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1901réf. 895Z21New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1901. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first U.S edition of one of Rudyard Kipling's best known works providing a portrait of India. The first U.S edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and nine monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling with this being one of his best known works. The story provides a picture of India and it's culture religions and people following an orphan named Kim. This novel famously popularised the phrase 'The Great Game' referring to the rivalry between the British and Russian empires during the 19th century which acts as a backdrop for this popular novel.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 slight fading to the spine slight minor marks to the boards bumping to the extremities resulting in very minimal loss to the cloth and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge starting after front blank. The odd spot to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot to the front. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1965réf. 1618LIST PAUL 1965. 2. hardcover. Dschungelbücher Die LIST, PAUL hardcover
1981réf. 33768DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG 06/1981. 2. softcover. Dschungelbücher Die DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG paperback
1912réf. 28207London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Edition de Luxe printed on English handmade paper limited to 500 numbered copies this is no. 59 signed by the publisher Hodder & Stoughton and the printer T. Constable; 4to pp. xix 1 476 1; title-p. printed in blue and black initials printed in blue; original full limp vellum lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine t.e.g. yapp edges blue silk ties; some inevitable soiling of the vellum else near fine. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1946réf. 285Mönchehof: Posev 1946. Original illustrated wrappers. Good. Niko N. Octavo 145 x 20 cm. 176 pages: illustrations. Text in Russian. The book is in good condition with occasional light foxing and wear to wrappers. Page 63 is smaller than the text block. Overall a very good copy. Kipling's famous collection of stories from the Jungle Book including "Mowgli's Brothers" and Kaa's Hunting" printed for children of Russian Displaced Persons DPs in Germany. Translated by N. N. with illustrations in the text by N. Niko. From the Young Reader's Library series. Not in the trade as of February 2021. Posev unknown
1899réf. 010944Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Full leather . Marbled endpapers . First American Edition . An excellent copy . The leather is well preserved . The graphics are bright on the fronf board . The interior is bright and clean no marks of any kind . This is one of Kipling's most interesting works and is now very scarce . Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
1897réf. 154961897. With Illustrations by I.W. Taber. London: Macmillan and Co. 1897. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt all page edges gilt. First English Edition published about a month after the American. This is Kipling's great novel about the cod fishing fleet of Gloucester Massachusetts written while the newlywed Kiplings lived in Vermont. Kipling freely acknowledged that the book owed much to Dr. James Conland of Brattleboro who brought the Kiplings' elder daughter into the world -- for Conland had been a member of the Massachusetts fishing fleet and it was he who took Kipling to explore the wharves and quays of Boston and Gloucester. The American edition in fact is dedicated to Conland; this English edition bears no dedication. This is the only book of Kipling's which is set entirely in America. All the characters are American. Not only that but the heart of the book -- its moral in a single sentence -- is one of Kipling's main beliefs of this period expressed in terms essentially American or perhaps more particularly New England. He put it later in verse: ".If you don't work you will die!" It is a saga of hard physical work in conflict with natural forces. It is a book which could hardly have been written by anyone who did not admire Huckleberry Finn; it is a book whose claim to survival rests mainly on detail and it is all American detail Mason. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS was the fourth and last volume to be bound in Macmillan's attractive gift binding style used for the JUNGLE BOOKs in 1894-1895 and for SOLDIER TALES in 1896. In 1937 forty years after publication this tale was made into a film starring Freddie Bartholomew Spencer Tracy who won an Oscar Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. This is a near-fine copy spine less than bright slight rubbing at the extremities light foxing; the original black-coated endpapers are not cracked. Richards A103; Stewart 163. unknown
1899réf. 14169London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. First Edition First Issue. Quarter Leather. Near fine. First edition first issue of Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling. Octavo ix iii 272pp 2pp ads. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco top edge gilt. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. Publisher's original cloth covers laid in place with author's emblem in gilt on front cover. New endpapers. No additional printings listed. Light wear to original cloth faint soiling to gilt edge. Previous ownership inscription on second free endpaper dated "1899." Small loss to corner on page vii. A bright and attractive example. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1895réf. 159041895. Kipling J. Lockwood. With Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling C.I.E. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 2 pp undated ads. Original blue cloth pictorially decorated in gilt all page edges gilt. First English Edition published three days after the American of the sequel to THE JUNGLE BOOK which had been published the year before. It continues with more tales of Mowgli that exemplify "The Laws of the Jungle" -- with illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling Rudyard's father. This was the second of the four Kipling gift books bound similarly by Macmillan with SOLDIER TALES and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS coming out the following two years respectively. This is an attractive copy very good-plus or possibly near-fine volume slightly askew as usual very light wear at the extremities; atypically other than the endpapers there is no foxing on the leaves within. Richards A85; Stewart 132. unknown
1899réf. 943Y60London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1937. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart collection of Rudyard Kipling's beloved works including the first editions of 'Traffics and Discoveries' 'Debits and Credits' and others. A terrific selection of Rudyard Kipling's short stories poems and travel writings. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. With Kipling's signature elephant head stamped in gilt to the front boards. Kipling was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer perhaps best remembered for 'The Jungle Book' a short-story collection depicting the adventures of Mowgli a boy raised in the jungle by wolves. Kipling wrote many popular volumes of poetry and short stories as well as a book of articles about his 1889 travels from India to Burma China Japan and the U.S. en route to England included here in two volumes. The entirety of this set comprises the following works:'Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Stories' 1899 - The first impression of the Uniform Edition. 'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume I' 1900 - The first UK edition.'From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches: Letters of Travel Volume II' 1912 - Sixth impression. 'Kim' 1902 - Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates by the author's father J. Lockwood Kipling. Collated complete. 'Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People' 1903 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition.'Many Inventions' 1904 - Third impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Traffics and Discoveries' 1904 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Puck of Pook's Hill' 1906 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. 'The Jungle Book' 1906 - Seventh impression of the Uniform Edition. With illustrations by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny.'The Second Jungle Book' 1906 - Fourth impression of the Uniform Edition.'The Naulahka: A Story of West and East' 1906 - Co-authored by Kipling with Wolcott Balestier. The second impression of Macmillan's edition first transferred in 1901. 'Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsby's in Black and White' 1909 - Fifth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'Actions and Reactions' 1910 - Third impression. 'The Light That Failed' 1916 - Tenth impression of the Uniform Edition. 'The Day's Work' 1918 - Ninth impression of the Pocket Edition. 'Debits and Credits' 1926 - First edition with no further impression remarks. 'Limits and Renewals' 1932 - First edition with no further impression remarks.'Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown' 1937 - First edition with no further impression remarks. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities and fading to the spines. With the rubbed bookplate of one Dudley Borron Myers to the front pastedown of 'Wee Willie Winkie'. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with several instances of offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1903réf. 796A4London: Methuen & Co. 1903. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None . A lovely first trade edition first impression of Rudyard Kipling's collection of poems in a full morocco binding. The first edition first impression of this collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling with 'David' to p. 56 line 9 which was later changed to 'Sault' with publisher's advertisements dated 'July 1903'. Published simultaneously as a limited edition of thirty printed on Japanese vellum and two hundred on hand-made paper. This copy was rebound in an attractive full morocco with four raised bands and new marbled endpapers. A collection of poems by the popular English author divided in two sections the first dealing with a wide range of subjects and the second entitled 'Service Songs' comprised of poems about British soldiers at the turn of the twentieth century. Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' but he was also a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories becoming one of the most popular authors of his time. In a full rose morocco binding with five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine as well as new marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only and minor soiling to the boards a hint of sunning to the spine. Previous ownership inscription to the half title undated. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with only a faint minimal spotting to the first few leaves. Very Good Indeed Methuen & Co. hardcover
1909réf. 05457A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Hodder & Stoughton 1909 first edition a bright vg copy with 30 full color full page tipped-in plates by W. Heath Robinson. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
1889réf. 775J10Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co 1889-90. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A decorative anthology of five of Rudyard Kipling's noted short stories in half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Presenting this collection of short stories by noted English author Rudyard Kipling. This anthology includes:Soldiers Three 3rd editionIn Black and White 1st editionUnder the Deodars 1st editionThe Phantom Rickshaw 2nd edition Wee Willie Winkie 2nd editionIn a Birdsall of Northampton binding with their binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper.Rudyard Kipling is most famous for The Jungle Book which was adapted into a film by Walt Disney Pictures in 1967. Kipling is known for his short stories many of which are included in this anthology of his work.Former owner's bookplate to the verso of front endpaper.This copy was previously housed in the Shropshire County Library with their stamp to the verso of 'Soldiers Three' title page. In half morocco binding with marbled paper board covers. Externally smart with some rubbing to the extremities and raised bands. Previous owner's bookplate to the verso of front endpaper 'Freeth' surname and family crest. Bibliographic notes in pencil to the recto of front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound and pages bright and clean. Shropshire Library stamp to the verso of 'Soldiers Three' title page. Inscription on dedication page for 'Soldiers Three' and on title page for 'Phantom Rickshaw' and 'Wee Willie Winkie' - 'Mari Donaldson Hudson. May 1890'. Very Good Indeed A.H. Wheeler & Co hardcover
1899réf. 35064New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. 2 volumes. First American Edition and the first complete authorized book publication of the collection preceding the English edition of 1900. 8vo publisher's original green cloth the upper covers lettered and nautically decorated in black the spines lettered in gilt and with a small gilt nautical device. xiii 460; ix 400 pp. A very fine and handsome set both volumes in remarkable condition. FIRST EDITION OF KIPLINGS JOURNALISM AND TRAVEL WRITING FROM 1887-1889 writings full of humor sharp observation and self-awareness. Many of these pieces were originally written as special correspondence for the 'Civil and Military Gazette' and the 'Pioneer'. Kipling himself explains in the preface that he assembled the pieces because unauthorized publishers had been digging up his newspaper writings and sometimes altering or interpolating them. Thus the 1899 edition represents Kipling's attempt to establish an authorized text of his early travel journalism. The two volumes include: Letters of Marque — Kipling's journey through Rajputana in India; the 37 From Sea to Sea travel letters; The City of Dreadful Night; Among the Railway Folk; The Giridih Coalfields; In an Opium Factory; and The Smith Administration. The principal 'From Sea to Sea' narrative records the extraordinary journey Kipling made when he left India for England in 1889. Instead of simply sailing west the 23-year-old Kipling took the long way around. He left Calcutta on March 9 1889 traveled through Rangoon Moulmein Penang and Singapore went on to Hong Kong and Canton then through Japan—Nagasaki Kobe Kyoto and Yokohama. He sailed from Yokohama for San Francisco arriving May 28 and then wandered across North America before eventually sailing from New York for England in September. The American portion is particularly entertaining. Kipling writes about San Francisco Oregon and the Clackamas River Yellowstone Salt Lake City Omaha and Chicago among other places. There is even a chapter recounting his interview with Mark Twain. Doubleday & McClure Company hardcover
1932réf. 566Douzième Ed.- Paris: Lib. Delagrave 1932.- 2 vols. 176; 197 p.: Profusión de grabados en madera intercalados entre el texto y láminas fuera de texto todos en negro; 4º mayor 282 x 235 cm; Texto en francés; Tela Ed. ilustrada con bellìsimas planchas en oro y colores. Ambos lomos con perdida de la intensidad del oro. La cubierta anterior del tomo segundo tiene el dorado del título Jungle con pérdida de oro a partir de la J de Jungle. Por lo demás en excelente estado. CUENTOS AVENTURAS LEYENDAS LITERATURA INFANTIL CÓMICS HUMORISMO. Livre en français Lib. Delagrave hardcover
réf. 010070C. Scribner's Sons New York 1911 1911. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Outward bound ed ; 25 volumes plates portrait 8vo OCLC 37160286 LCCN 00001550 ; LC PR4850 .E97 ; ISBN 9781019986882 1019986883 ; "Outward bound" edition. Cf. Stewart ; brown cloth with art nouveau designs ; top edge gilt ; Tissue guards with frontispieces ; Contents: Vol. 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 / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses 1889-1896 --v. 12. Captains courageous -- v. 13-14. The day's work -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & Co. -- v. 19. Kim -- v. 20. Just so stories for little children -- v. 21. The five nations -- v. 22. Traffics and discoveries -- v. 23. Puck of Pook's hill -- v. 24. Actions and reactions -- v. 25. Rewards and fairies -- v. 26. A diversity of creatures -- v. 27. The years between and Poems from history -- v. 28. Letters of travel 1892-1913 -- v. 29-30. The Irish guards in the great war -- v. 31. Debts and credits -- v. 32. A book of words -- v. 33. Limits and renewals -- v. 34. War writings and poems -- v. 35. Land and sea tales -- v. 36. Something of myself. Index ; Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist novelist poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology Kim the Just So Stories and many short stories including "The Man Who Would Be King". Wikipedia ; some nicks to top of spine on one or two volumes else FINE C. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1911 hardcover
1915réf. 26249Garden City NY: Doubleday Page 1915. Each one of 50 copies. 6 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers FINE COPIES in blue morocco-backed slipcase. Bookplate of famous collector John A. Spoor in each pamphlet. Each one of 50 copies. 6 vols. 8vo. Stewart 394 Doubleday, Page unknown
réf. 02968London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson ROBINSON W. Heath illustrator. KIPLING Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.New York: Doubleday Page & Company n.d. 1909. First American trade edition. 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. Original green cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. A very fine copy. "The next important task I undertook was the illustration of an edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Song of the English to be published by Hodder & Stoughton in the year 1908. It became necessary for me to meet the author and discuss the proposed book with him. For this purpose I travelled down to Burwash where he lived at that time. This was an excursion I shall always remember. I was met at Heathfield and journeyed thence in a motor-car. There were few cars on the road in those days and this in itself was a joyful experience as we drove through the pleasant Sussex lanes. Bateman's the house at Burwash where Rudyard Kipling lived was a fine old building with stone mullioned windows. It was in the midst of wind-blown Sussex country. There was a faint smell of the sea in the air wafted across the few miles of country from the shore where the Coastwise lights of England watch the ships of England go. It was a fitting setting in which to find the author of A Song of the English. He met and entertained me with a quiet affability which speedily removed the shyness I felt at first in his presence. Before long I was quite at home with him. His own knowledge of illustration gave him an appreciation of the artist's point of view. While making suggestions he realized that the illustrator must have as free a hand as possible. His sympathetic understanding of my part in the undertaking made me feel that I was consulting with a brother artist. I spent a happy and for me a helpful day. It was a great inspiration for the work I had in hand to be in such close association with the author's interesting personality. I am always glad to remember that he was satisfied with my illustrations to his book." W. Heath Robinson My Line of Life. pp.126-127 "This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. Beare 61b. Lewis p. 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133. Stewart 152. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 hardcover
1915réf. BIBLIO-58771Doubleday Page & Company Garden City first editions 1915. Editions of 75 copies only. A complete set of the true first editions of these six articles these American copyright issues preceding the first newspaper publication in The Daily Telegraph and in various American and European newspapers. The articles were written at the instance of the British Ministry of Information to describe the activities of smaller units of the Navy employed at its 'fringes' - submarines destroyers and various auxiliary vessels. In addition to the title-article each pamphlet includes one of Kipling's poems. The set comprises : I and II: The Auxiliary Fleet; III and IV: Submarines; Vand VI: Patrols. The accompanying poems appear here without titles but were later collected with the following titles: The Lowestoft Boat; Minesweepers; Harwich Ladies; Tin Fish; A Song in Storm; and North Sea Patrol. A Near Fine set preserved in a chemise and leather-backed slipcase. Bookplates of Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks on front inside board of chemise. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1915 hardcover
1914réf. BIBLIO-58773Doubleday Page & Company Garden City first editions 1914. Edition of 50 sets only. 6 vols printed wrappers small 8vo. various paginations. The first non-newspaper publication of a series of six articles Kipling wrote for The Daily Telegraph appearing there in December 1914 these pamphlets being printed in small numbers to secure American copyright. Britain had declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914 following the German invasion of Belgium. Kipling's articles are chiefly concerned with the training of a new army of those who had volunteered to fight. The articles some of whose titles differ somewhat from the later English edition are: 1. Infantry The Men at Work; 2. The Quality of the Machine; 3. Guns and Supply; 4. Canadians in Camp; 5. Indian Troops; 6. A Territorial Battalion and a Conclusion. Uncommon. Richards notes in his bibliography that it was reported that "most of the few copies printed" of this title "were mailed to newspapers and destroyed being separated into leaves for the convenience of linotype operators". Richards A275. A near Fine set preserved in a chemise and leather-backed slipcase. Bookplates of Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks on front inside board of chemise. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, first editions, 1914 hardcover
1937réf. 0837192N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897-37 1937. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. B/w Frontis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 36 volumes uniformily bound in redish/brown cloth with gilt spine titling top edge gilt 'cameo' medallions to upper covers 8vos ca. 300pp/vol. The "Outward bound" edition published between 1897 thru 1937. Title on spines: Works of Rudyard Kipling. A massive and complete collection of the writings of Rudyard Kipling. An overall attractive set with minor light shelfwear slight toning to page edges volume 1 with 1/4 inch chipping to upper tip; spines lightly faded to varying degrees. Charles Scribner's Sons 1897-37 hardcover
1897réf. 139000London: William Heinemann 1898 ma 1897. In-4 p. mm. 316x245 mz. tela editoriale piatti in cartonato figurato con titolo in nero al piatto anteriore e marca tipografica in verde e nero al piatto poster.; di pp.nn. 34 così composto: frontespizio con la stessa marca tipografica a colori eseguita da Nicholson che raffigura un mulino a vento di Rottingdean; 1 pag. con il verso di Kipling Here is a horse to tame - Here is a gun to handle.; un calendario datato 1899 su 2 pagine cui fanno seguito 12 pregevoli tavole litografate a colori realizzate da Nicholson con a fronte un breve verso di Kipling; ogni tavola è dedicata a uno sport uno per ogni mese dell'anno: Hunting January - Coursing February - Racing March - Boating April - Fishing May - Cricket June - Archery July - Coaching August - Shooting September - Golf October - Boxing November - Skating December.In fine due pagine pubblicitarie di altre opere di Nicholson An Alphabet - London Types di cui l'ultima presente solo nel ns. esemplare.Cfr. Martindell Bibl. of the works of R. Kipling n. 70 - Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 759: William Nicholson 1873-1949 peintre et dessinateur anglais. Associé à partir de 1894 à son beau-frère James Pryde ils devinrent vite sous le nom de Beggarstaff brothers Mendiants associés les meilleures affichistes de Grand-Bretagne. Nicholson fut aussi illustrateur et réalisa des décors de théatre. Comme peintre il exposa des paysages des natures mortes et des portraits de personnalités londoniennes. Esemplare ben conservato. William Heinemann, hardcover
1951réf. mon0000181389Macmillan 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardcover/Hardback. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Some colouring of pages due to the age of the book. Clean copy in good condition. Macmillan hardcover
réf. 273986James Johnston ltd / MacMillian and Co Ltd circa 1915 . 25 VOLUMES octavo blue buckram boards quarter bound leather gilt stamped lettering to spines gilt embossed motiff to front boards top page edges gilt patterned eps 218 - 497 pp illust VG 'Rudyard Kipling' written in ink to all front & rear fep's heavy fading to spines moderate tanning & foxing to page edges light chaffing to boards & embossed motiffs light bruising to spine edges & board corners light scuffing to boards & edges slight scuffing to page edges v slight foxing to some pages throughout moderate staining to fep's light staining to front board of 'Action's and Reactions' vol moderate scuffing to front board & light cracking to front gutter & 5 cm insect damage with loss to fep of 'From sea to sea' vol slight fading to pages edges of 'The Naulahka' vol name 'Edar' written in pencil to fep & prelim of 'Stalky & Co' vol slight cracking to front gutter & moderate foxing to prelims of 'Traffics and Discoveries' vol moderate foxing & tanning to rear pages of 'Debits and Credits' vol slight insect damage to front gutter of 'The Days Work' vol light staining to front pastedown & very slight creasing to lower prelim page edges to page 31 of 'The Second Jungle Book' vol slight staining to page edges of 'Many Inventions' vol light creasing to top corner prelims of 'Captains Courageous' vol light creasing from page 272 to rear ep of 'The Jungle Book' vol light cracking to rear gutter & former owners name written in pen to prelim of 'Kim' vol v slight insect damage to front gutter of 'Land and Sea Tales' vol moderate insect damage to rear ep of 'Soldiers Three' vol James Johnston ltd / MacMillian and Co Ltd ( circa 1915 ) hardcover
réf. 530761984. Image size 125 x 165 mm 4¾ x 6½ inches depicting the head of an elephant holding a little boy in the end of its trunk signed and dated 1984 at bottom right. This image appears as a half page illustration in the above story in the volume 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Other Animal Stories' by Rudyard Kipling page 124 published Macmillan 1984. Mounted and protected under clear removable plastic film Keeping's printed label on reverse with caption in his hand: "The brown baby was crowing". Image clean and bright. Offered with 2 brief handwritten letters to the recipient of the drawing who had asked Keeping to donate a signed book for a charity auction. Also included is a near Fine copy of the first edition of the book in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER. Price includes VAT. NB. photo taken through cellophane shows a shiny patch on the top right. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. 1984.
