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1899réf. 755P17London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A finely bound first edition second printing of Rudyard Kipling's school-based anthology showing the juvenile exploits of boys in boarding schools. The first edition second impression of this work published the month after the first impression.In a smart half calf fine binding.A collection of short stories set in boarding schools looking at the lives of the adolescent boys living at the schools and their juvenile adventures. They were less childish than other school tales with elements of bullying violence and revenge.Rudyard Kipling is best known for his novel 'The Jungle Book' however he was a prolific writer of poems novels and short stories. Being born in India inspired much of his work and he went on to become one of the most popular writers of his time. Bound without the publisher's adverts to the rear.Bookplate of F. G. L. Whiteaway to the front pastedown. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally near fine. Spine is a little faded. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1898réf. 1222E046Roycroft East Aurora USA: Elbert Hubbard at the Roycroft Shop 1898. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 90. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 5.75 x 9.25 inches 14.5 x 23.5 cm. Slipcase: Custom built slip case in brown buckram lined with brown card. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. Excellent condition. Overall case condition is Near Fine. Book: First printing. One of the 950 trade copies although limitation is not stated. Limp green suede binding with yapp edges. Browning and light creasing to edges. Page edges untrimmed. Red silk pastedown endpapers. Red silk ribbon bookmark. First initial in each poem printed in blue and black. Colophon and running title printed in red. Tanning to free endpapers very clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to leading blank. An unauthorised American edition. Contains a selection of poems taken from 'Departmental Ditties' and 'Barrack Room Ballads' including 'The Dipsy Chanty' The Last Chantey 'The Vampire' and 'Gunga Din'. A very nice example. Richards E1-27. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 9.25 inches 14.5 x 23.5 cm. Elbert Hubbard at the Roycroft Shop hardcover
1896réf. 5516London: Macmillan and Co 1896. First Edition 1894 4th reprint. hardback with no dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold elephants motif on the front cover. illustrations by kiplingDrake and Frenzeny In very good condition. No inscriptions or markings. Spine faded and torn top and bottom. interior sound and clean with some age browning. 1896 Macmillan and Co hardcover
1900réf. 028998UK: Macmillan 1900. New Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J Lockwood Kipling. New Uniform Editions 2nd Imps 1900/1901. This new Uniform edition was used for all future Kipling works until he died. Illustrated throughout by J Lockwood Kipling. Full decorative cloth binding. Books are very good and bright. Contents good. Inscription to very foxed endpapers. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14973/16169 Macmillan hardcover
1899réf. 34602New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899. First Edition. Illustrated with 8 full page illustrations on coated paper. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth the spine and upper cover lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black with the design of the famous caravelle sailing ship. 12 310 pp. A handsome copy quite bright clean and with very little evidence of use or age. FIRST EDITION AND VERY SCARCE IN PLEASING CONDITION. The story of Kipling’s school days at Westward Ho! in Devon. Doubleday & McClure Co. hardcover
1890réf. 13386SOLDIERS THREE A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1890 noted as Third Editon bound along with THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS / A TALE WITHOUT A PLOT A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with TALES OF BLACK AND WHITE A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER STORIES A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. some wear and rubbing to the fore edge corner tips and spine hinges some foxing to the first and last several leaves else a tight just about vg copy rebound in half leather with marbled boards. A. H. Wheeler & Co. hardcover
1890réf. 13386SOLDIERS THREE A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1890 noted as Third Editon bound along with THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS / A TALE WITHOUT A PLOT A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with TALES OF BLACK AND WHITE A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. bound along with WEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER STORIES A. H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington A. H. Wheeler & Co. some wear and rubbing to the fore edge corner tips and spine hinges some foxing to the first and last several leaves else a tight just about vg copy rebound in half leather with marbled boards. A. H. Wheeler & Co. hardcover books
1898réf. 301555London : Macmillan and Co 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Physical description: 84 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy - Sea life. Personal narratives. London : Macmillan and Co hardcover
1899réf. 880T21London: George Newnes Limited; Methuen and Co. 1899-1900. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smartly bound set of volumes from English writer Rudyard Kipling with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling an English novelist short-story writer journalist and poet known for his works the Jungle Book and Just So Stories. This set includes: Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 1899. Eleventh edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Includes poems such as: Delilah A Code of Morals To the Unknown Goddess The Lovers' Litany Possibilities and many others. Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses 1900. A collection of verses including: Danny Deever Fuzzy-Wuzzy Soldier Soldier Mandalay The Widow's Party Ford o' Kabul River and many others. Bound in half blue calf with blue cloth boards. Externally smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or pencil mark. The odd spot to the endpapers. Prize bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed George Newnes, Limited; Methuen and Co. hardcover
1891réf. 450540New York: M.J. Ivers & Co 1891. Softcover. Good. Early edition variant wrappers with man looking out a window. Printed illustrated pale pink wrappers. Front wrap detached and chipped good only. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and dropbox case by Stikeman. Notes about the purchase of the book in 1926 laid in. Very uncommon. M.J. Ivers & Co unknown
1890réf. 125195New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover
1899réf. 652180Charles Scribner's Sons 1899. Later Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING on title page beneath his printed name which he has lined out. A fair copy in the original plum-red cloth stamped in gilt with white lozenge on front cover top edge gilt spine faded with chips tears wear and old glue repairs and residue of old tape; tape repairs to inner hinges with some chipping to endpapers; printed bookplate with later owner's name in ink. A later owner has inscribed the title page at foot ink ink: 'Mr. Kipling made this an autographed copy in March 1925.' Issued as Writing in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling Volume I. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1894réf. 1410343New York: The Century Co 1894. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvii pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth gold print gilt elephant on front panel; fraying to spine caps and corners toning to spine peripheral toning cocked spine. Text block has has gilt top edge; foxing to endpapers light foxing throughout tear across page 89 penciled name on title page intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and text illustrations drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1410343. FP New Rockville Stock. The Century Co hardcover
1892réf. 14167London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1892. First Combined Edition. Leather bound. Very good. The first Combined Edition of Wee Willie Winkle and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling finely bound by Charles Mudie of London. Octavo 314pp. Three-quarter red morocco marbled paper boards. Matching marbled edges and endpapers. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. "Bound by Mudie" stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Light wear to corners faint rubbing to front cover a very good example. Stories in this volume include "At the Pit's Mouth" "My Own True Ghost Story" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep. Sampson Low, Marston, & Company unknown
1890réf. 125195New York: United States Book Company 1890. Hardbound. Good- general fragility and wear. Publishers blue cloth. 771pp. no illustrations. A most noteworthy copy bearing the copper-engraved bookplate of Henry Van Deventer Black which was designed by Mr. Black and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The book is signed by Henry Van Deventer Black and he has dated it Dec. 1892. He has also written that "This book has spent a winter on the Nile and been around the world" on the ffep. A few pencil lines to the contents perhaps indicating favorite passages. The bookplate is stunning in it's detail and beauty. United States Book Company hardcover books
1892réf. 14167London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1892. First Combined Edition. Leather bound. Very good. The first Combined Edition of Wee Willie Winkle and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling finely bound by Charles Mudie of London. Octavo 314pp. Three-quarter red morocco marbled paper boards. Matching marbled edges and endpapers. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. "Bound by Mudie" stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Light wear to corners faint rubbing to front cover a very good example. Stories in this volume include "At the Pit's Mouth" "My Own True Ghost Story" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep. Sampson Low, Marston, & Company unknown books
1891réf. 450540New York: M.J. Ivers & Co 1891. Softcover. Good. Early edition variant wrappers with man looking out a window. Printed illustrated pale pink wrappers. Front wrap detached and chipped good only. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and dropbox case by Stikeman. Notes about the purchase of the book in 1926 laid in. Very uncommon. M.J. Ivers & Co unknown books
1894réf. 1410343New York: The Century Co 1894. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo xvii pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth gold print gilt elephant on front panel; fraying to spine caps and corners toning to spine peripheral toning cocked spine. Text block has has gilt top edge; foxing to endpapers light foxing throughout tear across page 89 penciled name on title page intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and text illustrations drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1410343. FP New Rockville Stock. The Century Co hardcover books
1895réf. 18-018Blue Cloth; Gilt Cobra with Gilt Title Author Serpent & Publisher on spine. All edges Gilt Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1896réf. CABF-49First edition. Apart from a slight spine lean and a few faint spots on rear cover a particularly fine fresh copy. Hinges perfect; a.e.g.; neat almost invisible ink name on front pastedown. Seven profusely illustrated short stories including The Courting of Dinah Shadd. With full page illustrations as well as chapter head- and tail-pieces by Scottish painter and lithographer A. S. Hartrick. Macmillan hardcover
1892réf. KIPLINGR028319Methuen London. 1892. Fourth edition : scarce issue in white parchment with gilt bugler device on front top edge gilt. Octavo. pp xx 208 16 adverts. The first title listed in the adverts is this fourth edition with mention of ''a special Presentation Edition bound in white buckram with extra gilt ornament''. Is it possible that in the event the publishers opted for this parchment binding instead of the buckramCovers slightly marked. Spine slightly darkened. Very good indeed. Methuen, London. hardcover
1899réf. 984H24London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1899-1928. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. A ten-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works including three first editions showcasing his fiction stories and speeches. In the publisher's original red cloth bindings.A ten-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works spanning 1899 to 1928 comprising early uniform edition reprints and featuring three first editions including major story collections a novel and a volume of speeches. The Light that Failed 1899 uniform edition. Many Inventions 1904 later impression of the uniform edition. Wee Willie Winkie Under the Deodars The Phantom "Rickshaw and Other Stories 1905 later reprint of the uniform edition. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier 1906 reprint. Life"s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People 1908 later impression of the uniform edition. Actions and Reactions 1909 first edition. Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black & White 1909 later impression of the uniform edition. Plain Tales from the Hills 1910 later impression of the uniform edition with a frontispiece. A Diversity of Creatures 1917 first edition. A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906 and 1927 1928 first edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. The odd handling mark and scratch to boards. Slight fading to spines. Damp staining and the odd handling mark more to "Creatures" with slight paper residue to front board. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing and residue from bookplate removal to front paste downs of "Many Inventions" and "Wee Willie." Bookplate with previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "The Light." Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Soldiers Three" "Handicap." Bookplate to front paste down of "Book of Words." Internally generally firmly bound. Hinges sligthly strained in places but holding. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1899réf. 935Z7London: George Newness 1899. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse bound in a decorative crushed half morocco binding. The 'Sixpenny Series' edition. First published in 1886. Bound in crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards and floral gilt details to the spine. Rudyard Kipling's first collection of verse including works such as 'Departmental Ditties' 'To the Unknown Goddess' and 'Arithmetic on the Frontier". Kipling was a popular English journalist poet and author best known for his work 'The Jungle Book'. Bound in crushed half morocco. Externally excellent with fading to the spine slight rubbing to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed George Newness 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
1898réf. 009779London: compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch" the "Daily Graphic" and the "Daily Chronicle." 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 4to. SCARCE in current commerce. Original red silk covered boards lettered in gilt all edges gilt unpaginated Very Good covers a bit soiled. A compilation of art illustrations poetry and letters done in facsimile from many of the leading authors and artists of 1890s London. Place of publication not identified publisher not identified Printed rectos only. OCLC locates 14 libraries worldwide with holdings. compiled and arranged by the proprietors of "Punch," the "Daily Graphic," and the "Daily Chronicle.&quo Hardcover