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1899rif. 120480London: F. Tennyson Neely 1899. First Neely's Booklet Library edition of Kipling's classic military tale. Octavo original wrappers as issued frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard 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. Kipling's The Drums of the Fore and Aft concerns an inexperienced Regular battalion on overseas service brigaded with a Highland Regiment and a Gurkha Regiment in Afghanistan. Unlike Kipling's other tales it concerns the disgrace of a battle almost lost rather than the glory of a battle won. F. Tennyson Neely unknown
1890rif. 158361890. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. January 1891 actually Dec 1890. Original printed wrappers. First American Appearance of this novel occupying almost the entirety 97 pages of this monthly issue. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was on a roll! Over the course of twelve months they introduced readers to three amazing novels: Arthur Conan Doyle's THE SIGN OF FOUR complete in the February 1890 issue Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY complete in the July 1890 issue and then this one. In February 1890 Kipling's agent A.P.Watt had negotiated for Kipling to deliver to Lippincott this novel -- for which they issued a UK copyright edition in November 1890 the true first edition. New York publishers John Lovell / United States Book Co. with London agent Wolcott Balestier and Kipling in-law were all set to publish this in early December 1890 when. The book's publication was held up until the American magazine version. could appear on the newstands in late December in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine cover-dated January 1891" Richards. This is a remarkably bright copy fine except for chipping away of the bottom quarter-inch of the spine. Quite uncommon in this condition. Richards E1-E3 plus see his A49-A51. Housed in a worn folding cloth case which bears the bookplate of Oliver Brett later 3rd Viscount Esher. unknown
1895rif. 140941518London: Macmillan & Co 1895. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt all edges gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine light wear and light soiling to cloth. Pages heavily foxed and with perforations to front free endpaper and the following blank sheet. Macmillan & Co unknown
1895rif. 119977London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. First edition of Kipling's Second Jungle Book. Octavo original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignette to the front panel all edges gilt pictorial title pages illustrated. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Contemporary ownership inscription. Kipling's Jungle Books center on the story of Mowgli an orphaned 'man-cub' who is raised in the jungle of India by wolves where he comes to learn the Laws of the Jungle. A major theme throughout the books is abandonment followed by fostering as in the life of Mowgli echoing Kipling's own childhood. Another is law vs. freedom; the stories are not about animal behavior but about human archetypes in animal form. The books remain popular to this day and have been adapted several times for film and other media including the classic Walt Disney 1967 animation and its 2016 remake. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1914rif. 667015Doubleday Page 1914. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 27 volumes complete signed by Rudyard Kipling in Volume I. Copy #817 of 1050 numbered sets issued of the celebrated Seven Seas edition. Published 1914-1926. A very good and attractive set in the original tan linen over boards paper spine labels labels browned with some wear; some browning to cloth spines; some wear to corners and edges f boards. The color of the boards on this set varied over the 12 years of production from light gray to a grayish blue but the spines and cloth are uniform. PROVENANCE: I Canine-themed bookplate of Maude M. Monellin each volume; II Small bookplate with stylized initials in each volume. Doubleday, Page hardcover
1900rif. 149441900. Also Letters from Julian Ralph Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story. Santiago de Chile: Hume & Co. 1900. Original printed fawn wrappers. First Edition unauthorized issued as a volume in the publisher's "Libreria Inglesa." This volume published in Chile includes three poems and two stories that Kipling wrote during the Boer War plus four poems written earlier; it is the first edition in book form anywhere of the poems "Pharaoh and the Sergeant" and "Kitchener's School" and of the Boer War tales "With Number Three" and "Surgical and Medical." "It has been said that this is the only case on record of a first edition of a book being published in a country never visited by the author and where people did not speak his language" Richards. Hume the proprietor of Santiago's main bookstore was a huge Kipling fan but it appears that he overestimated the Chilean Kipling market: he supposedly printed 400 copies but few sold and the remainder were either burned in 1906 or pulped at a paper mill in 1911 -- though some copies like this one apparently were neither read nor burned nor pulped. For this copy is as new -- no wear no soil leaves still unopened. Richards A166; Stewart 240. Housed in a cloth slipcase with inner chemise. unknown
1900rif. 54117Santiago De Chile: Hume & Co. 1900. First edition. An unauthorized collection of seven poems and two sketches previously printed in newspapers. First book appearances for the sketches and two of the poems Richards A166. Also includes journalists' articles. 12mo cream paperwraps lettered in black and red; 169 pages. Light stain on bottom page edge corner not extending to pages covers lightly rumpled and soiled otherwise near fine. Bookplate of Boston banker and bibliophile Frank Brewer Bemis inside front cover featuring an engraving by Sidney Lawton Smith of Bemis's library and the motto "three things to me god lends old place old books old friends." Housed in custom green cloth chemise and slipcase with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Hume & Co. unknown
1897rif. 321595London: Macmillan 1897. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt a.e.g. Almost fine. Bookplate of F. Storck. Taber I.W. First edition. With illustrations by I.W. Taber. viii 245 1 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards A103; Stewart 160; Livingston 136; Martindell 68; Ballard LXXXI B; Grolier 224 Macmillan unknown books
1909rif. 162393London: Macmillan 1909. First. hardcover. near fine. vi 301 plus 12pp of ads. Thick 8vo artfully bound in dark olive green morocco; gilt- lettered spine with raised bands & floral devices stamped in gilt and red on the covers; inner dentelles uncut edges t.e.g. Original wrappers are bound-in at rear. London: Macmillan and Co. 1909. First edition. Slightest edgewear otherwise a near fine copy. Macmillan unknown books
1906rif. 330709New York: Doubleday 1906. First. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. 4 colored Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 8vo original green cloth stamped in gilt & black. New York: Doubleday Page & Co. 1906. First American Edition. Fine copy in a 1/2 green morocco slipcase. Doubleday unknown books
1890rif. 158361890. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. January 1891 actually Dec 1890. Original printed wrappers. First American Appearance of this novel occupying almost the entirety 97 pages of this monthly issue. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was on a roll! Over the course of twelve months they introduced readers to three amazing novels: Arthur Conan Doyle's THE SIGN OF FOUR complete in the February 1890 issue Oscar Wilde's THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY complete in the July 1890 issue and then this one. In February 1890 Kipling's agent A.P.Watt had negotiated for Kipling to deliver to Lippincott this novel -- for which they issued a UK copyright edition in November 1890 the true first edition. New York publishers John Lovell / United States Book Co. with London agent Wolcott Balestier and Kipling in-law were all set to publish this in early December 1890 when. The book's publication was held up until the American magazine version. could appear on the newstands in late December in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine cover-dated January 1891" Richards. This is a remarkably bright copy fine except for chipping away of the bottom quarter-inch of the spine. Quite uncommon in this condition. Richards E1-E3 plus see his A49-A51. Housed in a worn folding cloth case which bears the bookplate of Oliver Brett later 3rd Viscount Esher. unknown books
1895rif. 140941518London: Macmillan & Co 1895. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt all edges gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine light wear and light soiling to cloth. Pages heavily foxed and with perforations to front free endpaper and the following blank sheet. Macmillan & Co unknown books
1900rif. 149441900. Also Letters from Julian Ralph Charles E. Hands and Douglas Story. Santiago de Chile: Hume & Co. 1900. Original printed fawn wrappers. First Edition unauthorized issued as a volume in the publisher's "Libreria Inglesa." This volume published in Chile includes three poems and two stories that Kipling wrote during the Boer War plus four poems written earlier; it is the first edition in book form anywhere of the poems "Pharaoh and the Sergeant" and "Kitchener's School" and of the Boer War tales "With Number Three" and "Surgical and Medical." "It has been said that this is the only case on record of a first edition of a book being published in a country never visited by the author and where people did not speak his language" Richards. Hume the proprietor of Santiago's main bookstore was a huge Kipling fan but it appears that he overestimated the Chilean Kipling market: he supposedly printed 400 copies but few sold and the remainder were either burned in 1906 or pulped at a paper mill in 1911 -- though some copies like this one apparently were neither read nor burned nor pulped. For this copy is as new -- no wear no soil leaves still unopened. Richards A166; Stewart 240. Housed in a cloth slipcase with inner chemise. unknown books
1909rif. 3767London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. Large quarto 10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm. 64 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition. "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. It is classic Kipling beautifully illustrated by Robinson. Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1896rif. 32526London: Hutchinson & Co 1896. Very Good. London: Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First Edition Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by the publisher this being #76. Folio. 194pp. with list of subscribers at rear leading with the Queen. Illustrations and photogravures with tissue guards complete. Original white cloth decorated in gilt. Soiling and spotting to boards; wear with exposure and fraying to spine ends; exposure and fraying to corners; rubbing to spine. Boards give a little but binding holding soundly and pages unmarked; still a Very Good copy. Includes Kipling's poem "The Quest. Hutchinson & Co unknown
1896rif. 32526London: Hutchinson & Co 1896. Very Good. London: Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First Edition Limited Issue of 300 copies signed by the publisher this being #76. Folio. 194pp. with list of subscribers at rear leading with the Queen. Illustrations and photogravures with tissue guards complete. Original white cloth decorated in gilt. Soiling and spotting to boards; wear with exposure and fraying to spine ends; exposure and fraying to corners; rubbing to spine. Boards give a little but binding holding soundly and pages unmarked; still a Very Good copy. Includes Kipling's poem "The Quest. Hutchinson & Co unknown books
1898rif. 14142761898. Group of 11 woodcut lithographs from "An Almanac of Twelve Sports". Prints measure 9.25 x 11.8 in. Sealed in shrink wrap with reproductions of Kipling's accompanying text on versos. All prints in Very Good condition with mild age toning. Old price stickers affixed to wrap. Shelved at Rockville PS1101. 1414276. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1898rif. 1416331New York: R.H. Russell 1898. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in tan paper covered with spine cloth. Boards show moderate rubbing soiling surface scratches and scattered staining with wear and bumping to edges and corners. Cloth spine rubbed and slightly frayed to head and tail. Interior age-toned with light discoloration to edges. 15 leaves containing 12 color illustrations. Shelved in Room F. 1416331. Special Collections - Upstairs. R.H. Russell hardcover
1898rif. 501512London: William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Woodblocks by William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Quarto. Quarter linen and tan pictorial paper-covered boards printed in black illustrated with twelve full-page color lithographs by Nicholson. Covers are moderately worn at corners with a small chip at the tips of two corners a very good or better copy. A pictorial Almanac representing twelve different sports one for each month each with a full-page color lithograph by Nicholson each monthly sport introduced by a whimsical poem by Rudyard Kipling. The twelve sports are Hunting Coursing Racing Boating Fishing Cricket Archery Coaching Shooting Golf Boxing and Skating. William Heinemann hardcover
1898rif. 1416331New York: R.H. Russell 1898. Hardcover. Quarto unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in tan paper covered with spine cloth. Boards show moderate rubbing soiling surface scratches and scattered staining with wear and bumping to edges and corners. Cloth spine rubbed and slightly frayed to head and tail. Interior age-toned with light discoloration to edges. 15 leaves containing 12 color illustrations. Shelved in Room F. 1416331. Special Collections - Upstairs. R.H. Russell hardcover books
1898rif. 14142761898. Group of 11 woodcut lithographs from "An Almanac of Twelve Sports". Prints measure 9.25 x 11.8 in. Sealed in shrink wrap with reproductions of Kipling's accompanying text on versos. All prints in Very Good condition with mild age toning. Old price stickers affixed to wrap. Shelved at Rockville PS1101. 1414276. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1898rif. 501512London: William Heinemann 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Woodblocks by William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Quarto. Quarter linen and tan pictorial paper-covered boards printed in black illustrated with twelve full-page color lithographs by Nicholson. Covers are moderately worn at corners with a small chip at the tips of two corners a very good or better copy. A pictorial Almanac representing twelve different sports one for each month each with a full-page color lithograph by Nicholson each monthly sport introduced by a whimsical poem by Rudyard Kipling. The twelve sports are Hunting Coursing Racing Boating Fishing Cricket Archery Coaching Shooting Golf Boxing and Skating. William Heinemann hardcover books
1898rif. 6544Written on Kipling's home letterhead at The Elms Rottingdean North Brighton. Letter roughly reads: Dear Mr. Hedman Why not come here to lunch at 1.30 and we'll go for a walk on the . Sincerely Rudyard Kipling." Attractively framed together with a side profile portrait of Kipling at a writing desk. Wood frame with interior silver trim. Frame: 14.5 x 11 inches; Letter window: 4.25 x 5.25 inches; Portrait Window: 2.75 x 3.75 inches.
1942rif. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown
1942rif. 159797Los Angeles: Walt Disney Productions 1942. Three vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1942 film. Printed mimeo snipes and photographer stamps on the versos. Based on the 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. A Technicolor live-action version of the classic Kipling stories made by the Hungarian-born filmmaking team of director Zoltan Korda producer Alexander Korda and art director Vincent Korda. The production brilliantly utilized live exotic animals and featured Indian actor Sabu as Mowgli the boy raised by wolves who can communicate with the animals of the jungle. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography. Shot on location in Sherwood Forest California. 9 x 12 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection Eclipse Series 30. Walt Disney Productions unknown books