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1891ref. 49457London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. Very Good. London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. First English Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's green-grey pictorial wrappers; 96pp. A few small shallow chips to wrapper margins foxing to final few leaves else Very Good and sound nicer than often encountered. Kipling's oppressive novella of a man's sleepless night spent walking the streets of Lahore. This edition part of A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library No. XIV preceded by an Allahabad printing. Livingston 71. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown
1889ref. 49958Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co 1889. Good. Allahabad India: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1889. First Indian Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's white pictorial wrappers illustrated by the Mayo School of Art Lahore; 4iiii106viipp. Wrappers toned and chipped along spine edge with some glue repair to the latter though top half of wrapper split along spine edge. Good overall internally clean and sound. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 3. Collection of eight short stories all relating to the lives of native Indians rather than their colonizers. All but one of these stories first appeared in 1888 in the periodical The Week's News. Livingston 34. Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co unknown books
1888ref. 49973V.p.: v.i. 1888. Very Good. V.p.: v.i. 1888-1890. Mixed Editions see below. Four volumes bound in one. Octavos 21.5cm; contemporary parchment over marbled paper-covered boards crimson gilt spine piece top edge gilt marbled endpapers original pictorial wrappers of each volume bound in. Parchment dust-soiled light wear to boards else Very Good and sound. Contemporary armorial ownership ex libris of an Elizabeth Armitage to front pastedown. Contents as follows: 1. Soldiers Three. London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. Fifth Edition. 93pp. 2. Wee Willie Winkie. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A36 3. In Black and White. Allahabad / London: Messrs. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1890. First UK Edition with slightly reduced wrapper design to fit in the UK price one shilling. 96pp. Richards A35 4. The Story of the Gadsbys: A Tale without a Plot. Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler 1888. First Edition. 85pp. Issued as A.H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library no. 2. Richards A15. v.i. unknown books
1891ref. 49457London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. Very Good. London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston & Company 1891. First English Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; publisher's green-grey pictorial wrappers; 96pp. A few small shallow chips to wrapper margins foxing to final few leaves else Very Good and sound nicer than often encountered. Kipling's oppressive novella of a man's sleepless night spent walking the streets of Lahore. This edition part of A.H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library No. XIV preceded by an Allahabad printing. Livingston 71. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown books
1939ref. 156674Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photograph of director William Wellman and a camera crew filming on location in New Mexico for the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1891 novel by Rudyard Kipling. An artist whose sight is failing struggles to complete his final painting while also grieving his broken relationship with his childhood sweetheart. Shot on location in Abiquiu Santa Fe and Espanola New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown
1939ref. 156674Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1939. Vintage studio still photograph of director William Wellman and a camera crew filming on location in New Mexico for the 1939 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Based on the 1891 novel by Rudyard Kipling. An artist whose sight is failing struggles to complete his final painting while also grieving his broken relationship with his childhood sweetheart. Shot on location in Abiquiu Santa Fe and Espanola New Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1895ref. 030039UK: Macmillan 1895. First Edition 4th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 4th Imp 1895. Same format and printed a year later after the 1st Edition. Book is very good with quite bright boards and gilt work. Slight rubbing to spine tips and corners. Odd marks to cloth. Contents good. Light foxing to pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18931 Macmillan hardcover
1931ref. 449751931 Paris. Mornay. 1930. 2 volumes in-8, demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos à nerfs ornés et passés, têtes dorées, couvertures et dos conservés. Reliure signée Knoderer. (2) ff. ; 259 pp. ; (7) pp. - (2) ff. ; 333 pp. ; (7) pp.
1938ref. 72066Paris: Paul Hartmann 1938. Fine. Paul Hartmann Paris 1938 12 x 19 cm broché First edition of the French translation one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil paper ours one of the few hors commerce a deluxe issue. Endpapers lightly and entirely toned. A fine copy with full margins. Paul Hartmann unknown
1909ref. 041614London UK: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Heath Robinson W. None. First trade edition first printing. Thirty fine coloured plates mounted on leaves with coloured frames and guarded all by William Heath Robinson. and many further black and white illustrations in text Title page in red and black. Original blue cloth boards front panel and spine stamped with gilt decorations and lettering. Large 4to approx 11.25 x 9 x 2 inches. A magnificent impressive volume boards just a little rubbed on extreme corners and spine tips. Hint of toning to text block edges and first and last few leaves. Gift inscription neatly inked on the front free endpaper else volume is neat clean bright and tight throughout. Boards now protected with acetate sleeve. An beautiful example of this first trade edition. "This edition of A Song of the English is reprinted from The Seven Seas and the publishers desire to acknowledge the courtesy of Messrs Methuen & Co in consenting to its issue as a separate volume" from the half title page. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
2019ref. x-0815368135Taylor & Francis 2019. Hardcover. New. 211 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1921ref. 898P14New York; Toronto : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George. The first edition of this scarce work.Including the front wrap of the original glassine dust wrapper.A speech written and given by Rudyard Kipling delivered at the meeting of the Royal Society of St. George in London in St. George's Day 1920. In this speech Kipling discusses what makes a true Englishman.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 quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards. Externally smart. Vellum is a little age-toned as is usual to see. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Front wrap of the glassine wrap is edge worn and age-toned. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page, & Company hardcover
2016ref. x-1848725574Psychology Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Psychology Pr hardcover
2005ref. x-184169424XPsychology Pr 2005. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 366 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. Psychology Pr hardcover
1950ref. 11294Macmillan and Co. London. 1950. REPRINT. Large 8vo. 9.2 x 6.8 inches. Illustrated throughout by the author. A few pages with light spotting and one leaf with a neat repair to a tear without loss otherwise a very good copy in an interesting craft leather binding of full dark blue morocco. Raised body of an elephant to the front board with gilt ear eye and tusk and a design of a crocodile and water rings around it. Spine lettered in gilt. Blue marbled endpapers. An accomplished and attractive leather binding on this classic work. Macmillan and Co. London. 1950 hardcover
1923ref. 11702Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1923 1924. SERVICES EDITION. Two volumes bound in one. 8vo. 6.6 x 4.9 inches. A very clean copy in a fine leather binding of half deep red morocco spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in blind and lettered and decorated with tigers heads in gilt. Burgundy cloth on boards. Top edge gilt. An attractive volume. The binding is unsigned but certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Please note; This edition doesn't contain any illustrations. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1923 1924 hardcover
ref. 112653London Macmillan and Co. 1901. . First edition; 8vo 250 x 145 mm; 10 monotone illustrations after bas-reliefs by John Lockwood Kipling the author's father near-contemporary ink ownership name dated 1903 to verso of half-title offsetting from frontispiece tissue guard to title-page else near-fine; mid-twentieth century half morocco over cloth top edge gilt gilt roundel to upper cover containing an elephant's head the Hindu Ganesha one of their favourite gods generally rubbed with minor soiling from handling but otherwise very good. London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. hardcover
1891ref. 000554London: Ward Lock Bowden & Co. 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. True first English edition Ward Lock & Bowden; 12 chapters with happy ending. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Undated 1891 Deep green/black cloth mock leather with gilt title/author to spine; Full page portrait of Kipling as frontispiece. Other contributors are Eben Rexford 'In An Old Garden' Julian Hawthorne 'The New Spanish Inquisition' Ruth Stuart 'Christmas Gifts' Francis Wilson 'I Remember' Charlotte Bates 'Perversity' Moses Handy 'The State of Washington' Daniel Dawson 'Anacreontic' Lewis Haupt 'The Road Movement' and Frederic Bird 'Friend Olivia'. Please contact me for further details or pictures/photographs. Slight shelf wear with minor wear to head and tail. Minor spotting to frontis and title pages. Previous owner's name in pencil top of title page with blind stamped address St. Jean de Luz S. France. Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co. hardcover
1912ref. 2354Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company 1912. First Edition. Fine/Very Good . A Fine copy of the book that has been exquisitely preserved in its original dust jacket. Dust jacket is Very Good with a large chip at the base of the spine and price-clipped but otherwise in excellent condition. A rare survivor. Kipling's compilation of songs from his various children's books. This is the authoritative guide to Kipling's charming poetic works; and it provides an opportunity for readers to indulge in nursery rhymes and songs outside of their narrative contexts. Songs from Books has become a perennial family bedtime favorite. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown
1901ref. 158791901. From The Times March 15 1900. Published by the Imperial South African Association. London: Printed by George Edward Wright The Times Office 1901. First Edition following its appearance in March 1900 both in The Times of London and in The Mail of Cape Town. The Imperial South African Association was founded "to uphold British supremacy and to promote the interests of British subjects in South Africa."; specifically this piece "inveighs against the supposedly friendly or neutral Boers and their liberal sympathizers as 'traitors' to the Cape and the Orange Free State quotes by Richards. It was never collected in any other Kipling book. This is a near-fine copy slight discoloration around the sole rusted staple. Richards A167. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown
1912ref. 2354Garden City: Doubleday Page and Company 1912. First Edition. Fine/Very Good . A Fine copy of the book that has been exquisitely preserved in its original dust jacket. Dust jacket is Very Good with a large chip at the base of the spine and price-clipped but otherwise in excellent condition. A rare survivor. Kipling's compilation of songs from his various children's books. This is the authoritative guide to Kipling's charming poetic works; and it provides an opportunity for readers to indulge in nursery rhymes and songs outside of their narrative contexts. Songs from Books has become a perennial family bedtime favorite. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
1901ref. 158791901. From The Times March 15 1900. Published by the Imperial South African Association. London: Printed by George Edward Wright The Times Office 1901. First Edition following its appearance in March 1900 both in The Times of London and in The Mail of Cape Town. The Imperial South African Association was founded "to uphold British supremacy and to promote the interests of British subjects in South Africa."; specifically this piece "inveighs against the supposedly friendly or neutral Boers and their liberal sympathizers as 'traitors' to the Cape and the Orange Free State quotes by Richards. It was never collected in any other Kipling book. This is a near-fine copy slight discoloration around the sole rusted staple. Richards A167. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
ref. 121531London Macmillan and Co. Ltd 1897 . First edition; 8vo 185 x 121 mm; half-title frontispiece tissue-guard title 21 engraved plates by I. W. Taber all edges gilt occasional light mostly marginal spotting otherwise very good; publisher's pictorial cloth with gilt-blocked decoration gilt titles shelf worn to extremities of spine rubbed corners otherwise very good condition; viii 245pp 1 2 ads 1. In Captains Courageous Kipling tells the story of the spoiled fifteen-year-old son of a millionaire who is lost at sea and finds himself rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner which proves to be a redemption of both character and body. London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1897, hardcover
1909ref. 12027Toronto: The Musson Book Co 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. W. Heath Robinson. No date. 1909 First Canadian edition using the sheets of the first British trade edition. 4to. Publisher's original bright rich blue/purple cloth with bright gilt lettering and decorations to the front board and spine virtually as new and without wear fresh and as new throughout with the original glassine intact but split half way at the spine housed in the original card box in blue paper bearing the Musson imprint on the side label and an illustrated title mounted to the lid. The box is worn and broken at the corners but still holding well two pieces of tape were used at one corner of the lid but overall the box is good scarce in this condition and in box. The Musson Book Co hardcover
1926ref. 010943Signed by Authors 0 Rudyard Kipling Signed Limited Large Paper edition of 500 copies. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell. With Dustjacket and original slipcase. No marks or inscriptions. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Mild browning to endpages. Very clean and bright Quarter Vellum and paper boards with bright Gilt. Dustjacket very clean with just couple spots to front and small loss to spine. Protected in archive cover. Clean slipcase with minimal wear. Macmillan & Co. hardcover
