 192 PAGES, COUVERTURE CREME REMPLIEE, TITRE IMPRIME EN DORE. NOMBREUSES ILLUSTRATIONS DU PEINTRE ANIMALIER DELUERMOZ, DONT 12 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 180 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES. UN DES 30 EXEMPLAIRES DE TETE SUR PAPIER DES MANUFACTURES IMPERIALES DU JAPON, A GRANDES MARGES. TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
1922ref. 92173Paris: Mercure de France 1922. Fine. Mercure de France Paris 1922 13.2 x 20.2 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition of the French translation first published in the authors collected works one of 550 numbered copies on pure wove paper the only issue after 80 copies on Arches wove paper.Contemporary forest green half morocco over marbled boards corners spines lightly sunned with four raised bands gilt decorative rolls and richly gilt compartments marbled endpapers original upper wrappers preserved top edges gilt. Mercure de France hardcover
1909ref. 1315250Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Dark blue cloth gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. 30 stunning tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates mounted on card with green decorative borders. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light rubbing to covers. A few foxspots/fingermarks else contents clean. All plates present 2 have corner creases. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
