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ref. alb09ea20c732bc3cdcKipling R. Collection of Works in 14 Volumes. In Russian /Kipling R. Sobranie Sochineniy v 14 tomakh. With illustrations by J. Kipling and W. Drake. Living. With a portrait of a writer. From P.P. Soikin 1904. Contents: Lifelong. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is an English writer, poet, nova, born in India. In 1882, after studying in England, returned to India and began writing his first stories. By 1889, he became one of the most famous and read writers of his time. In 1907, he became the first Englishman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb09ea20c732bc3cdc.
ref. alb4f728447f06993d6Kipling R. A collection of essays. In twenty issues: A complete set of fourteen books, in twenty issues, in five bindings. In Russian /Kipling R. Sobranie sochineniy. V dvadtsati vypuskakh: Polnyy komplekt chetyrnadtsati knig, v dvadtsati vypuskakh, v pyati perepletakh A portrait of the author on the front of the first volume. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), English writer, poet and novelist, journalist, traveller. Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1907. Kipling remains one of the most popular English writers in demand worldwide. Kiplings books have grown up over a generation, and his works remain popular among children and adults to this day. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb4f728447f06993d6.
1901ref. 147661901. in 1901 dust jacket London: Macmillan and Co. 1901. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth with Ganesha device in gilt with dust jacket. First English Edition of the book that "is acknowledged as Kipling's masterpiece in fiction. The novel is the finest written about the India of the British Empire" CGEL. It follows the adventures of an orphan son of a British soldier who is raised by an Indian woman becomes a disciple to a Lama and ultimately becomes an undercover agent as well. The illustrations are by John Lockwood Kipling the author's father. The American edition is considered to have been published earlier though in the same month as the English one. As with most of Kipling's British editions published by Macmillan the binding is red cloth with in gilt the "Ganesha" device -- an elephant's head with a swastika the latter had been a ubiquitous symbol in India for millennia; its use ceased in the early 1930s when events in Germany gave the symbol a whole new meaning. This volume is in bright just-about-fine condition just a touch of wear at the head of the spine. Included is the quite scarce 1901 dust jacket in its first state listing on the rear panel 14 titles in the Uniform Edition with THE NAULAHKA at the bottom and with KIM at the top with no statement of print number. The jacket is in good-to-very good condition spine quite darkened so as to be illegible wear particularly at the ends of the jacket's spine. Richards A174; Stewart 254; Livingston 250. One of the books selected as a "Modern Library 100" for the 20th Century seldom seen in jacket. unknown books
1902ref. 140939667London: Macmillan and Co 1902. Uniform Edition. Very Good. Reprint of the uniform edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. Bound in publisher's red cloth decorated in gilt; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to binding fading to spine softening to spine ends and rubbing to cloth at extremities. Contents foxed. Previous owner gift inscription to page facing the title page. One of Kipling's best-loved works signed. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1894ref. 150271MacMillan London 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good set of the true first editions. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. MacMillan, London hardcover books
ref. 71565London: Macmillan and Co. 1894; 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST EDITIONS first impressions. Two volumes. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.viii; 212; pp.6 238 2. With frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John as well as a frontispiece and a number of full page plates to volume I. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt; blue-grey endpapers. Contents clean but for some light sporadic foxing; no ink inscriptions. Covers shows moderate use lightly rubbed to extremities gilt slightly dulled to both spines. Very good. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories-the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894; 1895 unknown
1941ref. 52119New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Burwash edition limited edition no. 566 of 1010 sets twenty-eight volumes signed by Kipling in volume I 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in volume I front endpapers in nine volumes stuck or partially stuck together. Later maroon morocco over the original maroon buckram t.e.g. upper cover to volume 4 with some damp stain and wear and also to the upper cover of volume 27 to a lesser extent. (New York): Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
ref. 33871Rudyard Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 & Andre Maurois Emile Salomon Wihelm Herzog 1885-1967. Original Photo. Framed & Glazed. Original Photo. Framed & Glazed. Signed by Author. Kipling Rudyard Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 & Andre Maurois Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog 1885-1967. Original 4" x 6" Black & White photo Signed. A terrific photo in excellent condition with strong signatures by both authors at the lower portion. A rather unique image set on the path of the estate gardens with both authors relaxed & enjoying each others company. Although Kipling was 20-years older he and Maurois were friends and colleagues. Beautifully framed and glazed and creatively triple matted to an overall size of 13" x 16. An excellent display. "A people always ends by resembling its shadow." Said by Kipling to Author & Critic André Maurois c. 1930 on the subject of the transformation of Germany. Quoted in Maurois The Art of Writing "The Writer's Craft" Sect. 2 1960. Rudyard [Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936] & Andre Maurois [Emile Salomon Wihelm Herzog, 1885-1967] unknown
1909ref. 382540Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Robinson W. Heath. Very good condition with no wrapper. Autograph Edition De Luxe Limited to 50 copies. Large format 32 x 26cm. Bound in attractive brown leather with gilt titles vignettes and borders. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. This is copy no. 22 SIGNED by the author. Corners are slightly worn and covers a little edge rubbed. Spine has been professionally rebacked retaining the original spine piece which is worn. A few light fingermarks and tiny foxspots else contents clean. A very nice copy of a handsome and very scarce book. Published by Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
ref. 45202Paris Mercure de France 1940-1941 2 volumes in-8, le second un peu plus grand, reliures articules en pollopas, bordeaux pour le premier et vert bouteille pour le second, plats biseauts, premiers plats orns d'une incrustation d'une plaque en acier poli portant le titre de l'ouvrage; nom de l'auteur et titre de l'ouvrage gravs sur une plaque de mme acier poli incruste sur les dos; doublures et gardes de soie colore dans des tons vifs, ttes dores, non rogns, couvertures imprimes (Reliure Jotau, brevet S.G.D.G.).Trs rares spcimens de ces reliures qui furent inventes et ralises entre les annes 1933 et 1955 par Joseph Taupin, sous le pseudonyme de Jotau. Les plats et les dos sont entirement mouls en pollopas (matire plastique proche de la galalithe mise au point par Kuhlmann), et s'articulent autour de deux charnires mcaniques de type piano. Les seconds plats portent ct de la signature Reliure Jotau, la mention brevet S.G.D.G. qui laisse croire que le procd fit l'objet d'un brevet dpos, ce qui est faux. Ce type de reliure fut abandonn, en raison du cot de fabrication et de la fragilit de la matire utilise particulirement cassante. Nos reliures, parfaitement conserves, sont un extraordinaire tmoin d'une recherche trs avant-gardiste pour l'poque, et dont la conception peut tre compare certaines crations contemporaines.
1920ref. 62787Editions de la Sirène | Paris 1920 | 22.50 x 30.50 cm | relié sous chemise et étui
1919ref. 149313London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1919. Exceptionally rare first edition of this pamphlet honoring every British soldier who died in World War I. Oblong octavo original publisher's pictorial wrappers illustrated with black and white drawings of the cemeteries and memorials as they will appear completed throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by Mr. Douglas Macpherson. Housed in a custom red portfolio with gilt titles to the front panel and string ties. Rudyard Kipling’s The Graves of the Fallen 1919 written for the Imperial War Graves Commission articulates the moral and aesthetic vision behind the design and commemoration of British and Commonwealth soldiers’ graves after World War I. Serving as the Commission’s literary adviser Kipling helped shape its guiding principles of equality in death—ensuring that all soldiers regardless of rank or class were memorialized with identical headstones and inscriptions. The text blends solemn prose with restrained idealism reflecting both personal grief—Kipling’s son was killed in the war—and a collective commitment to remembrance. His Majesty's Stationery Office unknown
1719ref. B3715New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1909 1911 1917 1919 1920. Lacks Part One of “From Sea to Sea” Volume XV otherwise a very fine set text and plates are clean and crisp and bound in handsome period binding. . Edition: New York Binding: Original publisher’s black ½ morocco with light blue marble boards spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt floral motifs gilt text in two and three top edges gilt edges uncut occasionally unopened endpapers marbled. Notes: The later volumes vols XXVI XXVII & XXVIII are published in purple and dark blue boards. The “Outward Bound” edition was published in installments between 1897 until the end of Kipling’s life in 1936. The complete set eventually included 36 volumes; however variations appeared in the printing over the years. Text published in two volumes in earlier printings was combined into single volumes to save money on the part of the publishers. The published letters of Rudyard Kipling 2004 indicate that Kipling often disapproved of the cost-saving measures of Scribner’s preferring that later printings kept the same numeration of the volumes as the earlier ones. Size: 8vo. Illustration: Each volume with a frontispiece several illustrative plates throughout. Volume: 27 volumes of 36. Category: Book Literature; Book Bindings Sets; Charles Scribner’s Sons hardcover
1894ref. 140940985London: Macmillan and Co 1894. First Edition. Very Good. 1894 1895. Two volumes. 303; 238 pp. 2 ads. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original royal blue cloth elaborately stamped in gilt top edges gilt. Very Good to Near Fine with toning to spine light wear to cloth light staining to rear cover of the first volume. Previous owner name penciled on coated pastedown of the second volume. Pages toned. Housed in two custom slipcased which are a bit worn. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1894ref. 194336London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. Thou art of the Jungle and not of the Jungle First editions in book form. Kipling's adventurous stories were based on folk tales learned during his childhood in India. The Jungle Book was serialized between 1893 and 1894 and became increasingly popular upon its publication as a book prompting calls for a second instalment. The Second Jungle Book completed the Mowgli saga with five stories that "are essential to its emotional rounding-out" Grolier. 2 works octavo. Half-tone frontispiece with tissue guard in Jungle Book both works with illustrations by William Henry Drake Paul Frenzeny and John Lockwood Kipling. Original blue cloth spines lettered in gilt pictorial designs to spines and front covers in gilt green coated endpapers gilt edges. Contemporary gift inscriptions in each volume. Cloth rubbed with minor spots of wear to extremities Jungle Book with faint crease to lower outer corner of front cover hinges cracked but sound marginal chip to p. 13/14 in Jungle Book. A very good set. Grolier Children's 100 52; Martindell 61 & 63; Richards A76 & A85. hardcover
1897ref. 19555EMaidencombe: 4 1/2” x 7” May 4 1897. Original autograph letter signed by the author Rudyard Kipling on printed stationery from Rock House Maidencombe St. Marychurch where he and his wife lived between 1896 and 1898. The letter reads in full: “Dear Watson Many thanks for your note and the contract which certainly opens a new and safe method of burglary. I always said that the Oriental thief can give his white brothers many points in the game. The necklace he chose was amethyst & pearl - not emerald & pearl - and it is a beauty. I should very much like to be able to afford a white pearl necklace. Do you suppose the price would be very heavy I should like to have an idea on this subject. Bombay must have been a ghastly place this winter. My sister’s letters gave me some of the news as she learned it and it seems to have been fearful. Always sincerely yours Rudyard.” Near fine with a hint of use and a single crease from folding. 4 1/2” x 7” unknown books
1894ref. 120935London: Macmillan 1894-95. First editions of both volumes of The Jungle Book. Octavo two volumes original blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt all edges gilt engraved frontispiece with tissue guard present. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. The Jungle Book is a collection of fables which provide moral instruction by using animals anthropomorphically. Each story begins and ends with a verse and the original publications contain some illustrations created by Rudyard's father John Lockwood Kipling. The inspiration for the book is evident. Kipling was born in India and he spent his childhood there. Interestingly Kipling wrote these stories when he lived in Vermont. The Jungle Book is used to develop the morale of the junior element of the Scouting movement "The Cub Scouts". The name of the head wolf "Akela" has been traditionally given to each Cub Scout pack leader. At least fifteen movies were released based on Kipling's stories beginning with Elephant Boy in 1937. A live-action anticipated version of Jungle Book will be released in October of 2018 by Warner Brothers. Macmillan hardcover books
2013ref. 10808East Hampton NY 2013. Unique artist's book hand painted on Rives BFK paper by Barry McCallion signed and dated by the artist on the titlepage "Barry McCallion 2013." Page size: 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches: 96pp. 48 of text and 48 of full-page original art. Bound by Rhonda Miller: hand-sewn full tan limp leather with closure simulating the pocket diary style of notebook manufactured in the late 19th century the time in which Kipling's novel is set; housed in tan linen clamshell box with image of elephant on green ground within red circle by Barry McCallion label printed in black with title and signed by the artist on the spine box executed by Joelle Webber at the Mermaid Bindery. Using India inks and Winsor Newton colored inks the artist Barry McCallion has created a non-verbal text for one of the main themes of the novel: the Lama's quest to free himself from the Wheel of Things by finding the legendary "River of the Arrow." Set against the backdrop of "The Great Game" conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia with espionage and intrigue as important an element as the backdrop of India itself KIM is a classic novel. Barry McCallion has altered text pages selected for their references to the spiritual quest that the Lama and Kim undertake highlighting the text in green and outlining appropriate passages in red outline the Red Bull on the green field. The full page images on each verso are all a circle within a square starting with a single silver-gilt dot. The paintings become more and more complicated and colorful as the "quest" for the River of the Arrow progresses. Overturned bowls of food ignited matches fruit leaves chairs all make their way towards the boundaries of the circle which becomes more frenzied and intense with each page With lines and circles within the red circle one can almost see a clock marking the passage of time Finally the last image is complete within a red border - "the River of the Arrow is here. unknown books
1900ref. 123414London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. Rare Macmillan's Colonial Library edition of Kipling's From Sea to Sea issued the same year as the first trade edition. Octavo two volumes original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page of both volumes. In near fine condition. Scarce signed by Kipling. 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. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1920ref. 62787Paris: Editions de la Sirène 1920. Fine. Editions de la Sirène Paris 1920 22.50 x 30.50 cm relié sous chemise et étui Edition adorned with 23 original color illustrations ornaments and a layout by Kees Van Dongen one of 250 numbered copies on mould-made vellum ours unnumbered. Full old rose box binding smooth spine front cover pierced to reveal a reproduction of Kees Van Dongens illustration on page 37 rear cover decorated at the center with a vignette reproducing the ornament appearing at the foot of each page and drawn by Kees Van Dongen grey suede endleaves and pastedowns covers preserved gilt edges chemise with bands and flaps in old rose box grey paper boards white paper lining slipcase edged with old rose box boards and interior in grey suede a handsome ensemble signed by Florence Capart-Boré. Some light foxing and minor spotting. A fine and rare copy magnificently illustrated by Kees Van Dongen. Editions de la Sirène hardcover
1897ref. 19555EMaidencombe: 4 1/2” x 7” May 4 1897. Original autograph letter signed by the author Rudyard Kipling on printed stationery from Rock House Maidencombe St. Marychurch where he and his wife lived between 1896 and 1898. The letter reads in full: “Dear Watson Many thanks for your note and the contract which certainly opens a new and safe method of burglary. I always said that the Oriental thief can give his white brothers many points in the game. The necklace he chose was amethyst & pearl - not emerald & pearl - and it is a beauty. I should very much like to be able to afford a white pearl necklace. Do you suppose the price would be very heavy I should like to have an idea on this subject. Bombay must have been a ghastly place this winter. My sister’s letters gave me some of the news as she learned it and it seems to have been fearful. Always sincerely yours Rudyard.” Near fine with a hint of use and a single crease from folding. 4 1/2” x 7” unknown
1920ref. 338454New York: Scribner 1920. hardcover. very good. 25 volumes. Frontispieces with tissue guards; other illustrations. 8vo older 3/4 green morocco marbled boards ornately gilt spines top edges gilt some wear at extremities/ New York: Scribner's 1920-1923. A very good attactive set. Near Fine. Scribner unknown
1886ref. 540FIRST EDITION tall narrow 4to half red morocco over marbled boards original light brown printed wrappers that double as an Indian civil service envelope preserved marbled endpapers bookplates of William Garth and William Marchbank Lahore the Civil and Military Press 1886. The First Edition of Kipling's first published work. Previous work was either printed privately offprints or collaborative books. Kipling was sub-editor of the Civil and Military Gazette an Anglophone newspaper reporting from Lahore on the life of the Civil Service and the Indian Army in Punjab. Thanks to his occupation and his family's social standing he had many opportunities to explore the full range of life in India. He remained keenly observant of the thronging spectacle of native India which had engaged his interest and affection from earliest childhood. He was quickly filling the journals he worked for with prose sketches and light verse. Kipling began inserting his own poems under the heading of Departmental Ditties into the newspaper and then produced this edition made up to look like a bundle of civil service memoranda. Richards A7; Stewart 8; Livingston 22 William Marchbank
1895ref. 2024London: Macmillan and Co 1895. First English Editions. Original cloth. Duodecimos. 212 & 238 pages. In custom box with chemises. Both books bound in navy blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spines and upper boards all edges gilt and dark green coated endpapers. 'The Jungle Book' has a slight lean to the spine minor extremity rubs a faint crack along inner margin of front endpapers a bookseller tag and a neat prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. A contemporaneous review is tipped to rear free endpaper. 'The Second Jungle Book' is in fine condition with just a few minor rubs to extremities. No prior ownership marks. A beautiful set already appropriately housed in a custom box with chemises. Kipling's classic collection of stories set in India featuring the young boy Mowgli and a cast of mostly animal characters that illustrate human nature. A beautiful set of both books in the desirable first states of their first editions. 'The Jungle Book' has the first state imprint "R. & R. Clark Edinburgh" on p. 212. 'The Second Jungle Book' has the first state indicators on p. 139--the abrupt end to the text of "The King's Ankus" at line 8 and the tailpiece of the ankus. Ref. RICHARDS A76 and A85. Macmillan and Co unknown
1927ref. 2169Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, Lyon 1927. 1 volume in-4 (260 x 200 mm), en feuilles, couverture illustrée en couleurs, étui-chemise cartonné de l'éditeur. L’illustration comprend 56 COMPOSITIONS ORIGINALES DE FRANÇOIS-LOUIS SCHMIED GRAVÉES SUR BOIS EN COULEURS dont 24 à pleine page, 28 bandeaux et 4 fins de ligne. Typographies entièrement en capitales, texte encadré d'un filet doré doublé en tête ou en queue. Tirage limité à 165 exemplaires tous sur vélin d’Arches. L’un des 120 nominatifs imprimés pour les membres du Cercle Lyonnais du Livre.
