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1941réf. 57419Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Limited Edition. No. 148 of one thousand sets signed by Kipling in the first volume. Twenty-eight octavo volumes; red gilt-blocked beveled cloth top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; in uniform dustjackets. Front endpapers with printed bookplates of Harry Bishop Clapp to each pastedown and James Glen Mead to each free endpaper. The latter have caused some mild rippling to the endleaves else a fresh fine set in the original printed dustwrappers uniformly fine and free of darkening or wear. The authoritative edition of Kipling's works rarely found in the original dustwrappers and almost unheard of in this condition certainly the finest set to reach the market in the past twenty or more years. RICHARDS D25. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown
1913réf. 69306London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Limited edition signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. Complete in thirty-one small quarto volumes 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 240 x 165 mm. As all sets are volumes 1-25 are from an edition of 1050 volume 26 is from an edition of 1000 and volumes 27-31 are from an edition of 500. Title pages and limitation pages printed in blue and black. Decorative initials printed in blue. Publisher's original paper spine labels bound in to the back of each volume. Bound uniformly in full red morocco. Boards tooled in gilt with a wavy border. Spines spines decoratively tooled in compartments and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Marbled endpapers. A small neat black number stamp to the top margin of each title-page. The final leaf of each volume with a small note in red ink. Still an about fine set. HBS 69306. $8500. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown
1941réf. 57419Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1941. Limited Edition. No. 148 of one thousand sets signed by Kipling in the first volume. Twenty-eight octavo volumes; red gilt-blocked beveled cloth top edges gilt fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; in uniform dustjackets. Front endpapers with printed bookplates of Harry Bishop Clapp to each pastedown and James Glen Mead to each free endpaper. The latter have caused some mild rippling to the endleaves else a fresh fine set in the original printed dustwrappers uniformly fine and free of darkening or wear. The authoritative edition of Kipling's works rarely found in the original dustwrappers and almost unheard of in this condition certainly the finest set to reach the market in the past twenty or more years. RICHARDS D25. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
1896réf. 140944705New York: The Century Co 1896. Early Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition early reprint with "Thirtieth Thousand" on the title page. Bound in publisher's original olive green cloth decoratively embossed and stamped in gilt. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper contents lightly tanned and occasionally foxed else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light chipping at the edges toning and a scratch to the front panel. A stunning and bright copy with sharp gilt no doubt protected by the dust jacket over all these years. A remarkable survival. The Century Co unknown books
1913réf. 69306London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913. Full Description: KIPLING Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Limited edition signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. Complete in thirty-one small quarto volumes 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 240 x 165 mm. As all sets are volumes 1-25 are from an edition of 1050 volume 26 is from an edition of 1000 and volumes 27-31 are from an edition of 500. Title pages and limitation pages printed in blue and black. Decorative initials printed in blue. Publisher's original paper spine labels bound in to the back of each volume. Bound uniformly in full red morocco. Boards tooled in gilt with a wavy border. Spines spines decoratively tooled in compartments and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Marbled endpapers. A small neat black number stamp to the top margin of each title-page. The final leaf of each volume with a small note in red ink. Still an about fine set. HBS 69306. $8500. Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown books
1897réf. 114945London: Macmillan & Company 1897-1919. The Bombay edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 30 volumes bound in full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume one signed by Rudyard Kipling. In very good condition. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Macmillan & Company hardcover
1930réf. 52362Lausanne Gonin et Cie 1930 2 volumes in-4, demi-maroquin vert, plats de papier bois, dos sans nerfs; doublures et gardes de papier vert fonc, ttes dores, non rogns, couvertures illustres.Ce superbe ouvrage entirement conu, illustr et dcor par F.L. Schmied, comporte 59 compositions en couleurs, dont une rpte sur les couvertures, une vignette rpte sur les pages de titre, 15 planches hors-texte, 15 ttes-de-chapitre, 15 lettrines et 12 culs-de-lampe. Tirage limit 160 exemplaires numrots sur papier du Japon, signs par l'diteur. Un des 120 exemplaires. Exemplaire enrichi dune des 160 suites numrotes sur japon de 15 planches supplmentaires en couleurs. De la bibliothque W. Vincens Bouguereau (ex-libris grav).
1912réf. 015439London: Hodder & Stoughton 1912. De Lux edition printed on Japanese vellum limited to 100 signed copies. Book measures 27.5x21.cm. Bound in full calf gilt titles and tooling along with swastika symbol to the spine front and rear panels along with a embossed gilt elephant on the front board top edges gilt others uncut. Calf lightly rubbed some minor abrasion wear. Generally bindings in very good condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice copy. The anthology Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling which was released by Hodder & Stoughton in 1912 is an outstanding compilation that encompasses the vast array of poetic accomplishments associated with Kipling. This signed and limited-edition deluxe copy not only exemplifies his lyrical prowess but also constitutes a significant artefact of literary history. Featuring Kipling's autograph and bound in opulent materials this edition is a collector's delight and a testament to the enduring legacy of one of the most renowned authors in British history. Limited Edition. Calf. Very Good. Large 8vo. Hodder & Stoughton Paperback
1894réf. 175281London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 & 1895. Handsomely bound set First editions. Based on folk tales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India The Jungle Book was first published in periodicals in 1893-4 before it was printed in book form in 1894. An immediate success on publication the book was reprinted twice the same year and twice again in 1895. Kipling won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907; he was the first English-language writer and the youngest ever to receive the prize. The present book and its sequel The Second Jungle Book 1895 inspired the 1967 and 2016 Disney movies of the same name. 2 vols octavo 181 x 116 mm. Illustrated by J. L. Kipling W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco spines gilt-lettered raised bands single rule to boards gilt pictorial block to front boards gilt twin rule to turn-ins gilt burgundy endpapers gilt edges. Housed in a matching dark blue leather entry slipcase. The occasional minor blemish else an excellent set. Stewart 123 & 132; Martindell 61 & 63. hardcover
1897réf. 40582New York : Century Co. 1897 . First American Edition. Original green illustrated cloth and publisher's dustjacket. Although the English edition is occasionally found in dust jacket the American edition is much less common. Not in Tanselle for the English dust jacket see Tanselle 97.91 Very good with light shelf wear in nearly Very good dustjacket with chips at top and bottom of spine and a few tears along the spine and front flap. Century Co. hardcover
réf. 51-3634Paris: Editions Mornay 1919-1935. 8vo. 87 vols. a few duplicates. All numbered and some signed. Original wraps.MORNAY Éditions. Ensemble de 87 volumes illustrés. Paris Éditions Mornay 1919 à 1940. In-8 broché couverture illustrée.Important ensemble de 87 ouvrages d'Honoré de Balzac Colette Gustave Flaubert Anatole France Rudyard Kipling Pierre Loti Octave Mirbeau Henri de Régnier ou encore Jules Vallès tous illustrés par George Barbier Carlègle Deluermoz Pierre Falké Louis Jou Mathurin Méheut Jean Lébédeff ou Gaston Nick à travers différentes techniques comme le bois gravé en noir ou l'aquarelle au pochoir.Répartis en deux collections intitulées Les Beaux livres et La Collection originale la centaine de titres publiés par Georges et Antoinette Mornay devaient paraître en un nombre prédéterminé d’ouvrages cinq par an et en quantité limitée. Le tirage justifié était environ de 1 000 exemplaires sur japon ou vélin de Rives.Certains volumes contiennent un envoi autographe signé de l'illustrateur.Liste détaillée : -ANNUNZIO G. d'. Triomphe de la mort. 1923.-BALZAC Honoré de. César Birotteau. 1929. X2-BALZAC Honoré de. Le Père Goriot. 1933.-BÉRAUD Henri. Le Vitriol de Lune. 1931. -BOYLESVE René. La Leçon d’amour dans un parc. 1929.-BOYLESVE René. Les Nouvelles leçons d’amour dans un parc. 1930. x2-BRAZ Le Anatole. Le Gardien de feu. 1923. -CHADOURNE Louis. Le Pot au noir. Scènes et figures des Tropiques. 1922. -CHATEAUBRIANT Alphonse de. Monsieur des Lourdines. 1925.-CHÉRAU Gaston. Valentine Pacquault. 1927.-COLETTE. L’Entrave. 1929.-CONSTANTIN-WEYER Maurice. Clairière. 1929.-CRÉBILLON fils. Le Sopha. 1933.-CURWOOD James Oliver. Nomades du Nord. 1932. -DEVAL Jacques. Marie Galante. 1935. -DOFF Néel. Jours de famine et de détresse. 1927.-DUHAMEL Georges. Vie des martyrs 1914-1916. 1919.-DUNAN Renée. Le Prix Lacombyne. 1924. X2 -FARRÈRE Claude. La Bataille. 1926.-FARRÈRE Claude. Les Civilisés. 1931. X2-FARRÈRE Claude. Thomas l’Agnelet Gentilhomme de fortune. 1928.-FLAUBERT Gustave. Madame Bovary. 1930. -FRANCE Anatole. Crainquebille. Putois riquet et plusieurs autres récits profitables. 1922. X3-FRANCE Anatole. La Révolte des anges. 1921. -FRANCE Anatole. La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque. 1920.-FRANCE Anatole. Le Comte Morin député. 1921 joints spécimen et suites-FRANCE Anatole. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard membre de l’Institut. 1923. -FRANCE Anatole. Les Opinions de Monsieur Jérome Coignard. 1924.-FRANCE Anatole. Les Sept femmes de la Barbe Bleue et autres contes merveilleux. 1925.-GORKY Maxime. Les Vagabonds. 1921. X2-ISTRATI Panaït. Tsatsa Minnka. 1931.-KIPLING Rudyard. Le Livre de la jungle. 1930. X2-KIPLING Rudyard. Le Second livre de la jungle. 1930 X2-KIPLING Rudyard. Les Bâtisseurs de ponts. 1935. X2 -LEMONNIER Camille. Au cœur frais de la forêt. 1922.-LORRAIN Jean. Monsieur de Phocas. Astarté. 1922. X2-LOTI Pierre. Mon frère Yves. 1928. X2-LOUŸS Pierre. Psyché. 1935. X2-MAUROIS André. Ariel ou la vie de Shelley. 1932. X2-MIRBEAU Octave. Le Calvaire. 1928.-MIRBEAU Octave. Le Jardin des supplices. 1923. X2-MIRBEAU Octave. Le Journal d’une femme de chambre. 1932. -MIRBEAU Octave. Sébastien Roch. 1926. -MONTHERLANT Henry de. Les Bestiaires. 1926. X3-MONTFORT Eugène. Un Cœur vierge. 1926.-PERGAUD Louis. De goupil à Margot. 1925. -PERGAUD Louis. Le Roman de Miraut chien de chasse. 1928.-PERGAUD Louis. La Guerre des boutons. 1927.-PHILIPPE Charles-Louis. Marie Donadieu. 1921.-RACHILDE. Portrait d’hommes. 1929. -RÉGNIER Henri de. L’Escapade. 1931. X2-RÉGNIER Henri de. Les Rencontres de Monsieur de Bréot. 1930.-ROLLAND Romain. Colas Breugnon. 1927. -ROUQUETTE Louis-Frédéric. L’Ile d’enfer. 1924.-SAVIGNON André. Filles de la pluie. 1934.-SUDERMANN Hermann. Le Chemin des chats. 1924-TILLIER Claude. Belle-plante et cornelius. 1921.-THARAUD Jérome et Jean. Dingley l’illustre écrivain. 1920. -THARAUD Jérôme et Jean. L’Ombre de la croix. 1932. X2-VALLÈS Jules. Le Bachelier. 1921. -VALLÈS Jules. L’Enfant. 1920.-VALLÈS Jules. Les Réfractaires. 1930. X2 -VALLÈS Jules. L’Insurgé. 1923. -WILDE Oscar. Le Portrait de Dorian Gray. 1920.-WHITE Stewart Edward. Terres de silence. 1922.-ZOLA Émile. La Bête humaine. 1924. -ZOLA Émile. La Faute de l’abbé Mouret. 1922. Tout commence en 1919 pour beaucoup la révolution apportée par les Editions MORNAY fut l'utilisation systématique de l'illustration pour les ouvrages édités par cette maison.Il faut savoir que jusqu'alors l'illustration était réservée aux editions dites "de Luxe" qualificatif qui indiquait à la fois un soin tout particulier apporté à l'édition à la composition mais aussi un prix élevé qui ne permettait pas à tous d'acquerir ces ouvrages et les réservés ainsi aux classes les plus aisées de la société.En ce début de XXeme siécle un certain nombre de maison d'édition se lancérent sur le créneau de ce que l'on appela le livre de "demi-luxe" eut égard aux prix plus modéré pratiqué pour ces ouvrages. Ouvrages qui pour autant permettaient de découvrir des auteurs de tout premier ordre et étaient imprimé avec une attention toute particuliére sur des velins de qualité. Pour autant les illustrations n'étaient qu'exception dans ce genre d'edition.Antoinette et Georges MORNAY ont pensés une organisation qui allait bien au-delà de ce "coté visible de l'iceberg" que fut le recours permanent aux illustrateurs. Leur concept de maison d'edition etait global et trés "marketing" dirions nous aujourd'hui :- Prix de vente trés bas augmentant néanmoins au fil des années avec le succés mais qui n'acceptait aucun compris tant sur la qualité de l'impression papier gravure etc. que sur le choix des auteurs et des illustrateurs .- Création d'un Service de Presse qui par les livres offert aux journalistes donna aux Editions MORNAY une publicité non négligeable.- Campagne de publicité pouvant être de grande envergure Article de Maurice CONSTANTIN-MEYER sur Maria Chapdelaine dans l'Illustration de NOEL 1931De tout cela il nous reste aujourd'hui un formidable ensemble de textes et d'auteurs comprenant 112 ouvrages edités de 1919 à 1935 qui retrace l'évolutions de ces editions du livre illustré moderne : des bois gravé en noir jusqu'aux aquarelles au pochoir. Paris: Editions Mornay, 1919-1935. paperback
1930réf. 549Paris Javal & Bourdeaux 1930 LE DOUARIN In-4(340X260mm) en feuilles, couverture illustrée. (Boîte-étui).
1896réf. 010168London: Methuen & Co. True First. First British Edition. Brown cloth boards gilt stamp titles on spine. No DJ. Wear to the spine ends and to the extremities rubbing gilt top worn. Unclipped page edges. Internally Fine. Rudyard Kipling winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 wrote this book shortly after his famous Jungle Books and dedicated it to the city of Bombay. Contains 209 pages of poems and ballads of sailing and the sea including his better known poems "A Song of the English" and "Hymn before Action." . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1896. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1913réf. 309191London: Macmillan 1913. hardcover. very good. 31 volumes. 3/4 green morocco tall 8vo ornately gilt spines green cloth top edges gilt others untrimmed. Extremes of some volumes chipped some hinges neatly strengthened. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913-1938. Bombay Edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume 1. Macmillan unknown books
1902réf. 138vo. Publisher's full red cloth decoratively stamped in black and white and lettered in white. First edition. Magnificent copy in its original illustrated cardboard very fresh. Originally written for his daughter Josephine there are twelve such stories all charmingly illustrated by Kipling himself. There we find in particular the famous story of The Elephant's Child. Macmillan hardcover
1903réf. 154195London: Macmillan & Co. Limited 1903. Magnificent illustrations for Kipling's classic and considered by some to be the finest book illustrations ever published First edition sole impression. Macmillan issued this sumptuous portfolio at five guineas advertising the illustrations as reproductions "in colour from the Original Drawings in the highest style of Lithography". The 16 watercolours had been exhibited at the Dutch Gallery in London and were subsequently incorporated in reduced format into Macmillan's 1908 edition of The Jungle Book. The illustrations rank among the Detmold brothers' most celebrated work. A modern study of British book illustration describes the series as a "masterpiece of Edwardian era" singling out Shere Khan in the Jungle for its synthesis of Japanese pictorial influence anatomical observation and elaborate detail. Quoting Rodney Engen's study of the golden age of illustration it notes how the brothers' understanding of nature enabled them to create the "mythology and harshness of the natural world". Folio. 16 coloured chromolithograph prints on thin card sheet sizes: 330 × 430 mm tipped onto white board with grey window mounts mount sizes: 393 × 545 mm with cover sheet to each illustration providing the title and a short extract from the book. Original green cloth chemise front cover lettered and with illustration in gilt containing title page contents leaf and 16 loose prints. Housed in a custom grey cloth folding box. Chemise worn with loss front cover detached bookplate removed lacking ties occasional chips and tears to extremities of cover sheets light browning to sheets fold to title page and contents leaf strengthened prints bright and unfaded; a good set. Nicholas Alfrey & Richard Verdi Charles Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold: A Centenary Exhibition 1983; Rodney Engen The Age of Enchantment 2007; Iain MacPhail "The Detmold Twins" The Book Collector Autumn 2024 pp. 48193; Tessa Morris-Suzuki Nature War and the Art of the Detmold Twins 2026; David Alan Richards Rudyard Kipling: A Bibliography 2010. hardcover
1941réf. BIBLIO-14612Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. Garden City Burwash edition 1941. Limited edition of 1010 numbered sets the first volume signed by Kipling. 28 vols full green morocco covers ruled in gilt upper covers stamped with gilt facsimile of Kipling's signature spines lettered and tooled in gilt in compartments five raised bands blindstamped turn-ins marbled endpaperstop edges gilt 23 cm. many thousand pages. I. Plain tales from the hills.-II. Soldiers three. The story of the Gadsbys. In black and white.-III. Wee Willie Winkie. Under the deodars. The phantom rickshaw and other stories.-IV. Life's handicap.-V. Many inventions.-VI. The day's work.-VII. Traffics and discoveries.-VIII. Debits and credits. Actions and reactions.-IX. A diversity of creatures.-X. Limits and renewals. "Thy servant a dog."-XI. The jungle books.-XII. Just so stories.-XIII. Puck of Pook's Hill. Rewards and fairies.-XIV. Stalky & Co. Land and sea tales.-XV. The light that failed. The naulahka.-XVI. Captains courageous. Kim.-XVII-XVIII. From sea to sea and other sketches.-XIX. Letters of travel 1892-1927.-XX. The war. A fleet in being.-XXI-XXII. The Irish guards in the Great War.-XXIII. Uncollected prose.-XXIV. A book of words. Souvenirs of France. Something of myself.-XXV. Departmental ditties and Barrack-room ballads.-XXVI. The seven seas. The five nations. The years between.-XXVII. Songs from books and Later songs from books.-XXVIII. Early verse. The muse among the motors. Miscellaneous. Set No. 60 signed by Kipling. A Fine set splendidly bound. Doubleday, Doran, & Co., Inc., [Garden City], Burwash edition, 1941 hardcover
1930réf. 42840Sous étui et couverture en demi-percaline grise avec étiquettes imprimées : 2 chemises de texte, une chemise de suites et une chemise à rabats et rubans pour la Suite pour Kim.Édition illustrée de 56 compositions d'après François-Louis SCHMIED dont un frontispice, 14 planches hors texte, 15 grandes vignettes, 15 lettrines et 11 culs-de-lampe, gravés par Philippe Gonin.
1896réf. 005002London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1896 / 1895 1896. THE JUNGLE BOOK SIGNED WITH A 4 LINE QUOTE. 2 vols. Fourth & Second Editions 7-1/2" x 5-3/8" Kipling crossed out his name and signed above an additional 4 line quote to the title-page which reads "Now these are the laws of the Jungle and many & mighty are they: But the head & the heart of the Law and the haunch and hump is - Obey!" illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling & W. H. Drake. Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth all edges gilt. General handling minor rubbing to head and foot of spines and back corners bookplate to front endpaper of the Second Jungle Book overall GOOD copies. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1896 / 1895 hardcover
1426réf. 115765Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc 1914-26. Signed limited edition of Rudyard Kipling's collected works. Octavo 27 volumes. Bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine gilt tooling and ruling to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers. One of 1050 sets with volume 1 signed by Rudyard Kipling. In fine condition. An exceptional set. The works of Rudyard Kipling contains his poetry novels stories travel writings childrens tales military tales and essays. Kipling in 1907 became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover
1897réf. 140948638London: The Macmillan and Company Limited 1897. First British Edition. Near Fine. First British edition first printing. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. viii 245 pp. illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with pictorial stamping in gilt all edges gilt black endpapers; lacking the exceedingly rare dust jacket. Near Fine with sunning to spine light rubbing and soiling to cloth and minimal mottling to cloth over rear board. Hinges starting with webbing exposed at rear hinge contents lightly toned faint foxing to prelims and margins. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase blue cloth over quarter blue morocco titled in gilt somewhat rubbed with foxing to paper lining of chemise. Livingston 137 Martindell 68. Rudyard Kipling wrote Captains Courageous during the years he lived in Vermont with his young family in a house he designed to resemble a ship. The Dr. James Conland to whom the American edition is dedicated was the family physician whose stories of his time in a Massachusetts fishing fleet inspired this bildungsroman about a millionaire's son who learns the value of hard work at sea. The novel drew praise from Teddy Roosevelt and the 1937 film adaptation won Spencer Tracy an Oscar for his portrayal of a kindly fisherman. The first British edition slightly preceded by the first American edition was issued by Macmillan in pretty gift binding reflecting the status Kipling had already achieved as a writer. Signed copies are rare. The Macmillan and Company Limited unknown
1937réf. 7813London: The Macmillan Co 1937. The Sussex Edition. Very Good . One of 575 numbered sets signed by the author in the first volume. Leaves measuring 240 x 160 mm with the set occupying 141 cm 55 in of shelf space. A Very Good set. Bound for the publisher by James Burn & Co. in full reddish-brown Niger morocco. Double ruled in gilt. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Sunning and speckling to some spines and some rubbing to raised bands and edges. Very clean throughout. Printed in Edinburgh by R&R Clark Ltd. on handmade paper. The Sussex Edition which has become the most desirable collected edition of Kipling's works was edited by Kipling himself and including two volumes of previously uncollected prose. The edition published the year after Kipling's death was intended as a complete retrospective on Kipling's career and the definitive edition of his works. The superbly produced set of course includes Kipling's most lauded fiction - The Jungle Book Kim and Just So Stories - as well as his poems and nonfiction capturing the scope of his literary output. A contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement lauded the production: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet 'superb' to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is.Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes.are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe." Very Good . The Macmillan Co unknown
1937réf. 7813London: The Macmillan Co 1937. The Sussex Edition. Very Good . One of 575 numbered sets signed by the author in the first volume. Leaves measuring 240 x 160 mm with the set occupying 141 cm 55 in of shelf space. A Very Good set. Bound for the publisher by James Burn & Co. in full reddish-brown Niger morocco. Double ruled in gilt. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Sunning and speckling to some spines and some rubbing to raised bands and edges. Very clean throughout. Printed in Edinburgh by R&R Clark Ltd. on handmade paper. The Sussex Edition which has become the most desirable collected edition of Kipling's works was edited by Kipling himself and including two volumes of previously uncollected prose. The edition published the year after Kipling's death was intended as a complete retrospective on Kipling's career and the definitive edition of his works. The superbly produced set of course includes Kipling's most lauded fiction - The Jungle Book Kim and Just So Stories - as well as his poems and nonfiction capturing the scope of his literary output. A contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement lauded the production: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet 'superb' to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is.Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes.are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe." Very Good . The Macmillan Co unknown books
1897réf. 140948638London: The Macmillan and Company Limited 1897. First British Edition. Near Fine. First British edition first printing. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. viii 245 pp. illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with pictorial stamping in gilt all edges gilt black endpapers; lacking the exceedingly rare dust jacket. Near Fine with sunning to spine light rubbing and soiling to cloth and minimal mottling to cloth over rear board. Hinges starting with webbing exposed at rear hinge contents lightly toned faint foxing to prelims and margins. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase blue cloth over quarter blue morocco titled in gilt somewhat rubbed with foxing to paper lining of chemise. Livingston 137 Martindell 68. Rudyard Kipling wrote Captains Courageous during the years he lived in Vermont with his young family in a house he designed to resemble a ship. The Dr. James Conland to whom the American edition is dedicated was the family physician whose stories of his time in a Massachusetts fishing fleet inspired this bildungsroman about a millionaire's son who learns the value of hard work at sea. The novel drew praise from Teddy Roosevelt and the 1937 film adaptation won Spencer Tracy an Oscar for his portrayal of a kindly fisherman. The first British edition slightly preceded by the first American edition was issued by Macmillan in pretty gift binding reflecting the status Kipling had already achieved as a writer. Signed copies are rare. The Macmillan and Company Limited unknown books
1426réf. 132739New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1914-26. Handsome Stikeman binding The Seven Seas Edition number 435 of 1050 copies signed by the author on the half-title of vol. I. This was issued by Doubleday as the counterpart to the Bombay Edition published by Macmillan in London. A particularly attractive set beautifully bound by the workshop of Henry Stikeman one of the leading American binders of the period. 27 vols octavo 237 x 161 mm. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary burgundy morocco by Stikeman spines gilt lettered direct compartments with double fillet panels enclosing trefoil foilate motifs on a field of gilt dots sawtooth pattern on the raised bands sides with double fillet frame enclosing panel of trailing stems and repeated trefoils and dots gilt ruled turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt. A fine set. Richards D15; Stewart pp. 573-4. hardcover
