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1891Best.-Nr. 54124Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co. 1891. First edition. Nineteen newspaper articles describing Kipling's life in an area of India semi-independent from British rule. 1000 copies printed and bound with all but 100 reportedly destroyed when Kipling suppressed the book's release but bibliographer estimates there are more. Publisher's purple stamp with "27 Nov 91" dispatch date on endpaper and signature of A. R. Lawrence with short illegible notation and date "25/12/91" on pastedown. Good or better with first gathering literally holding by a thread and covers somewhat soiled and quite possibly touched up. Housed in custom top-loading two-piece sliding blue-and-red cloth slipcase backed in red leather with five raised bands and gilt-stamped lettering and design. Very attractive. A. H. Wheeler & Co. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 012634Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1941. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Fijian edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 128 pages. The title page has the date 1941 the front cover has the date 1942. This is the First Jungle Book ai matai. We have only located one copy of this ediiton. It is in the State Library of New South Wales. Australasian Medical Publishing Company Paperback
1889Best.-Nr. 62188Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. London: W. Thacker and Co 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive green cloth with ornamental bands at top and bottom of front cover spine lettered in gilt upper cover lettered in black rubbed some fraying and soiling squash endpapers some light spotting and browning generally marginal 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back dated December 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards 22; Stewart 18; Livingston 24 Thacker, Spink and Co., London: W. Thacker and Co unknown
1914Best.-Nr. 151124London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1914. The Bombay Edition of Kipling's collection of historical fantasy tales. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards by Morrell with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels top edge gilt marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Set in multiple periods of English history Kipling's Puck stories are each narrated to two children living near Burwash in the High Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck or told by Puck himself. Puck who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England" is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The genres of the stories range from authentic historical novella A Centurion of the Thirtieth On the Great Wall to children's fantasy Dymchurch Flit. Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 002998New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First Edition Thus Signed LImited Edition. Quarter Vellum. Near Fine. No. 141 of 150 copies signed by Kipling. 4to. 29 by 23 cm. 94 pp. 24 mounted color plates. A few soil marks on spine. Edges of paper on board sllightly faded in color. Otherwise tight and clean within. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 343404Allahabad / London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / SampsonLow Marston 1891. Softcover. Good. First English edition. 12mo. Illustrated green wrappers. 96pp. Errata slip bound-in. Small owner's name and small chip on front wrap a couple of modest chips on rear wrap spine somewhat eroded another small embossed stamp of an American author on title-page a good copy in custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Scarce. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson,Low, Marston unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 374461Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Comapny 1920. Limited Edition. No. 117 of 377 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Photographically Illustrated by Lewis R. Freeman. pp. xxiv 44 unnumberred leaves. 8vo. Vellum spine ansd boards. Very good. Limited Edition. No. 117 of 377 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Photographically Illustrated by Lewis R. Freeman. pp. xxiv 44 unnumberred leaves. 8vo. Livingston 449; Richards A331 Doubleday, Page & Comapny unknown
1917Best.-Nr. 121059London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1917. First separate British edition of Kipling's homage to John Bunyan which first appeared in Land and Water Magazine December 1917 printed by Methuen and Co. to secure copyright protection. Small octavo original wrappers with elaborate woodcut borders to the front panel. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A superior example. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. 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. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown
1909Best.-Nr. 157971909. One page on Kipling's "Bateman's Burwash Sussex" stationery. 14th Aug. 1909. This letter addressed to "Dear Sir" but with the recipient's name and address "9 King's Cross Road W.C." typed below reads: I have received your letter of the 12th together with the file of correspondence which I return herewith. I am only sorry that as I know nothing about the business side of inventions it is out of my power to assist you. Yours truly signed: Rudyard Kipling. We do not know who John Proctor was; nor did Kipling -- but Proctor had apparently sent a whole file regarding some invention he was working on. Perhaps he contacted Kipling because he knew the famous author had written an 1893 book titled MANY INVENTIONS The letter is in very good condition a couple of small holes and tape-marks not affecting print. Basic content but a fine example of Kipling's signature. unknown
1897Best.-Nr. 2358London and New York: Macmillan and Co. and The Macmillan Company 1897. I.W. TABER. FICTION. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited and New York: The Macmillan Company 1897. I.W. TABER illustrator. R. & R. Clark Limited Edinburgh printer. First British edition. 12mo 7 7/16" x 5"; viii 1-245pp; red goat over board double gilt fillet with corner flower ornaments 6 spine compartments with gilt ornaments and date "1897" onlaid gilt-lettered labels; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles with marbled boards owners bookplate "Josephine B. Crane / Sugar Hill / Dalton Mass." on front pastedown; binder's stamp on verso ffep "Bound by Zaehnsdorf"; engraved fp 20 plates and one illustration in text; light shelf wear to edges spine sunned a few spots; very good plus. A beautifully bound copy of Rudyard Kipling's 1865-1936 exciting tale about a 15-year-old boy Harvey Cheyne Jr. who is washed overboard from a trans-Atlantic steamship and picked up by a fishing schooner off the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. First published in McClure's magazine from November 1896 to May 1897 it was published as a book first in the U.S. by Doubleday and then by Macmillan in London. Bound by Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-1886 an Austrian Hungarian binder who moved to London by 1837. Macmillan and Co. and The Macmillan Company unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 219685London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Limited edition Number 95 of 500 copies on handmade paper signed by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page printed in green and black. xix 476 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original limp vellum t.e.g. Ties perished else fine. Bookplate. Cloth slipcase. Limited edition Number 95 of 500 copies on handmade paper signed by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page printed in green and black. xix 476 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Finely printed compendium of Kipling's verse including many favorite poems. Richards A258 Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 62188Calcutta: Thacker Spink and Co. London: W. Thacker and Co 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive green cloth with ornamental bands at top and bottom of front cover spine lettered in gilt upper cover lettered in black rubbed some fraying and soiling squash endpapers some light spotting and browning generally marginal 32 pages publisher's advertisements at back dated December 1889. Second edition with "Kidnapper" reading on contents page. 1 vols. 8vo. Richards 22; Stewart 18; Livingston 24 Thacker, Spink and Co., London: W. Thacker and Co unknown books
1891Best.-Nr. 343404Allahabad / London: A.H. Wheeler & Co. / SampsonLow Marston 1891. Softcover. Good. First English edition. 12mo. Illustrated green wrappers. 96pp. Errata slip bound-in. Small owner's name and small chip on front wrap a couple of modest chips on rear wrap spine somewhat eroded another small embossed stamp of an American author on title-page a good copy in custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Scarce. A.H. Wheeler & Co. / Sampson,Low, Marston unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 374461Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Comapny 1920. Limited Edition. No. 117 of 377 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Photographically Illustrated by Lewis R. Freeman. pp. xxiv 44 unnumberred leaves. 8vo. Vellum spine ansd boards. Very good. Limited Edition. No. 117 of 377 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Photographically Illustrated by Lewis R. Freeman. pp. xxiv 44 unnumberred leaves. 8vo. Livingston 449; Richards A331 Doubleday, Page & Comapny unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 157971909. One page on Kipling's "Bateman's Burwash Sussex" stationery. 14th Aug. 1909. This letter addressed to "Dear Sir" but with the recipient's name and address "9 King's Cross Road W.C." typed below reads: I have received your letter of the 12th together with the file of correspondence which I return herewith. I am only sorry that as I know nothing about the business side of inventions it is out of my power to assist you. Yours truly signed: Rudyard Kipling. We do not know who John Proctor was; nor did Kipling -- but Proctor had apparently sent a whole file regarding some invention he was working on. Perhaps he contacted Kipling because he knew the famous author had written an 1893 book titled MANY INVENTIONS The letter is in very good condition a couple of small holes and tape-marks not affecting print. Basic content but a fine example of Kipling's signature. unknown books
1926Best.-Nr. 002998New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First Edition Thus Signed LImited Edition. Quarter Vellum. Near Fine. No. 141 of 150 copies signed by Kipling. 4to. 29 by 23 cm. 94 pp. 24 mounted color plates. A few soil marks on spine. Edges of paper on board sllightly faded in color. Otherwise tight and clean within. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 201207London: William Heinemann 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Features words by Rudyard Kipling the author of "Captains Courageous" and "The Jungle Book." Includes 12 color lithographic plates by William Nicholson. A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine but with some splitting to the front and rear internal hinges some other minor wear and with a vintage bookstore stocker to the rear pastedown. Plates in fine condition with some slight offsetting to the facing pages. No dust jacket. A very nice copy of this classic. William Heinemann unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 201207London: William Heinemann 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Features words by Rudyard Kipling the author of "Captains Courageous" and "The Jungle Book." Includes 12 color lithographic plates by William Nicholson. A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine but with some splitting to the front and rear internal hinges some other minor wear and with a vintage bookstore stocker to the rear pastedown. Plates in fine condition with some slight offsetting to the facing pages. No dust jacket. A very nice copy of this classic. William Heinemann unknown books
Best.-Nr. RB-1hardcover. The Seven Seas The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling — D. Appleton and Company New York 1898 Edition: First American Edition published the same year as the English first Binding: Original tan cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped Art Nouveau design Condition: Near Fine — bright gilt on spine and cover clean and tight binding minimal shelfwear previous owner's inscription dated December 1904 on front endpaper. Description: An exceptional early American edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Seven Seas the companion volume to Barrack-Room Ballads. This collection of sea poems captures the rhythm courage and global reach of the British Empire at its zenith earning critical and popular acclaim in both England and America. This copy is beautifully preserved with the gilt design on the spine and cover still luminous — a rarity for this title. The 1904 ownership inscription adds provenance and character. A strong collectible example suitable for exhibition or fine private libraries. The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling – rare vintage or collectible item from Deb's Book Paradise hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 151560Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage reference photograph of director Victor Fleming and script clerk Bill Lewis on the set of the 1937 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1897 novel. The spoiled young son of a business tycoon falls overboard on a steamship trip to Europe and is picked up by a fishing schooner where he is made to earn his keep. Shot on location in Massachusetts and California in the US and Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1901Best.-Nr. 989F29London: Macmillan and Co 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. Holbrook Jackson's first edition copy of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling with a loosely inserted very scarce copy of Parish's account of Kipling's sister's visit to his home 'Mrs. Fleming's Visit'. The first edition first impression. This first UK edition was actually published one day after its release in the US.This spy novel was written by short story pioneer and classic author of children's fiction Rudyard Kipling who is known as a pioneer for the short story form and a classic author of children's fiction. 'Kim' was originally published as a serial in McClure's Magazine between 1900 and 1901; the story takes place against the backdrop of the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.Illustrated with a frontispiece - retaining the original tissue guard - and nine plates. Collated complete.With a publisher's advertisement leaf to the rear.Loosely inserted is the very scarce first edition of C. W. Parish's 1945 short work 'Mrs Fleming's Visit' which details Kipling's sister Ann's 1945 visit to his home Bateman's in Burwash. With two postcards of the home also present.With the inscription 'Holbrook Jackson Liverpool 1944' to the head of the front free endpaper. Journalist writer and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser and had a long association with English small presses. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Joints starting with boards a touch tender. A touch of fraying to back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper head. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd spot. 'Fleming's Visit' in fine condition. Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1921Best.-Nr. 895Z20New York : Doubleday Page & Company 1921. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce transcribed speech by Rudyard Kipling in the original binding and the original glassine dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original quarter paper vellum hardback with the original vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper. This work features a transcribed speech by the popular author and poet Rudyard Kipling. This speech was delivered at the Royal Society of St. George on St. George's Day in 1920 and discusses what makes a true Englishman. Kipling mentions the popular author Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe' and his pamphlet 'The True Born Englishman'.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 quarter paper vellum hardback with the original glassine dust wrapper. Externally very smart with fading to the spine slight marks and shelf wear. Offsetting to the endpapers. Glassine wrap is generally smart with marks fading to the spine closed tears and loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 140265London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London Macmillan and Co. Limited May 1923 first reprint/ April 1923. Large octavo two volumes xvi 344 and vi 310 2 publisher's list pages plus 11 maps 4 double-page. Gilt-decorated cloth top edges gilt; both volumes slightly bumped at the extremities with offsetting to the free endpapers; the first volume has a tiny abrasion near the foot of the spine and some flecking to the front cover; top edge of the second volume slightly indented; overall an excellent set with the slightly cockled and creased dustwrappers with the printed prices hole-punched from the spines. 'These volumes try to give soberly and with what truth is possible the experiences of both Battalions of the Irish Guards from 1914 to 1918. The point of view is the Battalions' and the facts mainly follow the Regimental Diaries supplemented by the few private letters and documents which such a war made possible and by some tales that have gathered round men and their actions' from Kipling's introduction. 2 items. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. mon0000179587Macmillan and Co 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 28319LIST PAUL 1969. 3. hardcover. Dschungelbücher Die Sirmkovrilo! LIST, PAUL hardcover
