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1890réf. 249895New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy. No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown
1899réf. 121608New York: Doubleday and McClure Company 1899. First edition of Kipling's classic short story which first appeared in Harper’s Short Stories in September 1890. Octavo original publisher's decorated cloth. In fine condition. House in a custom half morocco and chemise case. 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. Doubleday and McClure Company hardcover
1892réf. 135051London: William Heinemann 1892. First British edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Octavo original publisher's decorative cloth. In very good condition. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was originally serialized in Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with American writer and publishing agent Wolcott Balestier and set in the fictional state of "Rahore" believed to be based on Rajputana it is an intriguing story of ambition love and royal court trappings. Kipling would later name his historic Shingle Style house in Dummerston Vermont Naulakha where he resided from 1893 to 1896 and wrote Captains Courageous The Jungle Book The Day's Work and The Seven Seas and did work on Kim and The Just So Stories. William Heinemann hardcover
1895réf. 000642New York: Century Co. 1895. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound in full rust morocco raised bands gilt decorated spine compartments top edge gilt. Small 8vo 324 pp. Decorations by John Lockwood Kipling in black and white. An absolutely beautiful volume in full leather binding. Century Co. hardcover
1896réf. 010095New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1896. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in caramel cloth with lovely Art Nouveau gilt decorations front cover and spine stamped in gilt and signed EMD top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. tiny rubs bottom corners lacking the scarce dust jacket prior owner name dated Dec.1896 front end page. 2 vii 209 9 pages publisher's catalogue. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
1898réf. 002257New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. This is a beautiful set of eighteen volumes issued from 1898 to 1900. Maroon cloth fine binding; front cover is ruled in gilt and has a white escutcheon featuring an elephant and a swastika; the spines are decorated as well in gilt. Topedges are gilt others deckle. Fine quality laid paper. Contents: "Plain Tales from the Hills" 350 pages; "Soldiers Three and Military Tales" - Part I 307 pages and Part II 589 pages; "In Black and White" 386 pages; "The Phantom Rickshaw & Other Stories" 387 pages; "Under the Deodars The Story of the Gadsbys & Wee Willie Winkie" 368 pages; "The Jungle Book" 341 pages; "The Second Jungle Book" 228 pages; "The Light That Failes" 329 pages; "The Naulahka" 377 pages; "Verses 1889-1896" 359 pages; "Captains Couageous" 242 pages; "The Day's Work" - Part I 310 pages & Part II 303 pages; "From Sea to Sea" - Part I 494 pages & Part II 553 pages; "Early Verse" 292 pages; and "Stalky & Co." 330 pages. The general condition is Very Good Plus to Near Fine. The spines have faded to a light brown color evenly so they all still match. The endpapers are typically foxed; sometimes some spotting on the tissue guards with transfer to the Title Page. Quercus notes a cracked front hinge and a stain oil on the rear cover of Volume 1. Volume 5 has a wrinkle on the rear cover. Volumes 14 and 15 have partially-cracked rear gutters. None of these defects really detract from the handsome nature of the set which should assume a proud place of honor as they provide many hours of entertaining reading. Kipling may have been a colonialist but he was a damn fine writer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1891réf. 200922Allabahad: Wheeler 1891. First. hardcover. good. Tall thin 8vo red & blue cloth divided diagonally; lettered in gilt.Allabahad 1891. First Indian edition. A better than usual copy the binding spotted but soundwith the Wheeler & Co. rubberstamp on the front flyleaf. Wheeler unknown books
1890réf. 249895New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue green printed wrappers spine worn back cover separating else a Very Good copy of this rare fragile book. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Portrait. xii 182 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of six stories previously published in various Harper serials the last story The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney being a piracy. No. 680 in Harper's Franklin Square Library series. This publication is the first time a portrait of Kipling appears in one of his books. This copy retains the front and back wrappers; the inside front wrapper here lists series titles from 680 to 589 where Richards reports 681-590. Richards A 43; Ballard XXXIII; Stewart 76; Livingston 57 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1896réf. 010095New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1896. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine in caramel cloth with lovely Art Nouveau gilt decorations front cover and spine stamped in gilt and signed EMD top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. tiny rubs bottom corners lacking the scarce dust jacket prior owner name dated Dec.1896 front end page. 2 vii 209 9 pages publisher's catalogue. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1890réf. 22293New York: Harper & Brothers 1890. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original printed wrappers in custom blue cloth double slipcase gilt-lettered spine; xii1822adspp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Wrappers chipped and worn along extremities with several shallow losses not affecting text contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper spine quite darkened and cracked with small losses; interior near fine. An About Very Good copy of this fragile piece. Harper's Franklin Square Library no. 680. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1895réf. C87579London: Macmillan 1895. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 238 2pp ads. Original publisher's vibrant blue cloth gilt-blocked decoration to front cover and spine; spine lettered in gilt; all edges gilt. With illustrated title page and illustrations in the text. Spine ends and corners gently bumped and rubbed miniscule tear at head of spine. Occasional very faint foxing light marks to small part of rear cover. About VG with clean text. An attractive copy. About very good indeed. Macmillan, hardcover
1897réf. 05447CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" Macmillan 1897 first edition gold-gilt lettering and art work on spine somewhat dulled some rubbing to spine extremities and corner tips some light scattered foxing else a tight bright vg copy with unbroken inner hinges and all edges in gold-gilt as called for with bright gold pictorial stamping on deep blue cloth on the front cover. A most handsome book. Illustrated. The source book for the film of the same name. Macmillan hardcover
1891réf. 05445MINE OWN PEOPLE Lovell Coryell 1891 first American edition a vg copy with a long introduction by Henry James. Among the first of the authors books to be published in the U.S. While this copy does indeed have a Table of Contents page that is placed after the printed facsimile letter in Kipling's hand and a title page as Lovell Coryell & Co. along with their address and no date printed at the base of same and furthermore has a binding where the base of the cloth spine is blank that is not stamped with any publisher information all which seem to be indices that suggest that this is a later issue this copy not only has a printed page following the half-title page which reads in total "This edition of my collected writings is issued in America with my cordial sanction / Rudyard Kipling / London March 1891" but also has the portrait frontispiece which is said NOT to be part of the Lovell and Coryell issue !!! Also it is not quite clear as to why the Lovell and Coryell issue does not "precede" the United States Book Company issue if in fact the United States Book Company is the successor "to" the John W. Lovell Company. Lovell, Coryell hardcover
1890réf. 15916THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW Lovell 1890 first American edition slight wear to corner tips and spine extremities else a vg copy. This collection of ghost stories is Kipling's second book published in the United States. Lovell unknown
1897réf. 05447CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" Macmillan 1897 first edition gold-gilt lettering and art work on spine somewhat dulled some rubbing to spine extremities and corner tips some light scattered foxing else a tight bright vg copy with unbroken inner hinges and all edges in gold-gilt as called for with bright gold pictorial stamping on deep blue cloth on the front cover. A most handsome book. Illustrated. The source book for the film of the same name. Macmillan hardcover books
1890réf. 15916THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW Lovell 1890 first American edition slight wear to corner tips and spine extremities else a vg copy. This collection of ghost stories is Kipling's second book published in the United States. Lovell unknown books
1891réf. 05445MINE OWN PEOPLE Lovell Coryell 1891 first American edition a vg copy with a long introduction by Henry James. Among the first of the authors books to be published in the U.S. While this copy does indeed have a Table of Contents page that is placed after the printed facsimile letter in Kipling's hand and a title page as Lovell Coryell & Co. along with their address and no date printed at the base of same and furthermore has a binding where the base of the cloth spine is blank that is not stamped with any publisher information all which seem to be indices that suggest that this is a later issue this copy not only has a printed page following the half-title page which reads in total "This edition of my collected writings is issued in America with my cordial sanction / Rudyard Kipling / London March 1891" but also has the portrait frontispiece which is said NOT to be part of the Lovell and Coryell issue !!! Also it is not quite clear as to why the Lovell and Coryell issue does not "precede" the United States Book Company issue if in fact the United States Book Company is the successor "to" the John W. Lovell Company. Lovell, Coryell hardcover books
1892réf. 001667London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1892. Third Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾. xix 208 16 page publisher's cat. vignette to title page brown buckram with gilt titles to spine teg corners and head and tail of spine bruised some light foxing and finger marks. Presentation inscription "To Harry From A.S.S. and P.R.S September 13-92". Harry is Harry leslie Sherwood who entered the Foreign Office in 1882 rising to become Inspector General of H.M. Consulates and editor of the F.O. List-the donors are assumed to be members of his family. The book contains 2 press cuttings including the first printed version of "The Absent-minded Beggar" published by the Daily Mail on 31st October 1899. The poem is headed "Rudyard Kipling's New Poem" with "Copyright in England and America by the "Daily Mail" publishing company." Although there is no date on the newspaper indications are that it was printed in 1899. The rights to publish had been given by Kipling to Lord Harmsworth proprietor of the Daily Mail who had made a request to Kipling to write a patriotic poem to support the fund-raising for the mobilistation of army reservists in 1899 to fight in South Africa. Methuen and Co. Ltd. hardcover
1893réf. 10900TRUE FIRST EDITION TOM SAWYER ABROAD in ST. NICHOLAS Magazine 1893-1895 Century first edition 4 Volumes Volumes 21 & 22 Parts 1 & 2 of each some wear to spine extremities and corner tips else a good to very good set in the publishers original highly decorated cloth. Also contains several EPISODES OF Palmer Cox's THE BROWNIES the first 4 stories from Kiplings JUNGLE BOOK Rikkii-Tikki-Tavi Tiger! Tiger! Mowgli's Brothers Toomai of the Elephants along with Howard Pyle's JACK BALLISTERS FORTUNE complete along with HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY complete by Theodore Roosevelt et.al. A wonderful grouping. Century hardcover
1893réf. 10900TRUE FIRST EDITION TOM SAWYER ABROAD in ST. NICHOLAS Magazine 1893-1895 Century first edition 4 Volumes Volumes 21 & 22 Parts 1 & 2 of each some wear to spine extremities and corner tips else a good to very good set in the publishers original highly decorated cloth. Also contains several EPISODES OF Palmer Cox's THE BROWNIES the first 4 stories from Kiplings JUNGLE BOOK Rikkii-Tikki-Tavi Tiger! Tiger! Mowgli's Brothers Toomai of the Elephants along with Howard Pyle's JACK BALLISTERS FORTUNE complete along with HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY complete by Theodore Roosevelt et.al. A wonderful grouping. Century hardcover books
1893réf. 223301Octavo. 6 pages publisher's advertisements at end. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Inner hinges cracking else fine. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. Stewart 118. Livingston 100. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1894réf. 021785New York: The Century Co. 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover green cloth lettered in gold on front cover and spine. Spine heavily blind-stamped with four small animal figures stamped in gold interspersed by title author and publisher while covers show larger gold elephant on front and tiger on rear both within elaborate blind-stamped frame. Top edge gilt. 303 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece and 34 additional plates and drawings in text. First American edition published simultaneously with the British. Previous owner's armorial style book-plate onside front cover. End-papers and half title heavily foxed with light to moderate foxing throughout text block. Cloth covers clean gold lettering and stamping bright. A tight sound and still attractive copy. A good or better copy. . The Century Co. Hardcover
1888réf. 54564Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 1888. First edition. "Indian Railway Library No. 2." Rebound in full leather by "C. Fox" with original first-issue front cover bound in 2 pages of ads as called for at front and first 6 pages of ads called for at rear lacking final leaf with ad page vii. Printed label affixed to 3rd page of ads above "Plain Tales from the Hills" reading "From/ A. H. Wheeler & Co. Allahabad/ and/ All Railway Bookstalls" not recorded in Richards A15 and with rear cover bound in with illustration usually seen on IN BLACK AND WHITE which was No. 3 in the series Richards A16. As this copy has been rebound we assume the rear cover from the later volume was bound in either by mistake or design versus it representing some sort of variant of the original binding. 8vo slender gilt-stamped full green leather with raised spine bands inner gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Armorial "Think and Thank" bookplate on front pastedown. Very good to near fine with spine toned to brown tiny chip to lower corner front wrapper archival tape repair to front ad leaf where starting to split along the hinge and few small edge tears to text block. A.H. Wheeler & Co. unknown
1893réf. 223301Octavo. 6 pages publisher's advertisements at end. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Inner hinges cracking else fine. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. Stewart 118. Livingston 100. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1890réf. 47436London: Sampson Low and Marston 1890. In original wraps this is the indian railway edition with many first editions within. They are as follows- Black and white 1st Under the Deodars 1st The Story of the Gadsby's 1st The Phantom Rickshaw 1st Soldiers Three 3rd and Wee willie Winkie 5th. Decorative front and rear boards are nearly detached pages are lightly rubbed and have finger marks and light dampstains to edges otherwise content clean and bright. First Edition. Half Leather Marble Boards. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo. Sampson, Low and Marston Hardcover