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1899Best.-Nr. 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
1899Best.-Nr. 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
1895Best.-Nr. 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
1898Best.-Nr. 895Z22London: Macmillan and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None . The first edition of this collection of short stories by the award winning author Rudyard Kipling. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the Nobel Prize winning author Rudyard Kipling and features a collection of thirteen short stories including 'The Ship that Found Herself' 'The Devil and the Deep Sea' and 'Bread upon Waters'. Four of the stories include anthropomorphic characters. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.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 creasing to the rear slight fading to the spine bumping to the extremities small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine and slight rubbing to the extremities and joints. Bookplate belonging to 'A. P. Watt' to the front pastedown with front hinge starting and offsetting and spotting to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with evidence of strain in places. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 487395Calcutta : Thacker Spink and Co 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Slightly edge-torn and bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii 283 p. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. English fiction 19th century. India Fiction. Short stories English 19th century. Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. 261768New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in blind-bordered and gilt-decorated cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 20 volumes. Contents; Volume 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 : a story of West and East / written in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier -- v. 11. Verses 1889-1896 -- v. 12. ""Captains courageous"" a story of the Grand banks -- v. 13-14. The day's work. -- v. 15-16. From sea to sea : letters of travel -- v. 17. Early verse -- v. 18. Stalky & co. -- v. 19. Kim ; v. 25. Rewards and fairies. Subjects; Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936. Writings in prose. Writings in verse. 19th - 20th century writings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 55180Chicago: R. H. Russell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Original oversized cloth-backed boards. First US edition. Ex-University library with spine number small sticker to front cover three bookplates some bookplate remnants and blindstamps on each illustration. Edges and points exposed. . ; quarto . R. H. Russell hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 228647Boston Perry Mason & Co. 1893. 1893. First edition thus. Folio. Complete issue pages 501-512. Illustrations. Some tears and old repairs at folds. Enclosed in 1/2 brown morocco slipcase. Scarce. Kipling's contribution appears on pages 506 507. See Livingston p. 171 #140. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston [Perry Mason & Co.] 1893. paperback
1897Best.-Nr. 45302New York: The Century Co 1897. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and black gilt and orange pictorial and decorative stamping. viii 323pp. Frontispiece 20 full-page called-for plates. Very good. Internally tight and near fine though binding is a bit edgeworn and the cloth "flecked" with a few stray small spots on spine and rear board; small homely gouge at lower left of front board. A tight and decent first edition of this great seafaring adventure in a binding that's well-loved but still fairly attractive with front board gilt bright. The illustrations by Walton Taber 1857-1933 are pristine. The Century Co hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. H40153London: Illustrated London News 1887. Hardcover. Good. Folio 15.75 x 12.25 inches old half leather and moire cloth boards good to very good light wear to binding some rubbing and weakening along outer joints small piece of leather missing from head of spine title on spine erroneously indicates this volume only contains Xmas numbers for 1897-98 when it actually contains quite a few others dating back to 1887 contents very good and sharp with original covers bound in. Contains both the 1887 and 1897 Jubilee issues the 1897 one entitled "Her Majesty's Glorious Jubilee.The Record Number of a Record Reign" has page after page of full page chromolithographs 12 in all plus covers very lavish and elaborate illustrations with the text pages having gilt decorated borders. Other issues include: Summer 1889 Summer 1890 both with Bret Harte stories Christmas 1890 Kipling's "Mr. Hauksbee Sits Out" Summer 1891 Christmas 1891 Bret Harte's "Their Uncle from California" Hardy's "The Son's Veto" and Barrie's "The Inconsiderate Waiter" Christmas 1892 Chromo cover Mrs. Moleworth's fairy tale "Princess Ice-Heart" Louis Wain illustrations of rabbits and dogs Frank Stockton story July 10 1893 "Wedding Number" marriage of Prince George to Princess Mary of Teck many engravings and articles about the royal families Summer 1894 "The Eternal Femine" by Israel Zangwill Bret Harte's "A Rose of Glenbogie" the aforementioned 1897 Jubilee issue with text by Sir Walter Besant; Summer 1898 H. G. Wells "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" a 2 pp. ballad by Cecil Aldin illustrated in color Bret Harte's "The Man and the Mountain" Christmas 1898 full page Louis Wain plate of cats in a snowball fight and much else. Lots of engravings some double-page throughout. Illustrated London News hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 006850New York: United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company 1891. This is a Very Good copy of the First American "Authorized" Edition also designated on the cover as "Indian Tales - IV". Uncmmon in this printing. Tan cloth binding with titling in maroon; ruled and with a printed male Indian on the cover. Clean text; frontis illustration of Kipling; xxvi 268 pages oddly th text begins at page eleven. The Introduction is by Henry James. The spine is lightly faded as is the titling.; the front cover printing is rubbed but remains clear. In an archival plastic protector. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. United States Book Company Successor to John W. Lovell Company Hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 013511Boston: Desmond Publishing Co 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Salesman's dummy for the six volume set sold by subscription. With frontispiece portrait title page 5 photogravure plates w/tissue guards and about 10 pages of text with some duotones. Though title page is for Soldiers Three the elements in the book appear to be from it and the other five books in this Desmond edition of Selected Works: Mine Own People Phantom Rickshaw Plain Tales from the Hill The Light that Failed and Back Room Ballads as listed in the prospectus printed on the front pastdown. Some foxing solid binding. Desmond Publishing Co hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 265647Allahabad: Wheeler 1891. paperback. good. 96pp thin 8vo printed gray green wrappers; lightly edge-chipped. Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Sampson Low Marston n.d. 1891. First English Edition. Volume XIV of the Indian Railway Library. Errata slip attached to title page. Wheeler unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 611705London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition. Octavo. Blue cloth gilt. A fine copy. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Slipcase shows some wear but it has protected the book which is bright and fresh splendidly. Macmillan hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 613212Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1898. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy. 12mo. Green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt. Offsetting on endpapers from jacket flaps near fine in lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Rare in jacket. Henry Altemus Company hardcover
1897Best.-Nr. OCB14708New York: New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American Edition. Marigold cloth covered boards with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Only very slight rubbing at head and tail. Unusually bright and clean. Bottom right edge of front board bumped approx 1/2 in. Near Fine to just shy of Fine. New York: D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 035688New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Volumes 1 - 31 31 volumes hardcover books with reddish brown cloth covered boards small round white cameo inset on cover with gold line border; gold lettering and decoration on spines. Ranging from Good to Very Good condition most very good - dates of publication range from 1898 to 1926. Each has a different frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard gilt top edges. . Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 228647Boston Perry Mason & Co. 1893. 1893. First edition thus. Folio. Complete issue pages 501-512. Illustrations. Some tears and old repairs at folds. Enclosed in 1/2 brown morocco slipcase. Scarce. Kipling's contribution appears on pages 506 507. See Livingston p. 171 #140. Soft cover. Very Good. Boston [Perry Mason & Co.] 1893. paperback books
1891Best.-Nr. 110941891. KIPLING RUDYARD. Life's Handicap. Being Stories of Mine Own People. London 1891. xvi 351 9 p. Red cloth. A very good-to-fine copy. Bookplate. In a morocco-backed slipcase. First American edition. Livingston 79 Stewart 99. unknown books
1899Best.-Nr. 013511Boston: Desmond Publishing Co 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Salesman's dummy for the six volume set sold by subscription. With frontispiece portrait title page 5 photogravure plates w/tissue guards and about 10 pages of text with some duotones. Though title page is for Soldiers Three the elements in the book appear to be from it and the other five books in this Desmond edition of Selected Works: Mine Own People Phantom Rickshaw Plain Tales from the Hill The Light that Failed and Back Room Ballads as listed in the prospectus printed on the front pastdown. Some foxing solid binding. Desmond Publishing Co hardcover books
1891Best.-Nr. 265647Allahabad: Wheeler 1891. paperback. good. 96pp thin 8vo printed gray green wrappers; lightly edge-chipped. Allahabad & London: A.H. Wheeler & Sampson Low Marston n.d. 1891. First English Edition. Volume XIV of the Indian Railway Library. Errata slip attached to title page. Wheeler unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 611705London: Macmillan 1898. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition. Octavo. Blue cloth gilt. A fine copy. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. Slipcase shows some wear but it has protected the book which is bright and fresh splendidly. Macmillan hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 613212Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1898. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition by this publisher likely a piracy. 12mo. Green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt. Offsetting on endpapers from jacket flaps near fine in lightly worn near fine dust jacket. Rare in jacket. Henry Altemus Company hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 80953London:: William Heinemann 1898. First English edition; Library issue on Japanese vellum with edges stained red and 1898 calendar. publisher's illustrated boards with vellum spine. The top 2-1/2 inches of the spine has been destroyed--otherwise an attractive copy with slight dust-soiling to the rear board. Folio. Illustrated throughout in color by William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. Richards A105. William Heinemann, hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. b11547New York: Evening Post Publishing Co. 1895. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Boas and Kipling both write signed letters to the editor in these issues. Near fine in original three-quarter leather and marbled-paper boards. Shelfwear on the bottom edge with a small rubber stamp library names and two stickers on the front pastedown but no other markings and brief foxing on the endpapers. Brief marginal foxing but no other marks within the text. Evening Post Publishing Co. hardcover
